Danny Healy-Rae backs tighter vetting, faster paths for workers

Deputy Hillary. I'd like to get the opportunity to talk on this very important motion here this evening. And first of all, I want to thank Minister Jim O'Callaghan for taking this issue by the scruff of the neck because we have seen since he has come into office, since he took over this role, he already has put people on the plane back to the countries that they came from if they weren't entitled to be here. That hasn't been done over the last number of years with previous ministers, and I'm grateful for that. We have to differentiate here the differences in the people that are coming here. There are people that are coming here with visas, work visas, and they are very welcome, very welcome to work here. And many of them are badly needed, and they have trouble in getting permanent visas, or getting their family, wives, or children brought over here. And reputable employers are raising concerns about that. They have men that they have trained, and people that they have trained, and people that have various skills in the areas that they're working, those people are needed. We appreciate those people, and we need them, and we need the system to help them to progress, and to stay here when they're working like this, and they're needed, as I said. The other ones that we can do without are the people that come here with no passport, and seem to arrive here, and demand everything. And we know what it was like for people in the Muckras Road in Kanaanay, when there were 70 or 80 asylum seekers put into a house alongside elderly women in that road, and they weren't vetted, or nobody knew where they were from, or why they were there. And that's very wrong, because veting is seriously important, and if they have no passports or no identification, they can't be vetted, and they should be sent back exactly to where they came from in the first place. The changes to the international protection system will ensure that anyone who's been granted asylum here in Ireland is only permitted to avail of family reunification when they are financially self-sufficient, and can provide for those they wish to bring here. I see where we're also introducing power to revoke or refuse a residence permit for a refugee, in circumstances where they are found to be a danger to the security of the state, or have been convicted in involvement in serious crime. Whilst these situations may be rare, I think there's a lot of them at times, it is important that these polls are provided for in law, and that these people are sent back to the country of their origin. The scheme will be implemented within a planned 12-month period, along for the development of systems and resources to assess eligibility, share data securely and collect and process payments. While not all international protection applicants are working, many are, and it makes sense, and it's only right for these people who are earning income and paying tax to also make a contribution to the state for their accommodation costs. Other EU member states operate those systems already. You see, there are two rules, then, for applying for citizenship. You're proposing to update the rules around how people qualify for citizenship. At present, if you want to apply for citizenship by naturalisation, you must have been resident here for five years. The rule for people granted international protection is different, in that they only need to be here for three years. Now, what you're saying now is that you're going to update that, so that it could be five years, they have to be resident here before they can apply for citizens here. Again, Minister, I say if there's any way that we can fast-track the pathway for people to come here or to stay here who are working, that's very, very, very important. As I said to you, many employers are having difficulty in sourcing staff, and when they have them, maybe on a time limit or whatever it is, when that time is up, they're harder to go back and they're not able to get an extinction, and I'm asking you to review that and ensure that people who want to work, and who are working here and have been working here, that they are facilitated in their quest to remain here. And at the same time, those people who come here without any identification, no vetting or not prepared to say where they came from or how they came to be here, those people must be sent back by returning a plane to wherever they came from last, whichever airport they got on last. So, look, I will be supporting this. It looks like that we will have some plan or some form of order to follow now, because we didn't over the last number of years, many people were hot in rural communities, when they see people landing that they were not sure where they were from, they didn't have any vetting, and they were worried about them, especially women who were walking the walks that they used to always walk in the evenings or whatever, they had to stop. That's not right, Minister. This is our country, and all women and all men must be protected, and children as well, protected from whoever new is coming in. If me or you or anyone else here inside this chamber is going for a job, we have to be vetted, and vetted several times. So, the same thing has to be the order for people coming in here. They have to be vetted. It's the most important thing. We have to understand and be sure where they have come from. 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