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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: At the end of the day, it could happen-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: It could happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: At this moment in time, I think it is important that we put the figures out there in respect of this matter-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: -----and it is important that the information we are presenting here is actually factual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: When the Department does not actually know what that figure might be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: This document on the crisis and force majeure regulation is 83 pages long. I am not too sure whether anyone in the Department has read it or if any fluent or native speaker has read it. I refer to the review of the crisis and force majeure regulation, which is nothing short of legally ambiguous phrasing, at best. At worst, it is an insult to speakers of the English language. It is of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: Will it be done in the Irish language?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: It will be. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive answers. As regards the Nigerian legislation she is bringing before the House this week, or was it today? I am not sure whether it has gone through or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: If we were members of that pact today, we would have to run this through the EU solidarity co-ordinator before we could do anything on it, so there is a restriction on our foreign policy when it comes to that. We would have to run this through this EU solidarity co-ordinator. Is that a fact or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I am just saying that if we were members of this pact at this moment in time-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I am well aware of what the Minister brought to Cabinet today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: If we were part of the pact today, would the Minister have that decision or would it be in the hands of the EU solidarity co-ordinator? That is the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I believe we would not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: There are 77 people per day at the moment seeking asylum in this country. We will hit 23,000 this year. As regards the Rwanda Bill yesterday, I want to know what measures will be put in place to stop what is happening in Northern Ireland. People are coming in through Belfast and down into the Republic. What is happening to stop that flow? Nothing is happening. The Department of Justice...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the words about my uncle Jim. He lived a life of service, just a we as politicians do. He was a Kiltegan missionary and part of the famous Gunnar Brady family, who would have been very well known in the football circles but also in the political circles through Fianna Fáil. Uncle Danny served as a county councillor for Fianna Fáil for almost six...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I wish to raise my concerns regarding the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee. I struggle to have confidence in the Minister and her Department. On her watch, a breakdown in British-Irish relations on the most serious matter of foreign policy is under way. The Minister was due to meet the UK Home Secretary, James Cleverly, yesterday to discuss strengthening the common travel area. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I want to raise the issue of the Policing Authority Assessment of Policing Performance 2023, with a particular focus on child sexual abuse and child safety. As outlined in this policing report, the strategic approach to addressing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has seen a significant transformation in the past few years. The establishment of the divisional protective services...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.