The changes brought about in this replacement section permit the fingerprinting of applicants under 14 years of age, but with two important safeguards: it can only be carried out in the presence of a parent, a person in loco parentis or a person appointed by the health board to make the asylum claim on the child's behalf; and the decision to fingerprint must be approved by either a person designated by the Minister or a senior garda. These safeguards ensure that the child's rights are secured. The present rules about destruction of fingerprints after a certain period of time are reproduced without change in this new section 9A.