Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach. Two things are very clear to me. The first is that he is after giving me a lot of waffle. The second is that he is not in touch with reality and what is happening in County Kerry and Killarney. Some 36% of our bed nights are still being taken up by refugees and asylum seekers. That is a fact. Many more of our restaurants, cafes and so forth have closed. There is a problem in that regard. We must be honest with the people paying our taxes. They are paying 44% tax and 52% tax and 4.5% USC charges on top of that. This is what is happening. The Government is hurting the people. It has lost control. We have the Minister for Justice, who is sitting beside the Taoiseach, saying that she will send migrants back to the UK. Who does the Government have to round them up? The Garda National Immigration Bureau is not properly resourced. It cannot follow up on these people. The Government must take action because it clearly has lost control in places like Killarney and County Kerry. We see what is happening here in Dublin on our televisions. We can see enough of that.

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