Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Select Committee on Social Protection
Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 5:
In page 5, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“CHAPTER 2Amendment of International Protection Act 2015
Amendment of International Protection Act 20158. Section 60 of the International Protection Act 2015 is amended—(a) by the insertion of the following definition in subsection (1):“ ‘designated accommodation centre’ means a premises designated under subsection (14A)(a);”,(b) in subsection (10)—(i) by the substitution of “a person who has been given a permission to reside in the State under subsection (6), which permission is valid,” for “a displaced person to whom subsection (2) applies”, and(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (14):
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):“(b) to receive, upon and subject to the same conditions applicable to Irish citizens, the same medical care and, other than while he or she is resident in a designated accommodation centre, the same social welfare benefits as those to which Irish citizens are entitled, and”,and“(14A) The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth—(a) may, where he or she is satisfied that the premises concerned are suitable for the purpose, designate in writing such and so many premises as he or she considers appropriate for the accommodation of persons who have been given a permission to reside in the State under subsection (6), which permission is valid, and
(b) shall, as soon as practicable after a designation is made under paragraph (a), ensure that the fact of such designation is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of him or her or the Government.”.”.
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