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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I think that is a fair question.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would like to come back in, if that is possible.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am about to rephrase what I said.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would agree with much of what Senator Bacik has said. I am certainly not making a Second Stage speech.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not want to waste time discussing recommendations that are not covered by this Bill. I am trying to find out what the scope of the debate should be, because the Bill has come to us at such a late stage. I am trying to garner from the Minister information on which sections of the working group's recommendations are supposedly covered in this Bill. I will give an example. Chapter 1 of...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The report is absolutely relevant, however.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Of course it is relevant.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am not contesting the ruling of the Chair. Last night, the Minister and the Government Senators told us that this Bill covers 26 of the 170 recommendations. I want to make sure I do not waste time later in this debate. I want to focus on the elements of the Bill that relate to the recommendations of the working group that was set up by the Minister of State.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: For the record, I do not think it is clear which recommendations are included and which are not. This Bill has come to the House at a very late stage. The Government has already proposed more than 150 amendments to it. I would like to put it on the record that where exactly we stand is anything but clear.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would like to make a comment on the Title of the Bill.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There has been a great deal of talk about scrapping direct provision. People have said we should get rid of it. I wonder, therefore, why the Bill is not called the international protection (abolition of the direct provision system) Bill. Can I put that question to the Minister of State? Are we discussing-----

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome this clarification on where the Government stands. I would have thought from debates in the Seanad previously that a number of Senators on all sides of the House have called for the abolition of direct provision. I am certainly one of them. It is now clear there is nothing in the Bill which will abolish direct provision and that it is here to stay as a system. Nothing in the...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I just want to clarify that.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There are a number of alternatives.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Will the Leas-Cathaoirleach clarify whether we go by the printed listing we were sent or what is shown on the screen?

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not in our list either.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: So it is not to be discussed.

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I agree with the point made by Senator Bacik. In fairness, the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill was in preparation for a considerable period and much work had been done in this area. It is very disconcerting to receive a Bill and have so many amendments tabled by the Government within a couple of days of receiving it. It strikes those with whom I have been discussing the Bill,...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The list we have does not include amendment No. 141. Is it included? The list refers to amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, 19, 20, 26, 27, 136, 138, 142 and 143.