Ms Áine Ní Chonaill:

Children have been mentioned. They are used like battering rams in this process. When these families are deported, as they should be, I suggest that the children in question should wave good-bye to Ireland with great gratitude and say that they have received X years of free education in this country despite having no right to be here. Moreover, although they had no right to be in the country, they have gained a high level of English, which gives them an advantage in the globalised jobs market. Ireland, at the expense of the taxpayers and in spite of their illegality, has been very good to them and they should thank the country as they leave. That is my answer to the Deputy.