International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage Seanad Éireann — 2026-03-18 ============================================================ Michael McDowell (IND), National University of Ireland I thank the Minister for his brief answer - at least for the brevity of it - but as I read section 117, which concerns the asylum border procedure, the Minister is entitled to apply----- --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2026-03-18/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:54:44+00:00 Sitting date: 2026-03-18