Jim O'Callaghan

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581 appearances 4 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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The Indo Daily · Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan on migration and Bertie Ahern's controversial comments  · 14 May 2026 podcast
And there are provisions within it which I think are important and necessary.
But like in all of these issues, one of the things...
What you have to do is to weigh up, on the one hand, you have the interests of the asylum applicant coming in.
But on the other hand, I have to weigh up the interests of the state and the interests of the state.
And in terms of the issue about detention, there are limited provisions within the legislation that allow for detention.
But one of the obligations, if somebody comes in and claims asylum, what they've required under the legislation is that they have to provide biometric data and they have to go to a screening centre.
And if they don't do that, there's a mechanism there for them to be detained for the purpose of identifying who they are.
Will the state need additional stock to detain them?
Well, I hope and believe that the overwhelming majority of people who come here claiming asylum will comply with the law.
Like, we're entitled to set down certain requirements on people who come here.
If you come to Ireland, you claim asylum, you have to give your biometric data and you have to go to a screening centre.
There's no exception to that.
And if you don't do that, you'll be detained.
Well, listen, all I look at is what's there at present.
I'm not going to comment on the situation that predecessors found themselves in.
And obviously, if you look around Europe today,
particularly at present.
Migration is a huge issue in the 21st century.
When the history of the 21st century is going to be written, migration is going to be a hugely significant story.
And you can look to see what happened in 2015, 2016 in Germany.
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