Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

It certainly does. That is the intention and the effect of this Bill – that the number of people who can come into this country to seek asylum will be reduced. In fact, it will be reduced to nought because it is the carrier at source who will decide who should travel to the country and if somebody does not have the necessary documentation, he or she will be denied the right to travel and, therefore, the right to seek asylum. That is the intention of this Bill.

My concern, as expressed already, is that there seems to be no mechanism to provide for those exceptional cases which should be considered by the State. Instead of that, we are allowing the carrier to make these decisions.