Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is an issue we can discuss in more detail later. This part is an integral part, and the overall Part 18 would not work without it.The amendment would delete a provision whereby an application for international protection is admissible if a person arrives from a safe third country and it is important that we have that provision within this legislation. It is necessary to provide the basis for the application of international protection to be deemed inadmissible where the applicant has come from a safe third country. There is, obviously, a non-refoulementprocess which we will talk about later. A person cannot be forced to go back to a country where there is a possibility that they will be persecuted or treated in the ways that the Senator has just outlined. That principle exists even where somebody's application has been unsuccessful. The Part as a whole would not work without this so that is why we need to ensure it remains.