Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach has stated on a number of occasions that 80,000 are here. Today is an unfortunate anniversary because it marks the beginning of the third year of this war. Most people had an expectation when it happened that it would be short-lived but, unfortunately, that has not proved to be the case.

From what she has said, Ms McPhillips does not accept the charge we repeatedly hear about the number of unvetted men arriving into the country. That is not the case. People claiming international asylum go through a process. They are fingerprinted, photographed and there are two potential checks, namely, against a database for people crossing borders and then the SIS database