Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I bring to the attention of the Minister that many refugees coming into the country have particular skills that are in short supply in the home market. These people are ready and willing to work. Every effort should be made to ensure they have this opportunity and that they are not diverted in any way by those who seek to protest, for one reason or another, on the basis of their right to protest. The right to protest should never undermine the right of people to go about their business. I refer especially to the right to protest in such a way as to make it impossible for other people to go about their business.

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