Immigration Policy
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-08
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Sharon Keogan (IND), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I thank the Minister of State. After the two recent referendums, we know we cannot trust the Government to be honest about the legal advice it is receiving. To quell the concerns of the Opposition and the public, will the Government publish the Attorney General's advice on the EU migration pact? It is a comprehensive document that runs to over 1,300 pages. It contains various categories of regulations that need to be followed in respect of future migration, the Eurodac regulation and changes that will made to it. We in Ireland currently have access to that Eurodac system but we are told we will not be able to access it if we do not opt in.
The screening regulation is another document with approximately 200 pages. There are also the asylum procedure regulation, the asylum and migration management regulation and the crisis and force majeure regulation, which is a solidarity fund put in place to deal with crises in member states. As this is the second time I have submitted this question, I look forward to hearing the response from the Minister of State.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-08