Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are 77 people per day at the moment seeking asylum in this country. We will hit 23,000 this year. As regards the Rwanda Bill yesterday, I want to know what measures will be put in place to stop what is happening in Northern Ireland. People are coming in through Belfast and down into the Republic. What is happening to stop that flow? Nothing is happening. The Department of Justice is not working. The Department of immigration is not working. That is why we have the chaos we have on our streets today, with all those people out there in tents, and I do not believe it will get any better. I do not believe that this pact will provide the panacea for immigration measures in this country. We are way out of our depth and we need to get a hold of this ourselves. If the Minister is going to rely on the EU migration pact to do this for us, there will just be more chaos.