Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

This report describes how we treat people who come here. The investigation does not necessarily stop when dealing with employment and employment rights. If we agree that we need 40,000 people a year over the next few years and that the economy will be as good as it has been for the past six years, the Minister of State should be able to tell those who come to service our economy that they can become citizens after a certain length of time and that their families may join them.

People are being denied these rights and those on short-term work permits will not stay, although we need them. We should treat them as if we hope they will stay here in the long term. Does the Minister of State intend doing anything about this problem?

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