Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy said it was with great difficulty he could not but interrupt. He has never had any difficulty interrupting from my experience in the House.

There is a prison overpopulation issue. That is accepted by the Government. The Minister has brought forward proposals which will result in about 960 additional prison spaces. That can be done as quickly as possible. Opposition is being created where this expansion is happening. I have no doubt that other members of the Deputy's party may very well be criticising some of the decisions the Minister has taken regarding the location of those prisons. That is the consistency of political opposition. I suppose it is a condition of it.

On migration, what is the Deputy suggesting? Is it that there be no sanctions at all for those who are breaking our laws in respect of migration?

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