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Moving the goalposts

Seamus Healy

“These families have made a permanent commitment to this country and it would be deeply unfair to move the goalposts for these individuals now. It must not happen. The five-year rule must stay for anyone who is currently in this country.”

Seamus HealyTD for Tipperary South · IndependentIn 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.