David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of the meeting is to consider the proposal approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the establishment of Eurodac - recast - and the effective application of the Dublin Regulation. A briefing document has been circulated to members.

I welcome the Minister and her officials and apologise for the delay in starting the meeting. Before we commence, I would like to draw the Minister's attention to the fact that the committee recently received an Africa Day Award in recognition of its work in the area of integration, anti-racism and so on, of which members are very proud. It is the first time an Oireachtas committee has received such an award. I now invite the Minister to brief the committee on the motion, following which we will have a question and answer session.