Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that “the State has within its power the capacity to make sure that we don’t have tents back up on Mount Street”, adding that it is “not acceptable for migrants” and that government has a “determination” to ensure it won’t happen again.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says that the Department of Justice failing to register an asylum seeker as a sex offender, despite being aware of his offence for years, is “not satisfactory at all”. He added that the Department must “inquire as to why that happened.”
“Big trouble here”: A Palestinian asylum seeker living in the IPO tent city on Mount Street has told Gript that he can’t sleep at night because as many as “10 or 11” other asylum seekers living in the tents are buying drugs. He asked to have his face blurred to avoid “trouble.”
“Where is it going to stop?”
Department of Education figures.
“That’s not the case.”
Gript’s Ben Scallan reports from the migrant tent city outside the International Protection Office on Mount Street.
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness says that the government’s current immigration policy is “simply shambolic” and is “giving rise to a huge public reaction that is negative.”
“You’re taking from us our only hotel.”
“Enrolment rate of 89.7%.”
Speaking in Brussels.
“Specific bespoke services for those arriving into the country.”