Colm Brophy
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Jun
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and the mediterranean etc then you see actually moving between the uk and ireland so anywhere where there is a european external border there is going to be migratory movements and it's how us as a government here in ireland how the uk government work together to obviously manage that and we are determined to manage that and reduce those movements and also then internally which is what the pact will deliver the solid foundation of base that once someone
turns up at an EU border, be that in Ireland or be that in Greece or be that in Italy, that they are dealt with in a single, fast and effective way that controls migration into the European Union as a whole.
Well, Matt is going with his usual tune in relation to this.
I mean, fundamentally, Matt and his party don't really agree with the European Union and with the solidarity that the European Union brings for us as a member state.
And it's important to put just a couple of things right that Matt said.
The Parliament did actually vote on this.
We had a vote on the 15th of April.
I think it was 86-62.
It was decided that we would be part of the Migration Pact.
Our Parliament decided that.
We are a sovereign state.
We will retain and make the decisions around migration here in Ireland by Irish people.
But we will do that, most importantly, and different to what Sinn Féin always want, not just in an ad hoc, a little bit here or a little bit there, but in full cooperation with our EU partners.
The one member state which he would be aware of is the United Kingdom, who left the European Union, unfortunately.
And if you actually see the very, very...
huge problems which they've had on migration, trying to deal with it in a standalone way.
What the pact actually really shows to us, and what myself and Minister Jim O'Callaghan have been very clear on, is that the best way of dealing with migration is to do it in solidarity with our EU partners and to do it together.
And that's what this pact delivers.
OK.
What is going to change when the pact comes into force?
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