keepitfive.ieKeep it five, keep it fair

Who it lands on

Patricia Stephenson

“We need highly skilled people. There is a competitive market for highly skilled labour in Europe at the moment. … However, we are making that more difficult and more challenging through these changes. It will create insecurity and they will choose to take their high skills elsewhere.”

Patricia StephensonSenator, Labour Panel · Social DemocratsIn the Seanad on 24 September 2026: read it in the official record ↗On the board: Against the eight years

Instagram Story: pick Instagram, then Story. The link is copied for its link sticker.

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.