EU asylum pact is in danger of being rushed through without scrutiny

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman and Minister for Education Norma Foley at the launch of the accommodation strategy for international protection applicants last month. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill. Our parliamentary committees do not effectively monitor EU legislative developments in advance of their enactment at EU level.

There is an almost complete disconnect between the Oireachtas and the EU legislative process – a disconnect that is apparently treasured by the executive arm of the Irish State. There was a time when Irish ministers – myself included – routinely briefed Oireachtas committees in advance of EU Council meetings on the agenda items and on the approach being taken by Ireland in relation to such items.

A report by the joint committee – prepared on the basis of the public reception of evidence and submissions – would assist the democratic process and members of the Oireachtas in performing a solemn duty under article 29 of the Constitution to decide whether or not to voluntarily bind the State constitutionally to the measures set out in the proposed regulations. These would include obligations in burden-sharing of would-be migrants crossing the EU’s external borders.

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