The Cabinet Committee on Immigration reported a significant drop in the number of people presenting without travel documents
The committee, which meets today, will also hear that the number of people arriving without travel documentation has fallen by 17 percent compared to the same period last year.
Meanwhile, the number of people deported for failing to obtain international protection has increased by 50%.
Justice Secretary Helen McEntee will also tell the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that plans to charter deportation flights will begin before the end of the year.
The government is planning a major investment in immigration services in a bid to tackle the record number of asylum seekers entering Ireland.
This includes more people working at the International Protection Office, the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, Boarder Management at Dublin Airport and Department of Justice officials dealing with deportations.
The committee will be told that if staffing levels at state immigration services are not urgently increased, there could be 40,000 active asylum cases in the country by the end of the year.
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Currently, 28,300 international protection cases are being processed by immigration authorities.
Last year, 13,500 people applied for asylum in Ireland, a fourfold increase on what the government had expected. This year, approximately 1,800 people are seeking international protection every month.
The government wants to strengthen the International Protection Office's already accelerated asylum assessment system so that 1,800 case decisions can be made every month by the end of 2024.
This will increase to 2,200 decisions on applications by the middle of next year. It is hoped this will lead to the number of active cases falling to 10,500.
The accelerated processing system introduced in 2022 has resulted in a 50% drop in applications from countries considered safe.
The number of cases heard by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal will also increase to 1,250 next year.
The International Protection Office's staff will increase from 490 to 620 next year, while the International Protection Appeals Tribunal will have 17 full-time members and 200 part-time members, along with 175 staff.
The government will also legislate to broaden the criteria needed to decide on asylum cases. Both agencies are expected to get more office space as part of ramping up immigration services. There are also plans to hold online calls to allow for more capacity in the system.
The number of Justice Department employees handling deportations will increase from 72 to 119 next year.
Minister McEntee is separately considering expanding the list of countries deemed safe under the country's international protection law.
There are currently 10 countries classified as safe; Algeria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and South Africa. Anyone who comes from these countries, or from Nigeria, will have their asylum application processed within three months.
Other cases take an average of 19 months, according to information provided to ministers ahead of the meeting.