Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

The point raised by Senator Barrett is an important one. If a person had been convicted many years ago, I think the Minister said that would be taken into account anyway. Am I correct in saying that if a person committed an offence, say, 40 years ago and the Minister refused him, that he would not be able to take a judicial review on the grounds that the Minister did not consider the length of time? That would not be a ground for him to appeal to the High Court against an adverse consideration or decision of the Minister.