US immigration bill negotiations
Fahey asked whether the Taoiseach would negotiate with US authorities in support of amnesty and temporary work-visa provisions for young Irish people. He then criticized the Taoiseach’s silence; no answer to the request was recorded.
In view of the recent passing of the Simpson Bill in the United States, and amendments to that Bill by several Irish-American politicians, giving an amnesty to young Irish people in the United States and providing a quota of temporary work visas, would the Taoiseach negotiate — he has already refused to do so — with the American authorities in support of those efforts by Irish-American politicians?
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I have seen the Taoiseach in a sorry state many times before but never have I seen him in such a sorry state as he is in today, sitting in silence during this debate——