Member's statement: Lá Idirnáisiúnta na nImirceach
Member's statement by Mr Pat Sheehan on .
- MLA
- Mr Pat Sheehan
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 13 January 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Lá Idirnáisiúnta na nImirceach
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4737815
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Go díreach i ndiaidh don Tionól scaoileadh don Nollaig, bhí Lá Idirnáisiúnta na nImirceach ann. Má tá an lá féin thart, sílim gur fiú cúpla focal a rá leis, toisc a thábhachtaí atá ábhar an lae ar leith sin. Is iomaí cúis leis an imirce, amhail súil le sábháilteacht, síocháin nó saoirse, mar shampla. Is cinneadh tromchúiseach é dul idir dhá dtír, cinneadh a chuireann an t-imirceach ar thuras maslach go minic agus ar thuras marfach go rómhinic. Agus, más olc an turas a bhíonn le déanamh acu leis an tír seo a bhaint amach, ní taise don phróiseas a bhíonn rompu le cead isteach sa tír seo a fháil ina dhiaidh sin. Cuirtear próiseas fadálach, casta orthu sular féidir leo cur fúthu abhus. Tá imircigh ar na daoine is mó atá in áit a gcarta. Tá siad ar na grúpaí is mó a ndéantar leithcheal orthu sa tsochaí. Mar sin féin, d’ainneoin na ndeacrachtaí a bhíonn le sárú acu, d’ainneoin na gconstaicí a chuirtear ina mbealach, agus d’ainneoin na gcontúirtí ina n-oirchill, nuair a éiríonn le himircigh bun a chur orthu féin anseo inár measc, is amhlaidh is fearrde dúinn uilig é. Beireann imircigh leo eolas agus eagna dhomhanda chugainn. Nuair a chuireann siad an t-eolas sin chun a chaite mar oibrithe, mar mhic léinn, mar ghnó-eagraithe, mar ealaíontóirí agus mar bhaill teaghlaigh is é rud a chuireann siad an saol abhus chun feabhais. Sin é an rud atáimid a cheiliúradh inniu: an feabhas a chuireann imircigh ar an tsaol agus ar an tsochaí againn. Tugann siad aire dúinn, nó is thar lear a fuair breis agus 35% de na dochtúirí atá againn a gcuid oiliúna. Tugann siad poist dúinn, nó is imircigh atá ar cheann gnó amháin as gach seachtar atá againn abhus. Tugann siad tacaíocht don gheilleagar againn, nó cuireann imircigh thart ar £500 milliún le OTI na Sé Chontae gach bliain. Ó chúrsaí geilleagair go cúrsaí gnó, ó chúrsaí leighis go cúrsaí cultúir, bíonn lámh ar leith ag an imirceach ann agus is fearrde dúinn uilig é. Sílim gur fiú sin a cheiliúradh.
347 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.04 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.89).
- Subject area: Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.08 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.18 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.89 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.11 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:42 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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