Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Can the Minister of State confirm that?

We speak of the undocumented in respect of Irish emigrants to the United States most particularly. Is there any method employed to gauge the numbers of undocumented in this country, particularly when one couples the CSO report on the census in 2006 with the information exposed this morning as very questionable? I refer to the number of visitors coming to our shores via airport and seaport access points. We have no idea of the numbers of people who access this jurisdiction on a North-South basis, coming through the ports of Larne, Belfast and the respective airports. What is the Minister of State proposing to get some sense of the percentage represented in respect of the undocumented people?

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