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 we do. Obviously we screen for indicators of trafficking. We cannot determine that a child has been trafficked but the legislation is going to change in that respect whereby Tusla will be part of the national referral mechanism on trafficking. At the moment where there are indicators of trafficking we refer to An Garda Síochána, which investigates. Only it can determine if a child has been trafficked.
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