Immigration Control Platform
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The Immigration Control Platform (ICP) is an Irish political grouping, which has run candidates in the 2002
and 2007 Irish general elections. It has not registered as a political party
, so its candidates ran as independents.
ICP emphasises the following viewpoints:
The group has a public spokesperson or 'PRO' in Áine Ní Chonaill
and an Executive Committee elected by the membership at its AGM.
The ICP refuses to reveal the sources of its funding or the size of its membership (both required for registration as a legitimate political party). In the past ICP organised picket protests often involving two or three people. The ICP ran three candidates at the 2007 Irish general election; John Donnelly in Dublin North (286 votes, 0.52% of the votes cast), Ted Neville in Cork South Central (804, 1.36%) and Pat Talbot in Dublin Central (239, 0.69%). Nationally, the ICP received 0.064% of the total votes cast, about one vote for every 1,550 votes cast. In the 2009 Dublin Central by-election Patrick Talbot received 2.2 percent of the first preference votes.
Irish general election, 2002
The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday, 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern...
and 2007 Irish general elections. It has not registered as a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
, so its candidates ran as independents.
ICP emphasises the following viewpoints:
- Excessive immigration is not beneficial for Ireland
- In many cases immigrants are abusing the Asylum and Student Visa systems to gain entry to Ireland
- No consultation about immigration has ever occurred
- Ireland is a "soft-touch" for illegal immigrants arriving and not being deported
- Ireland accepts a disproportionate number of immigrants
- Immigration increases the size of the national cake but also the number who must eat from it, without any necessary overall economic benefit and lots of social deficits
The group has a public spokesperson or 'PRO' in Áine Ní Chonaill
Áine Ní Chonaill
Áine Ní Chonaill is a spokesperson for Irish anti-mass-immigration group Immigration Control Platform .-Biography:Ní Chonaill is a school teacher in County Cork but for the last decade or more she has been PRO for ICP. Her political background is largely unknown but she was involved in the early...
and an Executive Committee elected by the membership at its AGM.
The ICP refuses to reveal the sources of its funding or the size of its membership (both required for registration as a legitimate political party). In the past ICP organised picket protests often involving two or three people. The ICP ran three candidates at the 2007 Irish general election; John Donnelly in Dublin North (286 votes, 0.52% of the votes cast), Ted Neville in Cork South Central (804, 1.36%) and Pat Talbot in Dublin Central (239, 0.69%). Nationally, the ICP received 0.064% of the total votes cast, about one vote for every 1,550 votes cast. In the 2009 Dublin Central by-election Patrick Talbot received 2.2 percent of the first preference votes.