Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)

For the past five years, migrant workers and their families have comprised the largest single group of new residents in the State. There have been problems, most notably with employment and work permits. A report is to be prepared on the pilot project run by Pobal, the Dublin Employment Pact and the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland. I understand the analysis was to have been completed by December 2005 and the report documenting the planning process and good practice was scheduled for publication in spring 2006. From the Minister's reply, I take it the project is well behind schedule.

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