Seanad debates

Friday, 30 January 2004

Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage.

 

12:00 pm

Photo of Joe O'TooleJoe O'Toole (Independent)

On a point of order, the legislation includes the words — we will not be misled on this — "the immigration officer may, if the officer is satisfied that the non-national suffers from a prescribed disease" or whatever the new word is. The definitions to which Senator Henry referred show that in one case, it goes on to state that. It does not cover the area of significant intellectual disability. Words are words and they are not what the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform says they mean. We are here because we believed the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform the last time.

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