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Moving the goalposts

Catherine Callaghan

“Some people have come here, worked, paid their taxes, raised children and built their lives around an understanding of the pathway to citizenship that existed when they arrived. They now need clarity and certainty. They need to know where they stand.”

Catherine CallaghanTD for Carlow-Kilkenny · Fine GaelIn the Dáil on 30 September 2026: read it in the official record ↗On the board: No position on the eight years

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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.