Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

We are opposing this amendment. This, effectively, is an amendment to achieve the purpose of allowing applicants to appeal against their own decisions which we regard as patently illogical. Allowing people to appeal against the consequences of their own actions is equally untenable. If it were the case that the State unfairly deemed something to be a failure to co-operate, the State knows that it would face correction by the courts, but we cannot have a situation where a person fails to co-operate, knows what the consequences are, has been fairly and amply warned of them and then wants to appeal against the consequences of that failure to co-operate.

Amendment to amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments Nos. 17 to 25, inclusive, to amendment No. 15 not moved.