Paul Bradford (Fine Gael)

I indicated to Senator Leyden that the Fianna Gael party would be supportive of the motion he wishes to proposes and I wish to put that support on the record. The plight of undocumented Irish workers in the United States is a timely issue which has been debated in this House on numerous occasions. We must once more, as on so many occasions in the past, call on the United States authorities to look favourably on our requests. Previous programmes such as the Morrisson and Donnelly visa programmes were of tremendous assistance to people in this country and a similar type of scheme is warranted once again. I want to record our support for the motion submitted by Senator Leyden, which I hope will be accepted.