Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has stated that the government has serious questions to answer as to the immigration status of Gabriel Fereiera Motta Valladres, the man charged with the multiple stabbings in Stoneybatter over the weekend. An Teachta Tóibín stated:
“It was reported in the Irish Daily Star in October 2023 that that Gabriel Fereiera Motta Valladres, the suspect charged with the stabbing of three people in Stoneybatter in Dublin overstayed an expired visa and was charged with an offence contrary to the Immigration Act. Its incredible but Gabriel Fereiera Motta Valladres, like thousands of others who break our immigration law, never left the country.
This is a very serious issue. Aontú has been raising this issue for more than two years now. Thousands of people who fail the asylum application process, receive deportation notices, but only a tiny fraction of these notices are enforced. The government cannot confirm as to how many actually leave the country. The government don’t know where these people are. This is incredible. Here we learn that the suspect of multiple knife attacks was supposed to leave the country but didn’t. If the government did their job right, it appears Gabriel Fereiera Motta Valladres would not be in the country at all”.
“Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan had stated firstly that the suspect was ‘unknown’ to Gardaí. He then stated that there was a minor interaction between the suspect and Gardaí before. However this is not true. On top of the charge for noncompliance of Immigration law, it is also reported that the suspect was accused of possession of €6,500 of drugs for sale or supply in 2023”.
“We do have a responsibility to try and help those who are fleeing famine or war. However ever we have no responsibility to provide asylum to those fleeing peaceful countries. We have no responsibility to provide residence to people who are involved in crime. It appears that the man charged with the multiple stabbings in Stoneybatter should not have been in Ireland if this government did its job. This dereliction of duty by the government is needlessly putting Irish citizens at risk. The government has questions to answer. Was Gabriel Fereiera Motta Valladres illegally residing in the country? Did he receive a deportation order? Why was it not enforced? How many people have overstayed expired visas and are still resident in Ireland despite having received a deportation order”.
