Independent Senator Michael McDowell said he was ‘most anxious’ that the ‘very serious constitutional consequences’ of the pact be investigated
Independent Senator Michael McDowell has objected to a plan to allocate three hours of committee time for a briefing on the pact, which would overhaul Irish immigration law and has been criticised by both liberal and conservative voices. Photograph: Damien Storan/PA Wire
In an email sent last week, Mr McDowell told Fianna Fáil TD and committee chair James Lawless that he has been “most anxious” that the “very serious constitutional consequences” of the pact be investigated, warning that the pact represented a “surrendering of sovereign rights in respect of migration and asylum seeking”.
The controversial pact provides for faster decision-making on asylum seekers’ applications and for member states to share responsibility for applications, allowing for them to be relocated. Member states would make financial contributions where they do not wish to accept asylum seekers.
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