Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 February 2003
Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
It must also be asked if people are to be fined for failure to obtain an informed consent when we will not define what it means. For example, where an applicant's good friend or somebody involved in the asylum process provides a service for asylum seekers, are they capable of giving such advice as would make consent informed consent? Unless we are willing to specify exactly what we mean, we can hardly create a criminal offence.
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