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Ireland

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Legal instruments & key provisions

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Prison Rules 2007A foreign national is entitled to be provided with a consul, while asylum seekers are entitled to be provided with the means to contact the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or the Representative in Ireland of the High Commissioner. In addition, the foreign national is also to be informed in particular about his or her entitlements to a visit by a legal adviser or relating to court appearance. In addition, foreign nationals are entitled to make telephone calls, and send and receive a letter from a person whom he or she is entitled to receive a visit from. At the request of a prisoner, the Governor may allow the attendance of an interpreter to a visit of the prisoner by legal adviser or any other person approved by the legal adviser “where the lack of such services during such visit would cause the prisoner substantial difficulty in communicating with the person visiting”.

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