Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I think the question Senator McDowell asks is a valid one. I think it is still important to appeal and it is still important to pass the legislation because we are still potentially dealing with the hypothetical. It is right to rectify the flaw that exists, because we could still be dealing with a situation where Rwanda does not happen or it is unclear how many people might end up there and who those people might be. There might be a change of Government and a whole load of different variables. It is important we rectify it and it has the greatest effect possible.

A number of concerns have been raised about human rights relating to detention. Some of the other stuff which has been raised relates to outside of the EU and the responsibilities that have been given to other countries. Is that specifically codified or is it implied or is it something we can just assume from bilateral agreements between the EU and Egypt, Turkey, Albania and so on? I know that Amnesty International and some of the organisations here have raised concerns about the human rights records in those countries and the relationship the EU has with them. Is that specifically codified anywhere in the migration pact or is an assumption being made - quite reasonably, probably - about the way the EU currently functions at its borders with non-EU countries?