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Moving the goalposts

Shane Moynihan

“However, like other speakers, I would say there are people in our State at the moment who came here and who started on the citizenship journey. They are very far along that journey and their circumstances need to be taken into account.”

Shane MoynihanTD for Dublin Mid-West · Fianna FáilIn the Dáil on 30 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.