Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024
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Chapter 2 Amendment of International Protection Act 2015 | ||
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Amendment of International Protection Act 2015 | ||
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11. Section 60 of the International Protection Act 2015 is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following definition in subsection (1): | ||
“ ‘designated accommodation centre’ means a premises designated under subsection (14A)(a);”, | ||
(b) in subsection (10)— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “a person who has been given a permission to reside in the State under subsection (6), which permission is valid,” for “a displaced person to whom subsection (2) applies”, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): | ||
“(b) to receive, upon and subject to the same conditions applicable to Irish citizens, the same medical care and, other than while he or she is resident in a designated accommodation centre, the same social welfare benefits as those to which Irish citizens are entitled, and”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (14): | ||
“(14A) The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth— | ||
(a) may, where he or she is satisfied that the premises concerned are suitable for the purpose, designate in writing such and so many premises as he or she considers appropriate for the accommodation of persons who have been given a permission to reside in the State under subsection (6), which permission is valid, and | ||
(b) shall, as soon as practicable after a designation is made under paragraph (a), ensure that the fact of such designation is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of him or her or the Government.”. |