Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

To make some progress, will the Minister of State give an undertaking that in the guidelines that will be drawn up in regard to this legislation, the family concerned would be given a list of all the requirements on their first visit or when they are making the application, and that this list would not be added to at a later stage. In other words, when the family first makes the application, they would be told in writing exactly what items of information are required so, when they come back, they are not given further items to search for. If this was included in the guidelines, it would address the concerns we have highlighted.

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