Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion
Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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They need to have spent 12 months in the care of the State. Let us look at a scenario where an disputed unaccompanied minor, a girl for example, has spent ten months and time is ticking down where she is not in the care of the State. It is then recognised that she is a minor.