Seanad debates
Thursday, 30 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
The escape hatch is that this is not a rigid system that is immovable in any circumstance because the High Court makes the ultimate decision as to whether time will be extended. It was held, therefore, that that formula was fully constitutional. We have an independent Judiciary and it comprises the appropriate people to decide whether in exceptional cases there is a need to extend the ordinary system.
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