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Returning migrants and insurance

Summary

The Leader said the House would debate EU Council reform and insurance again, then responded to Senator Lawless by saying people returning home should face as few barriers as possible.

The bottom line is that those who did this should be held to account.

I agree that we need to debate reform of the European Council. We have submitted a request for the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, or the Tánaiste to attend the House after the European Council meeting.

Senator Horkan is right about the issue of taxation and the perception that we are seen as being a little different when the fact is we are probably not. The Senator's point is relevant.

We will debate the issue of insurance again with the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy.

Senator Lawless raised the matter of migrants returning to Ireland. Is it not wonderful that we have 600 people who had to go abroad because of the failed economic policies of the past coming back every week? It is a pity that the media will not report this. Some 600 Irish citizens are returning home every week.

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