International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-18
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Gary Gannon (SD), Dublin Central

It is important to say that paralegals cannot provide individualised advice in that sense. In the context of this 12-week timeframe, individuals who come here may suffer from trauma that they cannot convey in the immediacy with which this pact will demand. They will not receive the appropriate level of advice through the mechanisms the Minister has laid out because they will not have a qualified person giving them access to information in a language they understand, relative to the timeframe they need to deal with the trauma for whatever they may have experienced. That is where this is looking like it is going to fall down a lot. I have not been convinced at all by the Minister’s arguments.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-18