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

I support the concept, as I did in my earlier question. There is a benefit for everybody in the existing community, where in many cases there have been deficiencies for several years by virtue of emigration, a declining population and so forth. There is now an opportunity to address those issues for the benefit of refugees and the existing community to make it an attractive place for local people and the incoming population. There is an obvious economic as well as social benefit.

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