Seanad debates
Thursday, 19 December 2002
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
Joanna Tuffy (Labour)
Suspecting puts a higher onus on the carrier than believing. It would be easier to prove belief.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Government amendment No. 11:
In page 5, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following new subsection:
"(9) This section is without prejudice to the provisions of sections 8, 9 and 24 of the Refugee Act, 1996 and to the discretion of the Minister to admit to the State a person whom the Minister considers to be in need of the protection of the State.".
Amendment agreed to.
Question proposed: "That section 2, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
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