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Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Family carers are the backbone of care provision in Ireland. That has long been recognised in sentiment and it is now time it was recognised in substance. They play one of the most important roles in our society. They care for their loved ones, their families and friends, out of a sense of love, duty and responsibility. They are not looking for any applause. However, being a carer in...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: If we are to judge a government by how it treats its most vulnerable, and in turn those who care for the most vulnerable, then how can we judge this Government? For far too long, the voices of family carers have been completely overlooked and ignored. Day in, day out, including on the doors before the recent local and EU elections, they tell us how they feel pushed aside and abandoned by...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is heartbreaking to see people in this country use those who are in an extremely vulnerable position as a political talking point, as if stances regarding migration are merely a matter of opinion and not a matter of human rights and a matter of right and wrong. We cannot stand here and debate whether people have a right to live, a right to safety, a right to a life other than the one many...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with the arrangement agreed on the Order of Business, proceedings now stand adjourned until tomorrow.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Debate adjourned.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The management of migration and application for refugee or temporary status in this country has been dysfunctional in many ways for years. Historically, with relatively low levels of migration, the number of applications for international protection status hovered between 1,500 and 2,500 per annum. Even then, our system of direct provision left people in limbo for years in shoddy...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Coveney: That is just not true.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: That is not correct.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is better than that.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Others are being bused into towns and villages throughout Ireland, often without the knowledge of local residents, and left in hotels miles away from resources. Refugees are walking for miles to get to the nearest shop all because Ireland is saying "Yes" to a situation for which we have not properly prepared.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: That is a complete lie.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Matt Shanahan: We want to help people who are fleeing hunger, murder and tyranny, but wanting to do something and being properly prepared to do it are two different matters. This migration debate has caused huge division in the country and we have to stop thinking about it as one with a right or a wrong answer. One should never be criticised for saying we should stop, slow down or that we are not ready...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: There are many people who see the adoption of this pact as the grave into which we are going to place our national sovereignty on the issue of asylum and migration. I agree with that view. In the fullness of time, we will be worse off socially, financially and politically because of it. Many also share the view, articulated some months ago by Senator McDowell, that what we are dealing with...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Coveney: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this debate on the EU migration and asylum pact. As we know, inward migration has become central to the political discourse and debate in Ireland particularly in last year. The truth is that strongly-held views on immigration are no longer only coming from people of one political persuasion. The discussion has become very much...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: It is clearly not in our interests to opt into all of the parts of the migrant pact that will unfortunately tie future Governments into this pact. Ireland can create a fair, efficient and enforced immigration system. I note that Ministers and Government Deputies all day said those same words. Fine Gael has been in power for 13 years and Fianna Fáil for the past five years. They have...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá muid ag dul chuig Sinn Féin anois leis an Teachta Patricia Ryan.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Patricia Ryan: For hundreds of years, Ireland's people have been immigrants, leaving our shores for other countries, both near and far, whether driven by famine, unemployment, as in previous years, or, more recently, because they cannot find or afford housing. These immigrants faced rules and regulations at their destinations because the countries in question put in place controls and requirements....

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mick Barry: It is 35 years this November since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Where are we 35 years on? There are 1,800 km of walls and fences built or being built on Europe's borders, the equivalent of 12 Berlin Walls. In Hungary, the European Union helped to build a steel fence, ringed with barbed wire between the border of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, giving €22 million in funding. In Poland,...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The next slot is a Government slot. Does Deputy Coveney wish to speak?

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome this debate. It is very important that the Oireachtas takes the time to discuss the migration issue generally but also the international protection system. It is also important that we give significant and appropriate time to discussion of the migration pact. I recognise the Minister, Deputy McEntee, for her work in this regard but also for making sure it has received significant...