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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: ...High Commissioner for Refugees; and last but by no means least, Mr. David Leonard, barrister-at-law. They are our witnesses. As is normal procedure, we have observers from the Department of Justice. I welcome Ms Maeve-Anne Kenny, principal officer. While the Department will serve as an observer and will not make statements as such, some questions may be directed to her in due course if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

...I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee for the invitation to attend today. Some people fear the pact will lead to greater migration flows into Ireland and are concerned the European Court of Justice will now have the final say on interpreting the substance of asylum law. In reality, that has been the position since the original qualification directive in 2006, and that power...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McDowell: Mr. Leonard can speak more freely about it, therefore. In that case, it seems that a lot of Ms Justice Phelan's findings went far beyond mere non-compliance with EU safe country criteria by the Minister's original determination and that there were other issues the judge parked, so to speak. Are they going to come back and bite us? Does Mr. Leonard have any insight into the capacity of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mr. David Leonard: I would think the Department of Justice will look at those aspects of the judgment that raised issues which could come up again, and it will probably look into whether those items can be addressed before they raise their head in more cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

...and how it is going to be done now and into the future. It is the sense that we are eroding the rights of people who are coming here seeking safety. It is something that we, as a country, this justice committee and the Dáil, should all be concerned about. We should be looking to enhance people's rights and not erode them. As for the issue of resources and how somebody in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

...put in place for Ireland and the UK because of the common travel area. They actually pre-date the Lisbon treaty but were reinserted into the Lisbon treaty. In measures in the areas of freedom, justice and security, we are not automatically bound by them. That was in order to protect the common travel area or the common law system, where criminal law matters are concerned. That is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...why people like myself have been willing to give this pact a second look. The history of this whole area has been very problematic in Irish politics. We have had difficulty within the Department of Justice for a long time and I have been critical of this myself, having spent 18 months as a Minister of State. The direct provision system allowed people to languish in the system for ten...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Ms Edel McGinley: The Minister for Justice indicated there would be 100 gardaí freed up from registration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: -----I am sure he put multiple documents out. However, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, is sponsoring the pact. This committee does not have jurisdiction over what the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, may or may not do. I am trying to zoom in on the elements of what we have under discussion today in order to keep us on the right side of the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: That is as may be, but this is the Joint Committee on Justice. We consider issues relating to justice, legislation and proposals from the Minister for Justice and related matters. The Senator stated that she is not sure if it is in the pact or not. It is hard to answer a question about something in the abstract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: ...no view on that strategy; I am just saying that it is not something for the committee to deal with today. We do not have the power to examine the actions of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. We do justice; we do not do the matters that are proper to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McDowell: ...by land, sea or air; and individuals who are apprehended within the territory of an EU Member State who eluded controls at the external borders at ... first instance. I ask the Department of Justice whether somebody who has been in the State for some time is within the ambit of the external border procedures and the screening process that follows from that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McDowell: ...considered unlawful under international law. I am asking a very simple question. I wonder is a lot of this academic, because people will actually be able to say to the Irish courts that what Ms Justice Phelan found as technical defects may have been remedied but they still have a fundamental objection to being sent back to the UK because of being exposed to the risk of being sent to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: So, we will not be using facial recognition technology, which is being introduced by our justice Ministry, to manage our Border. There will be other legislation on border patrols and policing that interacts with the issue of facial recognition and other biometrics. The Department could say that the Garda could share facial imaging data with the border patrol of another country, given that...