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First Day Of FF's Political Think In Takes Place In Offaly

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Migration, the budget and housing are all on the agenda.

Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators have been meeting in Tullamore for the first day of the party's political think-in.

Migration, the budget and housing are all on the agenda.

This morning at the Tullamore Court Hotel a small number of protesters held Palestinian flags outside the property with one gaining entrance to the hotel to shout at Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators.

Inside, the agenda was more domestic with the budget and EU affairs getting billing earlier this morning.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin now appears at odds with Tánaiste Simon Harris - with the Fine Gael leader ruling out scrapping stamp duty for first time buyers, something the Taoiseach backs.

Also being disscussed are tougher citizenship rules which would mean people have to be financially independent and need to be resident in Ireland for eight years rather than five, to qualify to apply.

The Irish Examiner reports immigrants will have to prove they can speak English or Irish proficiently as part of the "biggest reform of Ireland's citizenship rules in a generation".

Other new requirements proposed by the Justice Minister include increased qualifying periods of reckonable residence and testing on Irish "civics" knowledge.

Jim O'Callaghan is expected to bring the new guidelines to Cabinet on Wednesday.

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