James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Generally speaking, the pathway to citizenship is clear and is set out in legislation. There was a cut-off point but it was acknowledged internationally that our cut-off point for the regularisation scheme was quite generous. It was for the long-term undocumented, but we kept it down to quite a short period for people to qualify. There will always be people, unfortunately, who just miss out. That is the nature of these things, but I ask anybody who is undocumented in the country to come forward and see if there is some way to rectify their situation.

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