JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP 🛑 THE EU MIGRATION AND ASYLUM PACT ACT NOW! Join the campaign by Senior Counsel and Barrister Una McGurk by sending a submission to TDs to DEMAND that any process to opt-in by the government is HALTED until the AG's Advice is published on the ramifications of opting in and the impact on our natural rights and Constitutional Sovereignty, and an open, transparent national debate takes place on the requirement for a Referendum: Dear (insert details of TD/Senator) Re: EU Migration and Asylum Pact As a member of Dáil Éireann and an elected representative of the people of Ireland, you have a duty to ensure that the government does not attempt to seek approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas under Protocol 21 annexed to the TEU and TFEU without firstly publishing the Attorney General's Advice and having an open, transparent national debate on the ramifications of the Pact on our indefeasible rights and Constitutional Sovereignty, and the question of the necessity for a People's Referendum. The Asylum Migration and Management Regulation (AMMR) is one of the 5 legislative files that constitute the Pact. The AMMR overrides our sovereignty, enshrined in Art. 6.1 and Art. 15.2.1 of our Constitution, as it surrenders power to the EU Commission to determine how many relocated asylum seeker applicants from countries under 'migratory pressure' Ireland must receive or, as an alternative, the minimum amount of financial contribution per asylum seeker applicant annually. The formula used for the distribution of relocated asylum seeker applicants pursuant to Art. 44R of the AMMR means that Ireland will be required to accept more relocated quotas than most other EU Member States due to our overinflated GDP as a result of the presence of multinational corporations. The impact of relocated quotas on Ireland's future could be monumental, as the EU Commission can increase the numbers of asylum seeker applicants at any time if a country is considered to be under significant migratory pressure. In Italy alone, in 2023 there were 157,000 asylum seeker rescue by sea operations which demonstrates that the AMMR could have fundamental ramifications on our country, borders and people, particularly as we are already experiencing a massive influ of international protection applicants into Ireland. This also impacts our right to determine our own local governance, given the voting rights being unlawfully granted to applicants by government. If Ireland opts in to the Pact, we are subject to infringement proceedings if we do not comply with relocated quotas. In the CJEU judgement in the European Commission cases v Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic it was held that there had been an infringement of EU Community law obligations by the refusal of the 3 Member States to comply with EU Council decisions adopted in 2015 to relocate 160,000 asylum seeker applicants from Italy and Greece over a 2 year period. It is noteworthy that although Ireland opted-in to EU 2015/1523 and EU 2015/1601 and pledged 4,000 relocations the provisions were temporary in nature and it was up to Member States to indicate the number of applicants that could be relocated to their territory. The AMMR provisions involve a significant transfer of sovereignty to the EU, which is unconstitutional. Supremacy of EU Community law under the "necessitated obligations" Clause, enshrined at Art. 29.4.6 of our Constitution, does not apply to the Pact provisions, which are open to Constitutional challenge because Ireland is not bound by EU asylum and immigration law by virtue of its EU membership at Protocol 21 annexed to the TEU and TFEU. The AMMR provisions transfer our sovereignty to the EU Commission. Full consideration must be given to Crotty v An Taoiseach [1987] and Pringle v Ireland [2012] on the requirement for a Referendum before the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas can be sought. Yours etc Signed #IrelandOptsOut 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪