Ms Helen Lowry:

I thank the Chairman, Deputies and Senators on behalf of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and the 900 members of our justice for the undocumented campaign group, JFU. We thank the committee for its time today and for hearing our presentations.

My name is Helen Lowry and I am community work co-ordinator with the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland. To my right is Ms Edel McGinley, our director and previous co-ordinator of the campaign, and to my left is Mr. Jayson Montenegro, a member of the leaders' group of the JFU campaign. The MRCI has been working with undocumented migrants for over 14 years and since 2001 it has taken a stand with migrant workers on rights issues through service provision, advocacy and policy change. Jayson will share his story and I will conclude.