Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed. For the second week now, I ask that the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, present themselves and make a statement to the House on their handling of the immigration issue, particularly the situation as pertains today on the Grand Canal in Dublin, where there are now 40 tents with unfortunate, vulnerable people living in them at the side of the canal. If ever there were an image for the Government's abject failure in this area, it is that there is a situation where, on the one hand, the State pays money to distribute tents to these vulnerable people, and then, at the far end, commits money to have these tents removed, only for more to appear. This is utterly scandalous. It is causing huge unease, not just across the city of Dublin but far beyond. We need answers and accountability from the Ministers, Deputies O'Gorman and McEntee, and from the Government.

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