David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Lowry and Mr. Montenegro for their presentations. Mr. Montenegro's presentation was very powerful.

I congratulate him on it. It will not have been easy for him. We are aware of the number of people who have attended citizenship ceremonies in the last while. There have been many tens of thousands at this stage. This is another area to which we must give some attention.

Colleagues are anxious to ask questions. They will ask three questions initially. I will then come back to them again. The witnesses will be glad to hear that we will have questions rather than speeches.