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International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit will be opposing the Government motion on the migration and asylum impact and the pact itself, not for the reasons that some in this House may put forward but because we believe the European Union and, sadly, our own Government are beginning to make concessions to anti-immigrant hysteria and to the scapegoating of immigrants by the far right in a dangerous way that is not...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: I appreciate the opportunity to participate in this debate. Immigration is one of the most pressing issues facing the international community. We can see this across European member states, the UK and within our own country. Therefore, I welcome the Government's decision to opt into the EU migration and asylum pact. It is not only a necessary agreement, but one that will lead to a...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: The way this pact has been handled is an insult to the Dáil and the people who elected us. At every step of the way, the Opposition has pleaded with the Government to treat this issue carefully and allow for sufficient oversight and debate. At every step, however, the Government has ignored those pleas. The only actual scrutiny of the pact before today was two three-hour sessions in...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the pact, a matter of profound significance and immediate concern to the people of Ireland. It is a subject that touches the very fabric of our society and calls for a unified European response. Migration is one of the most important issues of our time. Ireland, for the first time in our history, is experiencing significant inward...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

David Cullinane: Fundamentally, this is a debate about sovereignty. It is about how sovereign states manage migration. It is, and should be, for every nation to determine its own migration and border policies. Ireland should have its own rules-based system that needs to be fair, efficient and enforced. A one-size-fits-all approach to migration throughout the European Union is not the best solution for...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

James Browne: Opting into the pact is Ireland's opportunity to undertake co-ordinated wide-reaching reforms in an area that has seen mounting public interest in recent times. It will provide better co-ordination between member states, the faster processing of applications and return of inadmissible and failed asylum applicants, reduced secondary movement and enhanced data sharing and screening through an...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: There is no logical basis for a wholesale opt in to the EU asylum and migration pact. Ireland has opt-outs for a reason. We are an island nation divided into two political jurisdictions, one of which has been forced out of the EU; our nearest neighbour has left the EU; and we are a part of a common travel area. Future Governments will need flexibility to deal with future challenges. What...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Labour Party in this debate. Recent debates on immigration have been dominated by disinformation. This is regrettable because it is essential we stick to the facts. It is important to state unequivocally that seeking asylum is a human right and that under international law, everyone has the right to apply for asylum if they are fleeing...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "to accept the following measures" up to and including the words "migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147" and substitute the following: "(a) Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1147 and (EU) 2021/1060...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I would not have done-----

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is what you said. I asked a you a very straight question and you said the answer to that first question is "No." That is what you said. We can look back at the record afterwards but you said very clearly that no consideration was given, and I checked it again this morning. It was a reckless and not thought-through approach.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am not disputing that there is nothing that does not benefit us.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: You can clarify that in the closing remarks but what is on the record is crystal clear, Minister. This is a reckless and not thought-through approach and the public would be absolutely astonished at this. We are in a unique position. We share a common travel area with Britain as we have for the guts of a century. We have considerations that no other country has because of that travel...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin is opting in to the bulk of it.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: No, if the Tánaiste listens back that is not the case. Only by retaining the powers to make our own decisions on migration will we maintain a system that is properly managed and fair and that applies common sense and common decency. It does not make sense to give up that flexibility. Sinn Féin also opposes the migration pact because there are significant human rights concerns....

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: This is a welcome but delayed debate. The justice committee completed its report on the migration pact on 2 May but the Government postponed the debate until after the election. A response to a parliamentary question submitted in April confirmed the Government was in preparation for the implementation of the pact and it said that: While Ireland has not yet opted-into most of the Pact...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is wrong to adopt the EU migration pact. That it did not even consider, it seems, exercising Ireland's opt-out from any element of the pact is shocking. Migration is a challenging issue. We must, of course, respect international law and co-operate with other states but, ultimately, migration policy must be set by an Irish Government elected by the Irish people. We must...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: And yours.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The increasing number of people seeking asylum places an onus on every government, including theirs, to plan and resource an immigration system that is fit for purpose and that safeguards social cohesion as well, and that has not happened. Now, by opting in to the EU pact, the Government compounds its failure and shirks its leadership and responsibility. It proposes to hand responsibility...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: It does not.