David Norris (Independent)

The Minister, as is usual, is admirably clear. I will not press him on the final amendment in the name of Senator Cummins. The Senator can do that himself. The Minister has made some very interesting points.

Some of the criteria for granting leave to remain in Ireland are contained in legislation but they are spread in different places. I welcome what the Minister said about publication of guidelines. Nevertheless, it would be helpful to those applying if this information were drawn together in booklet form so that a person making an application could have it ready to hand instead of having to root through the different regulations and pieces of legislation. The Minister said he is bringing guidelines to Cabinet. It would be a help if those guidelines were made available to the applicants and their legal advisers in easily accessible form. This would be a humane thing to do and would give applicants the opportunity to make the best possible case. There would be nothing fraudulent in this. It would simply give people greater access to their rights in making applications.