Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not mean to be rude but I find that completely unacceptable, given the years of litigation around this matter. For Mr. Kirrane to say it is something he is looking at is no consolation to the people concerned. We are not going to get agreement on this and I would simply make that point. This is bizarre. It seems some of the reasons there are problems in the area is that we are being obstructionist on issues. Everybody else is looking on and saying INIS has to address this but rather than addressing it, it spent ages fighting the need to address it, which delayed its chances of implementing something that probably could have been implemented far easier if it had come up with what it will have to come up with in any event. Now that it has come to practically the end of the line on that, I am shocked that Mr. Kirrane still is saying we are looking at that or it is not so straightforward but it actually is, in respect of what the courts have told INIS. There needs to be a scheme to deal with this.

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