Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when Britain will be designated a safe country for the purpose of returning asylum seekers. [32911/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 18 June 2025
Ceisteanna (114)
Freagraí scríofa
Following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, a new arrangement for reciprocal returns of international protection applicants between Ireland and the UK was agreed; however a High Court judgment subsequently identified legal issues with the process concerning the designation in Irish law of safe third countries.
These issues raised by the judgment were address by the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 and, following an analysis required as under the Act, I have designated the UK as a safe third country for returns under S.I. No. 73/2025 - International Protection Act 2015 (Safe Third Country) Order 2025 with effect from 11 March 2025.