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:

Yes, it has. Once an immigration official refers somebody to us where they believe the young person to be an unaccompanied minor, the presumption of minority must apply. We have to treat that child as a child.

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