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Seanad: Integration Policy: Statements (13 Dec 2007)

Conor Lenihan: I am very pleased to have this opportunity to address Seanad Éireann on the theme of integration. The integration of newcomers is perhaps one of the most important social issues this country will face over the next few decades. Ireland must respond in a planned and effective manner to the challenges and opportunities that inward migration and integration bring. We must work to ensure an...

Seanad: Integration Policy: Statements (Resumed) (13 Dec 2007)

Conor Lenihan: My plans for next year also include the establishment of a ministerial council for integration. This will be solely representative of immigrants and will allow ongoing input by immigrants into policy issues. The third structure I intend to establish is an ongoing commission on integration. This will include a broad representation of stakeholders to reflect the groupings and interests...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: That is right.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is true.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is not correct.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: That was before the election.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Kenny met the editor in this House.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: You met him in the House, Enda, and his wife.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is not true.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: That is not true.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: That is right.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is not. Deputy Creighton should spend more time studying law.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Deenihan is mixing his parties. He is in Fine Gael, we are in Fianna Fáil.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: I must say, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that Fine Gael Members are behaving in a bitter and misguided way in this debate.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: In particular, this morning Deputy Phil Hogan tried to make an issue of the fact that Mr. Norman Turner, a gentleman who is not a Member of this House, obtained an Irish passport through the constituency office of the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern. That is totally and utterly wrong.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is a totally bitter and confused state that Fine Gael is in if it is has become a hanging offence in this House for someone to transact a passport application for a person, namely, Mr. Turner. That is a totally ridiculous, low level of debate to which Fine Gael is stooping. I find it ironic, in particular, that the person who did this is Deputy Hogan, the man who decided, in all his...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is really strange that he said on "Morning Ireland" this morning that he will hand the application information to the tribunal.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: In other words, the tribunal will presumably spend another ten years investigating why almost every Member of this House transacts passport applications on behalf of constituents——

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: ——or interested parties.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Conor Lenihan: This is the kind of ridiculous inquiry that the Opposition would like the tribunals to carry out.