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Ruth Coppinger

“If people have been living and working in this country for five years and want to settle down here, they should have security and they deserve that, especially non-EU citizens who have to go through visas and difficulties every single time they need to go home if a family member is sick. … This is not needed and all the Government is doing here is making life miserable and creating guest workers in this country rather than people who have a stake in society.”

Ruth CoppingerTD for Dublin West · People Before Profit-SolidarityIn the Dáil on 30 September 2026: read it in the official record ↗On the board: Against 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.