Justice ministers discuss potential extradition treaty between Ireland and UAE

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee during a Budget 2024 press conference at Government Buildings in Dublin. Picture date: Wednesday October 11, 2023.

A potential extradition treaty between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates was discussed by the Justice Minister and the UAE’s justice minister on Monday.

The two ministers, Helen McEntee and Abdullah Bin Sultan Bin Awad Al Nuaimi, spoke by phone with discussions primarily focusing on co-operation between gardaí and police in Dubai, as well as a potential extradition treaty between the two countries.