Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)

Tell that to the people at the passport office and in Dublin Airport. Get in a taxi and go up to the 23 year old who did nothing wrong and nothing to cause this crisis, and tell him to wait for NewERA. Tell the mother who is crying at home because she must watch her child go off to Australia, America or Germany, maybe never to return. I am the son of an emigrant. Tell them to wait for NewERA. Tell them to wait for the strategic investment bank. Tell them the Government has some great plan.

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