Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-20
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

It is not, really. It is also sending a signal that we have asylum laws for people who genuinely need asylum, not for everyone who comes in. A lot of economic migrants come in who should be applying for work permits. That is the point.
Deputy Lawless followed up on the costs ballooning. We have obligations. There has been a significant inflationary cycle but we are reducing the numbers in hotels quite significantly and moving towards a State-owned model.

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Sitting date: 2025-05-20