There will be a "stay" on deportations from Ireland for as long as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, the Taoiseach has indicated.
Micheal Martin told the Dáil today that he believes "... unless people represent a threat to national security they should not be deported at this present point in time".
Mr Martin was replying to a question from the Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. The Wicklow deputy has said that a constituent of hers "...
has to present himself tomorrow for deportation" - two weeks before Christmas and in the middle of a pandemic. She said: "I think that it is inhumane to deport someone after 14 years of living somewhere." In his answer, the Taoiseach said that deporting is part of our wider migration management