International Protection Act 2026

Amendment of section 24 of Prisons Act 2015

308. Section 24 of the Prisons Act 2015 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of “or” in the last place where it occurs,

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) a removal order under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations ( S.I. No. 548 of 2015 ), or”,

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) a return decision that is in effect under Part 11 of the International Protection Act 2026,”,

and

(iv) by the substitution of “deportation or removal from the State or return, as the case may be” for “deportation or removal, as the case may be, from the State”,

(b) in subsection (3)(a), by the substitution of “deportation order, removal order or return decision” for “deportation order or removal order”,

(c) in subsection (12), by the insertion of “or returned” after “deported or removed from the State” in both places where it occurs, and

(d) in subsection (13)(a), by the insertion of “or returned” after “from the State”.