Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

When we had a debate with the former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, some weeks ago, he was very defensive and borderline aggressive in his responses. Responding to me, he said I was entitled to my own opinions but not to my own facts. That was when I was referencing the figures being put together by the MCRI and the trade unions. Knowing the people and processes behind how those figures were collected, I trust those data 100%. That is especially the case given that when the Government responded it had no backup for the figures it was offering. Why is there so much defensiveness concerning figures on migrant workers in this sector and why is the sector so opaque with those numbers?