Video Title: Sharon Keogan: Demands Sovereignty Clause in Migration Bill
“Could exceed Ireland’s capacity or control”.
Amendment 382 essential to preserve national interests amid EU integration.
In this video, Sharon Keogan issues a stark warning that the EU Asylum Pact (implemented via the bill) will force Ireland to handle allocations based on Europe-wide caseloads (not just national needs), amid a massive EU backlog of around 1.3 million cases. She questions the realism of promised fast processing (e.g., 12 weeks) given Ireland’s existing pressures (over 20,000 pending cases) and stresses risks to national capacity.
Summary of the speech (drawn from video descriptions, partial transcripts, and Oireachtas debate records from March 18-19, 2026):
The bill risks eroding Irish sovereignty by embedding EU migration rules too deeply into national law.
She highlights how passing the bill could lock Ireland into EU-wide obligations (e.g., potential relocation quotas or time-bound asylum processes) that might exceed Ireland’s capacity or control.
She proposes Amendment 382, which states plainly:
“Nothing in this Act shall be construed as diminishing the sovereign right of the State to determine and regulate its own immigration, border and international protection policies, save only to the extent necessary to give effect to obligations arising under directly applicable European Union law.”
She emphasizes that true respect for sovereignty means Ireland must retain the ability to adapt policies without needing EU approval for every change, warning against turning national policy into “dependency.”
This is very serious: please contact your local TD and ask for referendum on this matter before it’s too late.
Minister Jim O Callagahan Stated yesterday 18th March 2026 in the Dáil: “No Immigration Strategy in Ireland for years, just formulating one” But they are not – Instead of doing any work implementing one they are now going to just hand this over to the EU.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has repeatedly criticized the Irish government, led by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, as a “do-nothing” government.
If we had all full time politicians instead of part time ones they might actually get some worthwhile work done:



