Wallace, DanFriday, 2 July 1999 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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Immigration Bill, 1999: Second Stage.
The Bill before the House deals with three important areas. Its passing will fulfil a commitment in the Government's programme to bring into effect the Refugee Act, 1996, which has lain on the Statute...
I thank Senators for their contributions on this important and urgent Bill. The debate has covered a wide range, touching on many facets of the questions of the immigration and residence of non-nation...
These procedures include interpreter facilities at every stage when they are needed and an independent review mechanism for those rejected at first instance. Clearly, the Senator has neither read the ...
I did not interrupt the Senator.
That represents the policy of this Government and should also be the basis for the policy of every party in this House. It is also the policy of the Minister's Department. I utterly repudiate the unwa...
The Senator was not in the House when the Senator was speaking.
It cannot be tolerated that the rights of those genuinely in need of the protection of this State should be hindered in any way by volumes of speculative or ill-founded claims for asylum made on the b...
The procedures in operation at present have been arrived at in consultation with the UNHCR and include a robustly independent review mechanism. The procedures are operating in a spirit of co-operation...
Senators Norris and Costello referred to the powers of immigration officers relating to the entry of non-nationals. It may be of interest to them that in the context of the major immigration and resid...
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