Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When representatives of Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, MRCI, appeared before the committee, they produced evidence that if we were to regularise the position of the 20,000 or so migrants who have lived here for more than three years, there would be a net economic benefit for the State. Internationally, likewise, there is a range of empirical evidence to show that regularising the status of migrants who are contributing to a country's economy for a significant period provides a net economic benefit for that state. Does Ms Ní Chonaill have any evidence to the contrary?