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Aubrey McCarthy

“They came here in their thousands under the rules we had already set. They are nurses, engineers and carers, etc. People were recruited under the critical skills permit because we needed them. … The people who staff our wards and build our homes deserve fair play when it comes to this.”

Aubrey McCarthySenator, Dublin University · IndependentIn the Seanad on 24 September 2026: read it in the official record ↗On the board: Pushing a transition

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Five years was the promise.

People came to Ireland on the rule of five years and planned their lives on it. The Government wants eight, for them too, and has published no reason why.