Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I listened carefully to what the Taoiseach said earlier. He told Deputy McDonald about the importance of this State being able to frame its own migration policy. He told Deputy Bacik about how important the open border with Northern Ireland remains. That is exactly what the Irish people voted for in the Lisbon treaty when we had an opt-out on the asylum area. Some aspects of the migration pact are beneficial to this State but others are not. There are ten different legal instruments, all of which were voted on separately in the European Parliament. I understand it is currently proposed that this Dáil, notwithstanding the importance of the mandate the Taoiseach has espoused, will be given one vote. It is a case of take them all or leave them all. That is profoundly undemocratic. Will we get to vote on these legal instruments individually?

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