Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. David Leonard:
Who knows what is going to happen? I know the UK has passed an Act that states it is lawful to send people to Rwanda but we are in unprecedented territory, as far as I am aware, because that Act was passed to get around a judgment of the UK Supreme Court. It would not be a lawful Act here if it were passed by the Oireachtas because of our Constitution, but it will be interesting to see what will happen in the UK because it does not have a written constitution and it places a lot of weight on parliamentary sovereignty. Nevertheless, I would be slow to predict that the Rwanda plan will go ahead.
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