Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

Government amendments Nos. 14 and 21 arise from an indication I gave on Committee Stage that I would look at the time limit of ten working days, as set out in section 6 of the Bill. This ten day limit, in effect a fortnight, would arise in a case where the Refugee Applications Commissioner or the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, as the case may be, becomes aware that the applicant is no longer at the address supplied or has demonstrated that he or she is in some other way not available to co-operate in the process of investigating the asylum claim or determining the appeal.