Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The plan has not yet been brought to Government but I am informed by the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, that we will publish the national action plan against racism early next year, hopefully in January or February. I note the Deputy's comments. Migrants are welcome in Ireland. If it were not for migrants, we would not be able to staff our public services. Many of the big companies that employ many people and pay a lot of tax would not be here if it they could not recruit people from abroad. Migrants enrich our society and make it a better place. It is an old-fashioned trope for centuries among people on the far right and others that if there is unemployment, crime or a housing crisis, migrants are to blame. That is totally wrong.

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