Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 December 2015

International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Trevor Ó ClochartaighTrevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to waste time discussing recommendations that are not covered by this Bill. I am trying to find out what the scope of the debate should be, because the Bill has come to us at such a late stage. I am trying to garner from the Minister information on which sections of the working group's recommendations are supposedly covered in this Bill. I will give an example. Chapter 1 of the report provides an overview of the protection system and application trends. Does this Bill cover the recommendations in that chapter only? Are those recommendations the only ones we are discussing? Does this Bill also cover the recommendations in chapter 2, which sets out the views of people in the protection system? Does it have anything to do with the suggested improvements to the existing determination process as set out in chapter 3? Are we touching on direct provision? Are we looking at chapter 4, which talks about suggested improvements to living conditions in direct provision accommodation centres? Chapter 5 of the report relates to suggested improvements to supports for people in the system.

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