Non-nationals in Ireland are welcome. The people have extended a warm hand of welcome to tens of thousands of non-nationals who come to our shores and work in our economy. I deprecate anybody who somehow conflates this entirely predictable pattern of international migration with the abuse of the asylum process which occurs in some cases. The great majority of foreigners are welcome, here as of right and not in any sense abusing either our hospitality or legal system. On the contrary, they are making a valuable contribution, in many cases one which Irish people are insufficiently skilled or unwilling to make.