We shouldn’t apply Supreme Court judgement retrospectively

WATERFORD IMMIGRATION NETWORK is a group of concerned people set up to provide support and friendly interest to the new immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers who have come to Waterford in recent years.

At the last meeting of WIN we discussed some of the issues surrounding the Citizenship Bill currently before the Dail. We understand that the law will soon change in relation to children born in Ireland of non-Irish parents and a new situation will be created.

However, we are acutely aware of the anxiety, depression and suffering caused to those who applied for residency status in Ireland, as the parents of Irish citizen children, before the Supreme Court judgement of January 2003.