Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 918: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the average time taken by his Department to process an application for subsidiary protection in the State in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (SI No. 518 of 2006); if steps have been taken to reduce the time taken for this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32059/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The average time taken to process an application for Subsidiary Protection, based on all such decisions made from 2007 to the present date, is nine months. As I have previously stated, the processing of applications for Subsidiary Protection is resource intensive and, as a result, the number of such applications on hands at present is quite sizeable. However, I understand that additional staff members have been, and are being, deployed to work in this area with a view to having such applications processed in a more timely manner. These efforts will continue until all such applications are being processed on a current basis.