Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion

3:30 pm

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. That is something we will set in legislation. While there are the two-, three- and six-month periods, it is for us to decide how long the appeals process would take. As for those in Schengen, for the border procedure, that will be set at 12 weeks. We could mirror that and apply the same rules, but for any of the other appeals we set the timeline within which we want them to take place. One wants it to be as quick as possible, but it does require us to put in place significant investment, which we intend to do, in the appeals process.

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