Ms Maeve-Anne Kenny:

First and foremost, as the Chair mentioned, we are here to talk about the pact and not about wider immigration law issues. I can certainly get some information for the Deputy on the current powers under the immigration Acts. I know there are powers relating to requesting individuals to produce documents, but I do not have the details on the exact provision and I do not want to mislead the committee in any way. In any event, we do not envisage that the pact will interfere with those pre-existing powers under immigration law that were there even prior to the introduction of the common European asylum system in some cases.