Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Committee on Public Petitions

Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion

Photo of Fintan WarfieldFintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms O'Reilly for joining us. We really appreciate the contribution she is making today. I am interested in the pressures of the pandemic and the fear of diminishing checks and balances on the basis of those pressures. I will ask about two specific cases that came across her desk. These are allegations that Frontex was complicit in illegally pushing back migrants in the eastern Mediterranean in order to stop them from entering the European Union. There are also allegations of physical altercations between migrants and Frontex personnel and that the agency also operated outside the European Union. Has Ms O'Reilly concluded her investigations into Frontex?

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