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This is Justice Minister Helen McEntee debating Senator Michael McDowell two days before the referendum on changing the legal definition of family in the constitution to any durable relationship. McEntee here promised that there would not be serious consequences in regards to family reunification schemes for migrants if the referendum passed. But according to documents retrieved by Gript, senior officials in the Department of Justice were warned by staff working in immigration that if the legal definition of family was broadened, it would massively restrict the State’s ability to regulate its immigration system, increase litigation and create massive legal costs to the Department and to the State facing challenges in the courts. So McEntee is either not briefed by her officials, doesn't listen to them, or was lying. Whichever it is, she has got to go. 🔗gript.ie 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland