Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 4 provides the definition of the title "chief international protection officer", the person who will be responsible for the management of the international protection office which will be established by the Department of Justice and Equality. There is also a definition of the term "international protection officer" and a new section dealing with the independence of international protection officers in the performance of their duties. A further section allows for the appointment of the chief international protection officer and sets out that he or she will be independent in the performance of his or her functions under the Bill, as is currently the case.