Meaning of Out-of-Status Emigrants

Summary

Quinn asked whether undocumented emigrants lacked passports; Collins clarified that the term referred to people working in the US without the required documentation.

Ruairí Quinn Mr. Quinn Labour Party

Will the Minister define for the benefit of the House and, perhaps, the press gallery, what is meant by "undocumented" and "out-of-status emigrants"? Two terms have been used and from the point of view of clarity it might be useful if he defined them. Are they people without passports?

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Gerard Collins Mr. Collins Fianna Fáil

No, as the Deputy knows full well there is no question of people being there without passports. It is a question of people working there without the necessary documentation.

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Ruairí Quinn Mr. Quinn Labour Party

Illegals.

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Gerard Collins Mr. Collins Fianna Fáil

Yes.

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