Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach now claims that there is clarity with the British Government. He might alert us as to when he received that clarification from the British Prime Minister. Has the British Government clarified that it does in fact have a legal obligation to accept returns? It has acknowledged operational arrangements but it has not gone so far as to acknowledge a legal obligation. Can the Taoiseach confirm for me that this is in fact the case?

Will he add some more detail, while he is at it? I am fully aware of the common travel area, as are we all. I am also aware that Brexit happened and was a huge disrupter. Will the Taoiseach please give us more clarity on this?

I asked a question about confusion in the Government. The Tánaiste is contradicting the Minister for Justice, saying that a claim she made is not based on fact, data or statistics. Will the Taoiseach clarify which, if either of the Minister for Justice or the Tánaiste is speaking accurately?

The mishandling of this by the Government and by the Tánaiste has been a gift to the Tories. If the Taoiseach follows politics over there, as no doubt he does, I have no doubt that he is well aware of that fact too.

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