Mary Henry (Independent)

I add my voice to calls for a debate on the situation pertaining to immigrant workers. Senator Bradford is correct that the Joint Committee on European Affairs is about to engage in research into the subject. Along with others I am concerned that the Latvian workers who were abandoned while picking periwinkles were not apparently willing to go to the Garda. There are probably more people here, quite legally because they are from within the EU, who do not understand that they can make complaints. They might not be eligible for social welfare payments but they can certainly make complaints. This House needs to make sure that everyone knows what their rights are.