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

I have only read the headlines, I have not had a chance to read the report but I will. I hope the Deputy has read it too. I hope she also will read other reports and look at the Central Statistics Office, CSO, and ESRI analyses of these matters because, as she knows - even though she refuses to admit it - in the past three years, while 80,000 Irish citizens have gone to live abroad for many different reasons, 90,000 have returned. That is a fact. Every year, tens of thousands of people come to Ireland from other parts of the EU and from the UK and bring their skills and qualifications with them. Every year, we issue tens of thousands of work permits to people who are non-Europeans who come here with their skills and qualifications. The Deputy needs to know that because it is a fact.

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