Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 12:

In subsection (11), after "This section does not apply to a non-national" to insert "who is entitled to be in the State and in particular to a non-national".

The section lists four exceptions but it is wrong to allow only those reasons and not to provide for other possibilities. The purpose of the amendment is to protect a non-national who is entitled to be in the State for a reason other than those listed. I ask the Minister to comment.