Mr. Nick Henderson:

I suppose the most recent example I would use is the International Protection Act whereby there was a review of existing legislation - not in respect of how we treat asylum seekers via accommodation but how we decide their applications for asylum. That was passed through the Oireachtas as an Act in the summer and autumn of 2015 and was finally passed into law at the end of 2016. That is an Act; it is primary legislation. The guillotine was used in respect of that legislation but, at the very least, there was an opportunity for it to have been debated in the Dáil and civil society could have briefed Deputies on it. We have submitted representations to the Minister and the Department. They have been acknowledged. We requested meetings several times last autumn and this year but those requests have been unsuccessful.