Vincent P Martin (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Deputy Haughey. Those are the latest figures we have, they are from the 2016 census, and I have a feeling they are going in one happy direction in which citizens from the ambassadors' country enrich our country and I would love to see more of them reside in Ireland. This is a welcoming home and I am a big believer not only in tolerance - that is a given - but in celebrating and embracing the huge richness of diversity and how we can learn from one another.

I thank our guests for their presentations. On behalf of us all, I can safely say that the ambassadors know where Ireland stands on this, but we must do our best to focus. I am sure they have heard all the nice words in the past but we must, in real, measured terms, tangibly advance a cause of unification in Europe that is so obvious to us. Let us hope that we can adhere to the criteria, which I respect, but it should not take two years.