International Protection Bill 2015
Public bill · Government · Presented
The International Protection Bill 2015 would replace Ireland’s separate asylum procedures with one process covering refugee status, subsidiary protection and permission to remain. It would set rules for applications, interviews, detention, appeals and deportation, create an independent appeals tribunal, and provide recognised refugees and protected people with access to work, healthcare, welfare, housing and family reunification. It would also allow temporary protection during a mass influx and strengthen some immigration enforcement powers.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to restate and modify certain aspects of the law relating to the entry into and presence in the State of persons in need of international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters, to give further effect to Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof, to give further effect to Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted, to give further effect to Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status, to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967, to amend the Immigration Act 1999, the Immigration Act 2003 and the Immigration Act 2004, to amend or repeal certain other enactments, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
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- International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage Seanad
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