Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 February 2003

Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.

 

All we are saying is that, in those circumstances, the applicant is put in the position of indicating whether or not he or she proposes to proceed with the matter. It seems, from ordinary rules of constitutional construction, that the words which the Senator's amendment proposes to insert are entirely surplusage because anything which is so insignificant as to fall within the de minimis non courat lex rule – the law is not concerned with tiny things – is already excluded by a constitutional interpretation of this section.

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