International Protection Act 2026
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Obligation to travel to screening centre | ||
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22. (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (6), an applicant who makes an application, or on whose behalf an application is made or deemed to have been made, under Chapter 1 of Part 3 , at a place other than a screening centre, shall travel to a screening centre in accordance with a direction under subsection (2). | ||
(2) A member of An Garda Síochána, an immigration officer or an officer of the Minister may give a direction to an applicant referred to in subsection (1) and the applicant shall comply with the direction. | ||
(3) A direction under subsection (2) shall be in writing and given in a language the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand and, where given to an applicant referred to in subsection (5), shall state the reason for the direction. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5), an applicant shall not be subject to the obligation referred to in subsection (1) where— | ||
(a) the applicant holds a valid registration certificate under section 9(4A) of the Act of 2004, or | ||
(b) the applicant is a minor exempted from the obligation to register under section 9(6)(a) of the Act of 2004 and the minor’s parent or guardian holds a valid registration certificate under that section 9(4A). | ||
(5) Where a member of An Garda Síochána, an immigration officer or an officer of the Minister has reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the interests of public policy or national security for an applicant to whom paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (4) applies to be subject to the obligation referred to in subsection (1), the member or officer may give the applicant a direction referred to in subsection (2). | ||
(6) Where the Minister considers it appropriate, the Minister may exempt an applicant to whom one of the following paragraphs applies from the obligation referred to in subsection (1)— | ||
(a) an applicant serving a term of imprisonment in a prison, | ||
(b) an applicant detained in a children detention school, | ||
(c) an applicant— | ||
(i) in respect of whom a warrant has been issued under section 26 or 27 of the Extradition Act 1965 , | ||
(ii) who is subject to committal under section 29 of that Act, | ||
(iii) who has consented to surrender or is committed under section 29A of that Act, or | ||
(iv) who is subject to surrender under section 33 or 33A of that Act, | ||
(d) an applicant in respect of whom a European arrest warrant (within the meaning of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 ) has been issued, or | ||
(e) an applicant considered by a registered medical practitioner to be incapable for medical reasons of travelling to a screening centre. |