Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The new scheme is very prescriptive. It does not include grandparents, parents or brothers or sisters of a Syrian refugee trying to make a new life for himself or herself here. I welcome the Minister's statement on the costs of relatives of those seeking refuge here. The Minister was correct when he said that we have a housing crisis. However, consider what we are doing about the arms trade and our budget under the PESCO agreement. A lot of money is going into fighting different people's wars, yet we cannot give people who are seeking to get away from war refuge in this country.

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