Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To say they are of absolutely no use is perhaps a little redundant.

Regarding the movement of people around the world, I remember raising in the Dáil in 2012 the issue of migrants, refugees and the Syrian crisis on a number of occasions. The Dáil record will testify to that. I do not remember anybody in this Chamber raising the issue of Syria. That can be checked in the Dáil record.

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