Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

What is complex or confusing about the simple proposition that a parent of a child born in Ireland should have resided in this country for three years before the birth to enable that child to qualify for Irish citizenship?

As his party's spokesman on justice and a practising solicitor, Deputy Jim O'Keeffe will be very well aware that, judging from the volume of case law and material written on the subject, land law is infinitely more complex and detailed than immigration law. Nevertheless, there are aspects of land law which are quite simple just like this aspect of immigration law.

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