Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

• Records relating to any research conducted or advice generated within the Department, or generated for the Minister or Department officials, on rates of asylum claims being made in the Republic. • Records with any opinion, information or research – generated in the last 12 months - on why the number of asylum claims in the Republic has been increasing. • Records detailing projections for the rate of claims that may be expected in the months and years ahead and/or reasons for same.