Results 181-200 of 12,346 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: In the same edition, The Sunday Times investigated the numerical extent of the problem and stated that what cannot be denied is the number of pregnant asylum seekers turning up at Irish ports and airports.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: Of the 3,270 women aged over 16 who applied for asylum last year, 1,893, or 58%, were pregnant. At the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin there were 1,951 births to immigrants last year. Almost 14% came to the hospital between one and ten days before giving birth while about 13% arrived in labour. That strongly indicates that at least 27% of immigrant births, or about 500, were passport tourism...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: No. Therefore, this is the very best case scenario.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I am entitled to make my contribution.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Durkan will have noticed I am busy. Will he permit me to ignore him some other time?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: At least ten people are born each week at the Rotunda Hospital alone who have no connection to this country.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: That is a bogus point of order.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I am speaking from notes.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: Ten people are born here each week and becoming Irish and, therefore, EU citizens who have no connection with this country. That is the lowest number in one Dublin hospital each week. It is probable that the real number is a multiple of that.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: Irish citizenship automatically confers EU citizenship. Consequently, new citizens have the right to reside within the EU and their parents——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I am entitled to my 20 minutes.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I do not have a copy of a speech, I am speaking from notes.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I will make out a copy of my speech and circulate it subsequently.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I do not have a script. I am reading what the masters of the maternity hospitals said.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I am not reading a speech. Will the Deputy accept my word for it?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I will put a speech together and circulate it for the Deputy's information.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I do not have a copy.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: I am reading a quote from the masters of the maternity hospitals.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy has now taken up five minutes of my time.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Willie O'Dea: New citizens have the right to reside within the EU and their parents and, possibly, other relatives can apply to reside in the EU on that basis. They may be entitled to so reside depending on the law of each individual member state. It is even more bizarre that when those children reach child-bearing age, they can, in turn, confer EU citizenship on their children. Therefore, people who are...