Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-29
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Some 100,000 people have arrived. We have had a fivefold increase in the number of people seeking asylum because of war and conflict all over the world. It is a huge pressure point all over Europe. It is not a policy choice at all, as the Deputy just sort of threw out there.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-29