Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

No, that is okay. One hundred extra gardaí were allocated to Operation Sonnet today. That operation had some success late last year and again this year when it returned to the UK people who had come through Northern Ireland. They were returned via ferry from Dublin Port. Twenty-five people were caught between 9 and 13 October. This February, 25 people were removed from the State as well via ferry to Holyhead or train to Belfast. Obviously, the extra gardaí are a welcome addition, but the fact that there are only 16 gardaí in the people trafficking unit is worrying. It needs to be strengthened.

On burden sharing, the UN has predicted that the figure for climate migration will reach 1.2 billion people by 2050, rising to 1.4 billion by 2060. Sharing in that burden would require a vast amount of money of this or any country.

I want a show of hands from the panel of witnesses: who wants to opt in and who wants to opt out of this agreement?