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

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)

I want to go back to the process that we have at the moment, the engagement we have with the Department and what best practices can be taken from the process, with the recommendations of the witnesses, to ensure we do not have detention. We need to focus on that part. Nobody wants detention. We also need to focus on what we do well and could be incorporated into the scheme of the Bill. I want to look at two elements.

One is the children who turn 18 and how transition planning can be best incorporated into the Bill. The other element is ensuring that children have the right to a home link support via fostering, within their culture if possible. What are the best practices the witnesses' organisations have taken from that? I do not mind who answers. I know there is expertise on this matter present.

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