EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy

Dec 9, 2024 | eumigrationlawblog.eu | Ciara Smyth

By Dr Ciara Smyth, Irish Centre for Human Rights and School of Law, University of Galway, IrelandAudio version available hereOn 18 June 2024, the Irish Dáil (the lower house of parliament) adopted a motion approving the exercise by the State of its discretion under Protocol 21 to the Lisbon Treaty to opt in to all legislative measures of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, bar two: the Screening Regulation and the Return Border Procedures Regulation.