Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, we are being asked to opt in to agreements with all of the states mentioned. Therefore, it is not a choice on whether we opt-in or out. Is it not correct to say we are being asked to opt in? Perhaps I have misunderstood, but what I see is that Ireland has an option, as agreed to in a referendum, in these matters. Therefore, as matters stand, we have a choice whether to opt in or out. However, the Government is proposing that we opt in to agreements with all of the states mentioned. Is that correct?