Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to the Senator on the issue of family reunification. What we trying to do is mirror the existing process for family reunification. We must have a system whereby, if somebody is granted protection in a safe country, we continue to adhere to the regulations that have been set out. It might not necessarily be the Dublin regulation if the transition period ends without the agreement in place but we are trying to mirror that. If somebody has been granted asylum in a safe country, the idea that we would ignore that would have knock-on implications and ramifications elsewhere. I will revert to the Senator on exactly how family reunification will work.