Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 6, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 21 of Act of 2015

7. Section 21 of the Act of 2015 is amended— (a) in subsection (16), by the substitution of “subsection (2)(a)” for “this section”,

(b) in subsection (17)—

(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “punishment or a serious and individual threat to his or her life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict,” for “punishment, and”,

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “concerned, and” for “concerned.”,

and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(d) has the possibility in the country concerned to request refugee status and, if found to be a refugee, to receive protection in accordance with the Geneva Convention.”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (18):

“(19) In subsection (17)(d), ‘refugee status’ means the recognition by the country concerned of a third country national or stateless person as a refugee.”.”.

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