Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister. In relation to the European arrest warrant, if we go back to the 1957 Council of Europe Convention, will the political offence exception be revived in any way and the terrorism exclusion have to be extended? If the Minister is not in a position to answer this now I fully understand.

Second, as to the Dublin regulation, there is a real problem that we may face a situation that people who are dissatisfied with what is happening regarding their application for refugee status in the United Kingdom, not only people who have been refused asylum status but people who think they are about to be refused asylum status, would come here. I hope that whatever the Minister does covers both situations, that the safe third-country measure automatically extends to anybody who has applied in the UK.

Third, I note Denmark was slow to join the EU IIA regulation for its own reasons. Should we not consider, if the Minister is bringing in a Bill to deal with this, some provision giving the Oireachtas the power to extend the customary residence rather than the domicile rule to Denmark because we should not have obstacles with Danish people?

My last point is very much domestic. The Minister mentioned solicitors. Will the regulations the Minister is bringing in also apply to barristers using the European professional recognition arrangements?