John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)

While we are on the subject of timing, the Minister said the earliest legislation would be initiated in Congress is early spring. The Minister said he was pressing all the right buttons politically. He has been pressing those buttons for the past five years when it comes to the undocumented in the US. It is clear to me, as we continually get repeat responses, that effectively this Government has abandoned stand-alone legislation with regard to dealing with the issue of the undocumented in the US. That is effectively-----

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