conor lenihan? oh my go not that clown! a couple of years ago he made a complete tit of himself in Dáil éireann by making a smart remark (in this term a really stupid one) about Turks and Kekabs. not the wisest choice of minister.
he is the minister of state for intergration not immigration. although that would be obviously involve immigration matters, it is not clear (as per usual) what that entails. what i mean is that will he be the poster boy for intergration of immgrants who are legally residing here in ireland already ( eg promotion of prohibiting discrimination/rasicm in the community/ workplace) or will he have much of a voice in future immigration polices such as ones like the eu1 issue that are effecting many of you. i might be wrong (i hope so) but there is no minister for state for immigration per se, if there was it the title of the post would state this. considering the new residnece and immigration bill that looks set to come into law (which will give the minister more discretion) i believe the main issues dealing with the immigration system will remain firmly in the hands of the minister for justice.
This guy really is a clown, i doubt bertie would give him much power in this area (reckon minister for justice will hav more to do with this) it appears the role is more about bringing in policies of helping non nationals who are legally residing here to come into irish society instead of being excluded and also to assist the irish community to accept/underastand/take part in many multicultural activities/differences etc. (make ireland more aware of its multi culturism) but who knows?
the minister for justice, conor's brother,, thankfully is a different kettle of fish, he might be better than the last two minister for justices.
