Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
Some tribunal members informally express an opinion. If I was to formalise this into a statutory regime, they would have to amplify the scope of their hearing to deal with all humanitarian concerns as it would be unfair to give them a function and at the same time not allow the party to provide the material to them to exercise that function. The present situation is quite satisfactory. If and when the European Union comes up with a subsidiary protection code, that, too, will have to be transposed into Irish law in a manner which will go some way towards addressing the Senator's concerns.
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