The regularisation scheme for undocumented people opened on Monday last. While the scheme is very welcome, there are thousands of people excluded from it. I had a meeting with some of them yesterday. These are people who have made lives here and for various reasons are excluded. For example, people who have been temporarily documented within the past four years cannot avail of it, those who have expired student permissions will not qualify and those who are on temporary visas and have cases in the EU treaty rights division are also excluded. These are thousands of people who, by right, should be able to avail of the scheme but cannot. The scheme is being described as a "once in a generation scheme". I appeal to the Taoiseach and the Government to amend the scheme to ensure that all these people are included.

I appreciate the points the Deputy has made. I think we should get on with this scheme. Migration policy is evolving. It is a very progressive and important scheme. We will continue to evaluate it as it is progressed and rolled out. It is a groundbreaking scheme relative to how we have dealt with this issue in the past. Lessons can be learned as we roll it out and we can get greater analysis as to what the true situation is out there in respect of the people the Deputy has identified this morning.