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Wed 05 May 2007Minister challenges court ruling on Irish-born childrenThe Minister for Justice was not required to and did not consider the rights of Irish-born children when dealing with applications by their non-national parents to remain here, counsel for the Minister has argued before the Supreme Court.Brian O'Moore SC, for the Minister, said that when the Irish Born Child scheme (IBC05) was introduced in 2005, it was never intended to consider the entitlements of the child but rather to decide if their foreign parents were entitled to remain here.