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International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Joan Collins: I will not support the pact. It writes a broken system into law. It disregards the humanity of people fleeing war and persecution. It weakens our humanity by treating people who need help with detention and punishment. It reinforces the false idea we have a refugee crisis and not a crisis in how we run our economies, societies and international system. We do not have refugee crisis....

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Leo Varadkar: I join with colleagues who earlier expressed their condolences on the passing of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Tommie Gorman. It is a very sad day for Ireland to see two such wonderful people pass away, people who have made such an enormous contribution to society in so many different ways. I support the EU migration and asylum pact and will vote for it tomorrow. In the...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I welcome this opportunity. I have listened to everybody. I feel like we are chaining ourselves to the asylum and migration pact in the sense of taking an all-or-nothing approach. While there are good elements to it, I have some fears in regard to it. The current system is broken and we have not got it right. We cannot buy a bee in a box because we do not know what will be in the final...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

The following motion was moved by the Taoiseach on Tuesday, 18 June 2024:

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: - (Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire)

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: When the debate on the motion was nearing an end the last day, Deputy Durkan was offering. I call him now.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this issue. I have listened to the debate so far. I was intrigued by the tone it took at some stages, which was reminiscent of the debate that took place in the UK before Brexit. It would appear that we had decided we were going to assert ourselves in a way we had not known about before, we were going to go it alone and come up with our own...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: If a jumbo jet with 500 people were to crash in the Atlantic Ocean tonight and all the passengers drowned, it would make headline news tomorrow. Last year, the equivalent of six jumbo jets full of people drowned in the Mediterranean Sea trying to cross into Europe. These were desperate people getting on coffin ships. We had this happen in our own history. Some 186,000 people tried to...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As I did not do so earlier, I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the family of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. I had the pleasure of meeting him on many occasions. I know people remember him fondly for many different reasons, in particular his wonderful and colourful coverage of our national sports. Later on, as the Minister of State with responsibility for older...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Amendment put.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 26 June 2024.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2024 and ending on 29th June, 2025.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: ": — resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2024 and ending on 29th June, 2025; and — calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation to...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Amendment put.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 26 June 2024.

Estimates for Public Services 2024: Message from Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Estimates for Public Services 2024: Message from Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Select Committee on Environment and Climate Action has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2024: Vote 29.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae will follow. I am not supporting the retention of these provisions. There are lots of issues the Minister could deal with rather than having this wheeled in every year. I support the Garda. I am aware of a Garda member at home in Cahir, County Tipperary. He is one of the finest community gardaí ever. He had to go to a case last Wednesday on his own. It was...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: When it comes to issues like this, I do not like to be negative but I have to remind the Minister that when An Garda Síochána was looking to the Government for support and when the Commissioner wanted support, the Minister sided with one man rather than siding with our gardaí. That did not sit well with me or the hard-working members of the force. One thing I will say about...