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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a land registry query; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13573/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding voting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13560/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: I welcome Áine and Ted to the Oireachtas committee on justice. My first question relates to the organisation, the national platform. It was set up in 1998, is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: How many members has it got now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: The witness mentions the word "controls", and then in her order of submission uses emotive words and phrases like "armada", "abuse the system" and "two fingers to the system". Given that thousands of Irish people leave our shores every year emigrating to other countries, will the witness respond to the use of this kind of emotive language in relation to immigration and this country's history?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: I do not know if they would laugh at it or not, but I find there is hypocrisy in the argument from the witnesses' point of view given we are a country with a history of emigration and with cross-party groups in this Dáil campaigning for the illegal Irish in America. That is why we challenge their view. The final thing I will say is very important. It is a fact of modern life that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: Excuse me, I did not accuse the Government of hypocrisy, I accused the witnesses' group of hypocrisy. It is important to correct that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: Stand for election.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: He is getting a long run. We had three questions each.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: One does not do set pieces on racism. We do not do those things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: We do not do those things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: Some of my colleagues did not get in. I will wait until the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: I have no wish to exclude anyone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn referred earlier to thejournal.ie. He took the view that in response to today's debate most people would support the Immigration Control Platform position. I do not agree with that assessment. I believe approximately 15% of the Irish population would support that position. What is the view of the deputation on the amount of public support they have for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: I did not say that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: I said that approximately 15% did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: I do not agree that we never discuss immigration. We regularly do so. Also, there are a number of politicians - I disagree with them - who have raised the issue during elections to try to get votes. Anyway, I will not go back over the history lesson. My final question relates to the Immigration Control Platform organisation or group. It is interesting that Mr. Neville has referred to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: Is that the answer to the question? Were there thousands of them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: It happened to be in a poorer area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)
Finian McGrath: How did you get on?