Ministers criticise Helen McEntee's failure to 'get a grip' on migration issue

Justice Minister Helen McEntee will bring a memo seeking to draft emergency legislation on migration to Cabinet today.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee 'hasn't got a grip or a handle of wider migration policy', one minister has said. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Ministers have criticised embattled Justice Minister Helen McEntee over her failure to "get a grip" on the migration issue, which has now sparked a standoff with the British government.

Tensions between the British and Irish governments have escalated after UK prime minister Rishi Sunak said he is "not interested" in an asylum seeker returns deal.