Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

In April this year, the High Court found the State was in violation of Article 1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union when it comes to its treatment of migrants in this country. Article 1 has ten words. It simply states:

Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected.

In the month that has passed, we saw tents continue to build up outside the international protection office on Mount Street, to the point that last weekend it resulted in an attack of unimaginable magnitude that should be condemned by all parties. It was absolutely shocking to hear the Taoiseach say yesterday that not only were those people not afforded accommodation but that we can no longer afford them protection. We need a full debate on this issue. I echo the sentiment that we need the Ministers, Deputies O'Gorman and O'Brien, to come before the House but I would go further and say we need the full Cabinet for a question-and-answer session to ensure everybody is doing their job, as they claim to be, but also so we can have some responses and a back-and-forth. I would like to have that this week or next week at the earliest.

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