Second Stage Lapsed 25th Seanad 49/2016
Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016
- Sponsor
- Victor Boyhan
- Introduced
- 23 Jun 2016
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows people waiting 4+ years for refugee or subsidiary protection decisions to regularise their residency status.
- Applies to applicants whose cases remain undetermined after four years from submission date.
- Bill lapsed; never became law. Would have provided legal residency pathway for long-delayed asylum applicants.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 25th Seanad23 Jun 2016
- Second Stage 25th Seanad23 Jun 2016