218. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to the recent European Union-Turkish migration agreement, she considers Turkey a safe third country for migrants to seek refuge in, given Turkey's human rights record, the recent condemnation of the agreement by the Council of Europe and the backlog of 200,000 asylum applications that the Turkish Government is currently processing; to state her views on the guarantees given to the European Commission by the Turkish Government that migrants' rights will be respected; to state whether the three migration experts seconded from her Department have arrived in Turkey; to state whether she will provide an update on the request for Ireland to contribute personnel to Frontex as part of the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8319/16]

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218. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to the recent European Union-Turkish migration agreement, she considers Turkey a safe third country for migrants to seek refuge in, given Turkey's human rights record, the recent condemnation of the agreement by the Council of Europe and the backlog of 200,000 asylum applications that the Turkish Government is currently processing; to state her views on the guarantees given to the European Commission by the Turkish Government that migrants' rights will be respected; to state whether the three migration experts seconded from her Department have arrived in Turkey; to state whether she will provide an update on the request for Ireland to contribute personnel to Frontex as part of the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8319/16]

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