Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not quite clear. I have not read the full judgment but my understanding is that the 2018 judgment found a difficulty with Ireland's processes regarding non-refoulementconsiderations. I find it hard to understand how this legislation is saying that we are satisfied that non-refoulementconsiderations were undertaken and that deportations from December 2016 until the court case are considered valid even though the court decision had not been handed down. Is it the case that in practice, even if there was no legislative basis for it subsequently, non-refoulementconsiderations were given and that, therefore, even though the legislative basis did not exist, procedurally, all the people who received deportation orders did in fact get this consideration and that, therefore, they are covered and the deportations were valid? Am I understanding this correctly?