Ms Áine Ní Chonaill:

No, that is not the case. Illegal immigration is an abuse of Irish citizens and it is offensive to think that we would allow an illegal immigrant to stay except under the very special circumstances about which I have spoken - namely, those who fell into illegality through no fault of their own. I have also said that there could be very special circumstances and, as I said earlier, Ministers replying in the Dáil to calls for regularisation have said that any illegal immigrant may approach the authorities and ask for their case to be considered if they feel they have special, compelling circumstances. If there is no special case, they should be removed.