Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I welcome the appointment of the task force on active citizenship and expect that Ms Davis will do a first class job in her role as chairman. When does the Taoiseach expect to receive a report from the task force?

Time is probably the most precious commodity people have these days. Participation and active citizenship is vitally important in the building of strong communities and as a presentation of the kind of country and people we are. Why is there nobody on the task force who will represent the immigrant community? One of the problems we face as a nation is not just immigration, but integration. The point being made to me at meetings I attend around the country is that immigrants who come here want to be able to say they understand their rights and they accept their responsibilities in terms of the way we do things. In that context, a representative of the immigrant community or ethnic groups should have been appointed to the task force on active citizenship to reflect the important issue of integration into modern Irish society.

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