Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 July 2003
Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages.
We now come to what I regard as the core provisions of my proposals for reform of the Refugee Act, which are at amendments Nos. 18 and 19, with consequential matters dealt with at Nos. 15, 16, 20, 22 and 23. Between them, they offer a complete replacement for the current provisions in the Refugee Act 1996, for the foreshortened investigation of certain applications. The replacement scheme provides for the prioritisation of applications at first instance by reference to a range of criteria and the acceleration of the appeals process for negative recommendations at first instance, which have certain characteristics.
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