Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I will not take the Deputy through the various statutory factors the Minister must consider. Leaving aside the mistaken reference to asylum seekers being deported, I presume the substance of the issue raised by the Deputy is that persons sitting a State examination this summer would neither be issued with a deportation order nor deported prior to the examination taking place. The wording of the matter is a variation of a matter raised by the Deputy on the Adjournment on 22 March when he asked that we do not deport the schoolgoing children of non-national parents who are facing deportation——

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