Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Lorna Kavanagh:
The pact sets out that there are three stages of determination of age. The first is documentary analysis. Under the pact, there will be the taking of biometric data for children aged six years and up. That would open up records of any country they have entered. That might give a definite date of birth. The second is the psychosocial assessment, which is multidisciplinary. That would be the piece we would like to see developed under the Minister. The third step, which is cautioned against, is medical assessment.
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