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 Tracy O'Keeffe:

Regarding the detention of minors, by way of clarification, the reception conditions directive, which makes provisions for detention of applicants, provides that, as a rule, minors should not be detained but that it could happen in very limited, stringent and restricted circumstances. It is not something we envisage will happen under the new system. It does not happen at present.

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