Joe O'Reilly (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a distance at that point and the person is more likely to identify with his or her adoptive homeland. It becomes messy. It is difficult to administer and where is the cut-off? Could a third-generation person, who has a very romanticised and distant concept of the homeland, vote and influence the outcome of elections here? I think not. I would stop at the first generation but I will be interested in the panel's response to that question and to how it will be administered.