Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The remarks made by Deputy Grealish at a meeting in Oughterard in September, when he referred to economic migrants from Africa as "spongers", and his contribution during Leaders' Question yesterday, where he implied that remittances going from Ireland to Nigeria could be the proceeds of crime and fraud, are an absolute disgrace. This is dog-whistle racism. The members of the Rural Independent Group should be disassociating themselves from his remarks rather than backing them up. It is outrageous that Deputies in this Chamber are prepared, in order to further their own political careers, to whip up fears on these issues, pander to racism against migrant youths and peddle myths regarding asylum seekers. In that respect, they are no different to individuals such as Rowan Croft, Justin Barrett, Gemma O'Doherty and others who are seeking to use concerns about direct provision to build a far-right anti-migrant movement.

One of those individuals, a certain Gearóid Murphy, has been in Oughterard, Lismore, Lisdoonvarna and Rooskey. Murphy openly promoted the fascist ideology of the "great replacement"-----

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