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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: All of the groups welcomed the introduction of a single unified procedure.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Is the Leader trying to tell us something?

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend him on his great and well-documented commitment to the reform of the direct provision system, which I think is accepted by everyone. When we all spoke about this on Second Stage last night, I was one of the many Senators who highlighted the need to reform the direct provision procedure and deal with the implementation of all the...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: No.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: We have spoken about the report.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: These amendments are mostly very much technical in terms of replacing references to authorised officer with international protection officer, which seems sensible, but the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, and I have raised as an issue the practice of so many technical amendments being inserted on Committee Stage to a Bill published a week previously. It is unfortunate we must do so and that...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I propose that we leave amendment No. 231 until we reach it, in accordance with the list we all received.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: As the Minister of State said, amendment No. 230 must be passed first because it provides for the new section 73 on international protection officers. Amendment No. 3 relates to that, but it was listed first.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Amendments Nos. 141 to 143, inclusive, are to insert new texts at the end of the existing section 35 on page 39 of the Bill.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to raise a point a number of us raised on Second Stage, namely, children's rights under the Bill and to ensure that the rights of children, particularly children who come into Ireland as unaccompanied minors, are adequately protected. I was very heartened to hear the Minister speak about this last night in her speech and in her response where she pointed out how much the practice has...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I do not want to labour the point, but section 35 should not be read in isolation. Clearly, it must be read in the context of the other relevant provisions. Section 34 applies to the personal interview and section 34(7) refers to an applicant who has not attained the age of 18. Section 14 refers to unaccompanied minors seeking international protection. In section 14(2) it is very...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: That is not in this amendment.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: It is unaccompanied minors.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: We dealt with amendment No. 6 just before we adjourned.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: At least.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I raised the issue of statelessness previously and stressed that we must ensure adequate procedures are in place for the identification of stateless applicants as well as some means to clarify their status. It is a major issue on which many of the NGOs working in this area have been active. I know Migrants Rights Centre Ireland has done some work on the matter. I agree in principle with...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure the Leader will respond to Senator O'Brien's comments about the International Protection Bill 2015, but I remind colleagues that Members received an e-mail from the Bills Office on 27 November informing us that the deadline for submitting amendments to the International Protection Bill 2015 was one hour after the conclusion of Second Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: That was in anticipation of the conclusion of the Bill last night, so we will wait. I presume it will be same when the Bill concludes tonight. What I mean is that there is no change. I agree with Senator O'Brien - those of us who were here until midnight last night have made this point many times - that this is an unfortunate feature of every year. In December, Members are faced with a...