Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland, with which I had severe disagreements when I was sitting where the Minister is now sitting, has built a bond of trust with undocumented workers and tends to be their first port of call rather than the law. The centre does a superb job but has funding difficulties which affect its capacity to continue to do this work. The Minister is beginning to sit down to prepare for 2014 and might look at that issue. As Deputy Peadar Tóibín said, there is unspent money available. It is not as if someone else would have to face a cut. The Department of Justice and Equality has an unspent fund which would allow the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland and local organisations to do this work. If it is not done, we will not be able to expose those rogue employers who are exploiting people.

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