From today, applications submitted for asylum here will be subject to new EU rules.
It follows the introduction of the EU Migration Pact, which puts member state's asylum policy on the same page for the first time.
Any applications made before today will still be processed on the old system.
Sinn Fein believes the Government’s decision to opt Ireland into the EU Migration Pact was wrong and that this Pact undermines Irish sovereignty.
Speaking on today's Joe Finnegan Show, Fine Gael TD for Cavan-Monaghan, David Maxwell said he does not agree with comments made by the opposition.
The local representative said this decision was made two years.
He also made reference to Brexit and the decision that the UK made to take back its borders, yet ten years later the issue is worse than it ever was:
