Eight of the candidates standing for the four seats in the Dublin constituency for the European Elections have taken part in a live debate on Prime Time, with the issues of migration and defence to the fore.
Three outgoing MEPs - Barry Andrews of Fianna Fáil, Ciarán Cuffe of the Green Party and Clare Daly of Independents 4 Change – were among those taking part, along with Fine Gael's Regina Doherty, Aodhán Ó Riordáin of the Labour Party, Lynn Boylan for Sinn Féin, Sinéad Gibney of the Social Democrats and Bríd Smith of People Before Profit Solidarity.
Ms Smith said that people coming into Ireland seeking refuge were being scapegoated for problems created by the Government."People should be made welcome and given the right to work from the get go," she said, adding it was wrong to make them wait before they can contribute to society. We need your consent to load this comcast-player contentWe use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
For Labour, Aodhán Ó Riordáin said people"were losing sight of what the EU is supposed to be, the world’s greatest peace project". He said if the triple lock is to be changed there must be a referendum. Ciaran Cuffe said the Green Party is in favour of modifying the triple lock, and that he wants Ireland to continue its proud tradition of peacekeeping, while Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin said the big issue on defence is the underresourcing of the Irish Defence Forces, adding that Sinn Féin wants to see neutrality enshrined in the constitution.
Ms Doherty said Fine Gael has voted more green legislation in Europe than the Greens, but that the Greens are alienating people"because of their autocratic style". She said in a few year"we won’t have achieved our targets and we’ll have vilified sections of society". Ms Gibney said she also does not believe in extending the nitrates derogation but added that farmers need to be supported, and the Social Democrats would do that in government, and she would do that in Europe. She said the next term of the EU parliament will be most the important one for climate.
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