Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill deals with residence in the State of persons who are not Irish or EU nationals. Were we to make provision in respect of the matter under discussion in the Bill before us — this is altogether separate from the issue of inducements raised by the Human Rights Commission — we would be obliged to repeal and then re-enact it in the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. The latter is a comprehensive codifying measure that deals with all aspects of the right to residence in Ireland and repeals all the relevant legislation going back to 1935.

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