Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I do not know what the war in Iraq has to do with this. It is a red herring. While it is an important issue, it is not relevant to the Bill. Having regard to what the Senator said, I wonder if we are afraid of the accession countries. I met two Latvian parliamentarians at an event I attended yesterday and they would model themselves on Ireland. Latvia is ambitious and wants to be confident about its position. It will be the same as any other EU country but why are we treating such countries differently or why do we have a fear about them? If we were to follow the logic of what Senator Leyden said, perhaps we should be bring back restrictions in relation to other EU countries. Perhaps we should be concerned about the French, Germans and so on. The mantra of the Government is that the economy is healthy and that we need people to come here.