Ms Edel McGinley:

On the undocumented, we have been before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality three times about the issue, and the last time was in November last year. We have been told by the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, that some kind of solution is imminent. However, I believe it will not go far enough in looking at regularisation. I believe it might be an issue that will come back to this committee, because much of it relates to work and employment and where people are situated in the labour market.

We have returned to net inward migration. Our economy is growing. We have low unemployment. There is a need for transitional measures for many undocumented people who are in employment and have been in employment for many years. The care industry is one. The restaurant and hotel sector is another area. We believe that the Department is looking at a series of recommendations or schemes that might respond to this issue. We have had no formal confirmation of that but believe that some formal confirmation will be given in the next while. I think that it will not go far enough.

It might be something that this committee considers going forward, in terms of looking at other ways to approach it.