Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-23
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

-----international protection applicants would arrive every year. The world has changed since then, but it remains our policy that we want to move away from direct provision. The Minister is developing proposals for a dedicated migration agency and more State-run facilities; we have some already. The number of staff has increased by 250. There are 250 additional staff in the Department and more are sanctioned. We are also doing a lot of work to speed up decision-making. We need to make sure people who come here, apply for international protection and have the right to stay here get a decision in their favour soon. However, those who should not be here and are not people genuinely fleeing war and persecution should also get their decision quickly so we can effect deportations or, at least, issue deportation notices. We have to do that as well.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-23