Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Finally, I ask about the Dublin III regulation. The Minister mentioned that it was inefficient and it is, to a large extent, broken, which many people would say. Does the Minister have any apprehension that, if it was to operate the way it was supposed to, we would be obliged, as a member of the European pact, to take a proportion of asylum seekers? The Dublin III regulation obviously benefits us, as some people would see it, because we are at the end of the pipeline. It disproportionately affects countries which are closer to Europe's land borders. Does the Minister see any situation where we would be forced to take people coming to Europe as asylum seekers in proportion to our population?