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Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations on an agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan on readmission, a copy of which was circulated to each member of Dáil Éireann on 29th May, 2025. This motion seeks Dáil Éireann’s approval … into a European Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a readmission agreement between the European Union and Kazakhstan. Readmission agreements play a valuable role in the fight against irregular migration by facilitating the admission to their own country of persons residing without authorisation in a member

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. At the outset I say that Sinn Féin recognises that return and readmission agreements are a crucial part of having a managed migration system. We have been clear that where any person is not entitled to be in Ireland, they should … returned safely, and deportation orders should be both enforced and tracked. Such return and readmission agreements can be done on a bilateral basis, so they are not required to be negotiated by the European Union on behalf of Ireland. In respect of Kazakhstan, it is notable that Germany

there obviously must be consequences for individuals who refuse to leave the State when they are ordered to do so. Returns and readmission are fundamental pillars of the comprehensive and credible EU policy on migration. The European Council has consistently emphasised the need for a unified, comprehensive … effective policy. Readmission agreements play a very important role in that fight against irregular migration. The purpose of the Council's decision is to open negotiations on a readmission agreement with Kazakhstan that contains clear and unambiguous legally binding obligations that are necessary for two purposes. The first

agreement resulting from negotiations, that the aim is simply to give the Commission a mandate to negotiate with Kazakhstan on a readmission agreement. At that point, once an agreement is finalised, Ireland will then seek to opt in to that agreement. It is important that Ireland … make sure that we transpose the migration pact into Irish legislation to enable that faster and more streamlined process to take place. The readmission agreement would reaffirm that it would be applied in such a way as to ensure the protection of human rights. There is a constant

about applications for international protection in 2022 and the five applications in 2024, opting into the Council's decision to open negotiations on readmission with Kazakhstan would further demonstrate Ireland's commitment, which is important, to a common EU-wide solution to migration that is already evidenced