Seanad debates
Thursday, 30 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
If we want to preserve the integrity of the system, we must adhere to current procedures. If we amend the provisions in question, which have been adjudicated on under Article 26, one of the by-products would be that it would subsequently be subject to separate constitutional challenge because once an Article 26 decision has been made about a provision of an Act, it is thereafter immune from constitutional challenge. However, if the provision is amended, the doors would be open again to every lawyer to continue to attack its constitutionality in case after case without end in the courts on the basis that they think they can repeatedly reopen the issue.
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