Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Everybody must agree the scenes of asylum seekers being moved from tents on Mount Street to tents on the Dublin mountains in recent days were absolutely appalling. It is the latest chapter in the shambles the Government has made of international protection. Be it the disrespect for local communities, the lack of engagement or consultation throughout the State or the enrichment of a small number of property owners, it results from the abject failure of the Government in this whole area. We need the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, who has been abandoned by his Cabinet colleagues, to come to the Chamber to account for what happened and lay out a plan. Maybe his Cabinet colleagues will be kind enough to join him and lay out a collective plan for how the Government will deal with this challenge and respect communities and asylum seekers together.

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