Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The Taoiseach's defence of the Minister will rest very uncomfortably with many on the Government backbenches who have clearly flexed themselves in regard to the Minister's recent kite-flying vis-À-vis café bars. I am sure they feel the same disdain in regard to much of what the Minister says, many of them certainly on his utterances on asylum seekers because those utterances have clearly fuelled bigotry and racism. Does the Taoiseach agree with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform's statement on last night's "Questions & Answers" programme that immigration is all about money? Does he not agree it is all about people?

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