TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has said that immigrants are “more likely” to be working and paying tax than the average Irish person. TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has said that immigrants are “more likely” to be working and paying tax than the average Irish person. Immigrants 'more likely' to work and pay tax than average Irish person - VaradkarSpeaking in the Dáil Mr Varadkar also said that immigrants are holding up our public services, as he defended Ireland’s record of integration to date. “In addition, migrants are very well integrated into our labour market and are, in fact, more likely to be working than the average Irish person and more likely to be paying tax,” he said. She questioned whether the Taoiseach used the recent summit in Salzburg to challenge Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz on his views on immigration.

Source: Irish Independent October 02, 2018 18:56 UTC