Regina Doherty

Yes, we do have now a legal right to be able to send somebody to a third country if that's, you know, what we deem necessary.

Because I think the main point about restoring the trust and the confidence in our immigration system

is making sure that we have a fair, firm and compassionate system and that when we have rules, we actually adhere to them.

It makes no sense whatsoever if at the very end of a lengthy process, you've been determined that you don't have a legal right to stay within the EU for us to say, oh, well, you know what,

That rule doesn't really apply.

So we'll lax that rule and allow you to stay for a couple of more years.

If you don't have a legal basis to stay, then we have to have a proper coordinated mechanism to be able to actually put you outside of the border.

So what this is all about is responding to the fact that we have a system within the EU that up until now hasn't been coordinated, hasn't been enforceable and has caused major issues within the citizens, not just of Ireland, but right across the European Union.

People don't have trust in the system anymore.

They don't have confidence in the system.

And unfortunately, because of also additional misinformation, we now have a situation where we have an emotional response and a lot of the time probably not healthy.

So what we need to do is to restore confidence in a migration system, to first of all send out a clear message that absolutely nearly every country in the European Union needs migrants.

We need them to support our economies, to work in our jobs and our hospitals, our schools.

All have been rehearsed, but that's really important for us to say.

Also to say our doors are open for people who genuinely need asylum.

But if at the very end of that asylum process, you aren't deemed to have a legal right to stay within the European Union, we have to have a coordinated way to, first of all, know where you are.

If you don't leave, we have to have a coordinated way to make sure that you do leave.

That's what restores the confidence in the system.

And you know what?

I don't mean to be disrespectful to Aon.