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

That is what we are doing now. What we are talking about opting in to are amended versions of what we had opted in to before. If what the Senator suggests were to happen as regards the new Dublin III regulation, for example, we would not be discussing opting in; it would just be forced upon us. That is not what is happening, however. What we are doing is deciding, since this is an amended version of Dublin III, whether we want to opt in to the changed version or whether we want to stick with the older one. We are saying the newer one is much better, it will be more efficient and we will be able to return people much more efficiently. We have that choice. That will always be the case.