Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-08
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Thomas Pringle (IND), Donegal

The Taoiseach did well for the first half of his reply. I was agreeing with much of what he was saying, but then he went and pulled out these tropes again that have been fired out everywhere, even by his backbenchers, regarding illegal immigrants coming to Ireland. The reality is, and the Taoiseach should check that with the Department of Justice, which is not the most friendly towards immigrants, that anybody who comes here and claims asylum is a legal immigrant. Those people are complying with the law. They come here and they claim asylum. That is legal.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-08