Irish plan for implementing EU migration pact, including new accommodation centres, expected by November
by SeaofCrags
Irish plan for implementing EU migration pact, including new accommodation centres, expected by November
by SeaofCrags
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This will be an absolute clusterfuck.
Why this article is important, is that like the two referendums in March, which were guillotined through the houses of parliament by government in order to avoid scrutiny; the government are guillotining discussion in the Dail and the Senate in order to sign Ireland up to the European Asylum Pact, even though for many there are parts of the pact which are in conflict with the constitution i.e. therefore should require a referendum be put to the people of Ireland.
In short, the pact aligns Ireland to European requirements for Asylum management, including id-ing, common transfer etc, but also including a ‘quota’ or requirement that must be reached in terms of quantity of asylum accepted by Ireland. Should Ireland fail to achieve the quota, we must pay a substantial fine determined in large part by comparison to our GDP, for not accepting the allocation. Basically assigning Irish asylum quantities and requirements to Europe.
There are good things in the pact also, but the pact is broken into 10 or so sections, all of different stipulations. Sinn Fein recently said that some parts of the pact would be good for Ireland, but they wanted us to discuss and sign up to parts so that we would retain sovereignty in terms of asylum control.
Denmark are not opting into this pact, as they have gone by themselves for several years now, and have the right to opt-out, as Ireland also does as per stipulations achieved in the Lisbon Treaty. We are now waiving that opt-out. Denmark and their centre-left government are also a leading model example of executing asylum and immigration management in Western society effectively and fairly.
Former Attorney General Michael McDowell recently raised concerns regarding the approach by government and the significance of the changes in Senate debate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zGxKKi6bmM&t=58s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zGxKKi6bmM&t=58s)
Great news, EU-wide cooperation is what’s needed. Ideally sooner rather than later so it can be done before an election.
Great news
If this comes in November we won’t have an election until the new year at least no way they are running this close to a general election.
Only if they believe it will be a positive for them but considering most of the problem they face is enforcement of the law it might not work out for them.
Will be interesting few months .
Very similar to the referendums the government are trying to ram this through without being honest about what the actual practical ramifications for Ireland will be
There has been next to zero discussion of the fine details of the pact in the media etc
The government were shown to be actively suppressing important information about the terms of the referendums also. Do not trust them on this.
I would urge everyone to write to their TD asking for a full discussion on this and an open and transparent explanation of what this will mean for Ireland
That will be the end of Ireland. Just a county council in the EU run by lazy, spineless career politicians. Zero vision or leadership.
I’m sure this will be fair and won’t at all be ruling parties of larger EU nations bullying smaller nations into taking more people than is feasible in order to placate voters in their own nations.
Surely our dear leaders wouldn’t sign up to any old EU pact for good PR and headpats from Brussels!
Constantly we say, “the government dragging their feet etc”. It is the civil servants in high up positions who are running this show and they are unaccountable. That needs to change.