Gabrielle McFadden (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I greatly admire the work the MRCI does. I regularly meet people in my clinic who are in this situation. It might be a work, student or holiday visa that has run out, there is a break and they do not know where to go next. I have encountered several people who have had people supposedly helping them with their paperwork and charging them for it. Now, when somebody comes to me with that problem whom I cannot help, I send them to the MRCI because I know there are people who are charging for help with the paperwork. One person who came to me was told by somebody else to get a letter from me saying that the person had worked for me and that I was happy with their work. Obviously, I could not write that letter as I am not a registered employer and the other person had not paid tax. Do the witnesses encounter that on a regular basis? Are the undocumented being exploited like that all the time?