Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

——because I asked for this on Tuesday, and it was rejected. This should not become a party political issue. The Leader has indicated he wants to be in America when the Taoiseach addresses the Joint Houses of Congress. If he turns his back on the 40,000 undocumented Irish, he should not be there. Let us have the debate. Let him do what Members of the Oireachtas on all sides want, namely, to support the undocumented Irish.