International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-18
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Alan Kelly (LAB), Tipperary North

I thank the Minister of State for his response and I acknowledge the note he received from his officials with regard to the Attorney General. That is fine. We have put a lot of research into this amendment as a party because we believe there are serious legal questions around this, particularly in the context of hierarchical decision-making, the case law within Supreme Court decision-making and how all that fits in.
While I know the Government will not accept this amendment, I have to press it because we fundamentally think there is a gap and issue in this regard. I encourage the Minister of State and his officials, in all honesty and decency, to relook at all of this before we conclude this Bill because I have received advice from a number of highly eminent people who are very concerned and concerted about this. They believe there is a real issue here. It can be solved but the way in which it is being dealt with in the legislation is not going to cut the mustard. I will press the amendment.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-18