Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

This is important. I have tried to understand the urgency the Minister is attaching to this particular opt-in. From an Irish perspective, since 2019 we have dealt with one individual who would be affected by this. Other members may have been in the Houses for longer than me but, in my experience, this is unique in that we are being asked to endorse something without having the full information available to us and even less information being available to the public. It is important we get clarification that the negotiating mandate simply applies to citizens of Kazakhstan because that makes it even more confusing, from my perspective.