Dáil debates
Wednesday, 21 April 2004
Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage.
2:00 pm
John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
It was never intended that people coming in from abroad, mostly illegal immigrants, would seek to take advantage of that in respect of children born here. Ireland is the only EU member state to grant an automatic citizenship right and we cannot ignore the fact that non-nationals are coming here so that they can have children born as Irish citizens.
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