Political leaders must listen to people's views on immigration, says Jim Gavin

Presidential candidate Jim Gavin with Dara Calleary, minister for rural and community development and the Gaeltacht, climbing an 8m  tower at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly. Picture: Kenneth O'Halloran

Fianna Fáil's presidential candidate Jim Gavin has accepted that the State faces a specific “challenge” in integrating people who migrate here.

Mr Gavin has said there must be a “fair” and “robust” process in place for immigration into Ireland, but that policy on immigration is set by Government rather than the president of the country.