225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 17 June 2026, in which he confirmed that the International Protection Act 2026 provides for ‘appropriate alignment’ with the Screening Regulation and the Return Border Procedure Regulation despite Ireland not being legally bound by these Schengen measures; the specific provisions of the Act that go beyond Ireland’s legal minimum obligations under the measures Ireland has opted into; the rationale for adopting these provisions on a voluntary basis rather than confining implementation to the legal minimum; the estimated cost to the State of each such provision; and the way in which this voluntary alignment is reconciled with his statement that “as the Irish system aligns with the EU system, no cost differentials arise. [47938/26]

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225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 17 June 2026, in which he confirmed that the International Protection Act 2026 provides for ‘appropriate alignment’ with the Screening Regulation and the Return Border Procedure Regulation despite Ireland not being legally bound by these Schengen measures; the specific provisions of the Act that go beyond Ireland’s legal minimum obligations under the measures Ireland has opted into; the rationale for adopting these provisions on a voluntary basis rather than confining implementation to the legal minimum; the estimated cost to the State of each such provision; and the way in which this voluntary alignment is reconciled with his statement that “as the Irish system aligns with the EU system, no cost differentials arise. [47938/26]

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