Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 December 2002

Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).

 

In recent years FÁS and a range of employers have been actively publicising job opportunities in Ireland and attracting non-nationals into the job market. It cannot be said that the only way a person can enter Ireland to work is to come here illegally or make an asylum claim. That is simply not correct and should not form part of this debate any longer. The reason this type of provision is in place in other states is to ensure the populations of those states can have confidence in the immigration systems obtain. We have a duty to those who go to the trouble of getting a work visa here to protect the integrity of the system.

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