Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It seems strange to insert this miscellaneous provision in a Bill that has closed St. Patrick's Institution. It seems a little bit out of place. The Minister said it was a convicted prisoner who was to be deported. How serious a case was this? Is there a danger that, for people seeking asylum, the process could be deemed to be exhausted because of a deportation order against them? Is there any fear that someone seeking asylum could be jailed for the failure to pay a fine or a smaller offence and could be deported quickly under this mechanism rather than having the full range of his or her international rights?