Seanad debates
Thursday, 30 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
There has not been an injustice over the past year arising from the operation of this provision. On the contrary, it has concentrated people's minds. I do not suggest lawyers abuse the process, but they are tempted when their clients badly want to create space in terms of time to invoke the jurisdiction of the court. Under this provision, they are required to address the issue in clearer terms and outline their case in terms of whether it has a chance of succeeding and on what grounds it is based. If there are no clear grounds on which the decision they wish to impugn can be challenged, they must tell their client there are no such grounds and not waste the resources of the judicial system processing claims that are submitted primarily to avail of the time delay that follows from all court procedures.
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