Ms Edel McGinley:

The EU has introduced really good legislation for Ireland over the years and has pushed us forward on gender equality, worker rights and labour migration. It has pushed us forward in a number of areas and has been hugely beneficial to Ireland but we do not believe this particular pact, as it is, is beneficial. That is not to say we have not benefitted over the years but in its totality, because it is being taken in its totality, we do not believe this pact is a good approach for Ireland. As the Refugee Council would say, it is better to look at what we have here already, to implement it properly and to resource it, going back to the resource issue.

We need to resource these things properly and make the system work a little bit better. Adopting this is eroding the rights of people seeking safety on our shores.