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Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will state clearly what immigration does to this country. I agree that the Irish are all over the world. It is stunning hypocrisy for us. Two weeks after somebody set fire to a bus on O'Connell Street and had a riot through the city, they must be laughing this morning that the national Parliament is having a discussion on immigration. They must have really felt that they achieved their...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Five times over the past month, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, in particular, has linked criminality with immigration. Five times, on the record of this House, the Deputy has said that elderly people, women and children are scared alive because of immigration. Is he in any way surprised that he is raising temperatures, tension and fear in local communities when he consistently-----

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...when he said that because he was trying to say, "Beware of the outsider; vote for me." Over the past month, we have had another member of the Rural Independents on five different occasions link immigration with criminality; stating on the record of this House that elderly people and women and children are "scared alive". We have another Deputy in the Rural Independents suggest in an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and the Refugee Information Service since 2005 and the schemes under which they were made are in the following table. Year Grant under the National Action Plan against Racism Small Grants for immigrant integration European Refugee Fund European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals Immigrant Integration Fund 2005 7,000 1,500 - - - 2006 - - 86,755 - - 2007 - - 90,791 -...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Mar 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Taoiseach hands Donald Trump a bowl of shamrock today to mark St. Patrick's Day, we must remember that the Irish in America are immigrants. We have a history of emigration. Many people left this land on coffin ships or because of sectarian strife, unemployment or poverty. There are Irish people all over the world, including, of course, in America. On St. Patrick's Day, we should...

Seanad: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I would never abuse the privilege of this House. It may have come to some people's notice that it is a year today since the election of Donald Trump. His anti-immigrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum seeker rhetoric has gone around the world since then. Given that we listened closely to the Brexit debate and have witnessed what has happened across Europe where the Austrian Parliament is,...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...protection and shelter to those in the asylum application process. It is important to always state in this House that what is good about this Parliament is that when questions are asked about immigration policy and protection policy, they come from a position of compassion. We are not having in Ireland what they are having in Denmark at the moment. We are having a conversation in...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: After "build positive linkages to the benefit of all" to insert the following: "further calls on the Government to: — appoint a dedicated Minister for Immigration and Integration to lead a whole of Government approach to migrant integration, and the provision of emergency accommodation and services; — ensure that, when new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...European Refugee Fund and the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals were financed by the EU. Year Grant under the National Action Plan against Racism Small Grants for immigrant integration European Refugee Fund European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals Immigrant Integration Fund 2005 7,000 1,500 2006 86,755 2007 90,791...

Other Questions: Anti-Racism Measures (2 Apr 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the Seanad I said that we should be reasonably satisfied, without being complacent in any way, that the political system and political debate in this country have not been strangled by the issue of immigration. If one looks at what is happening in the UK and across Europe at the moment, one can see that xenophobic tendencies are getting into the mainstream and immigration is at the heart...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Manus Cooney (5 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...noted, there are very unwelcome, xenophobic and racist comments being made by people from across the political spectrum in Europe. In the United Kingdom, such commentary is becoming mainstream. Immigration is extremely important and Mr. Cooney's wise words on the issue were very welcome. The most rank hypocrisy in Irish public life can be observed when Irish politicians ask US...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The garda or immigration officer has to comply with one of the reasons as stated in the Bill. The very suggestion that somebody would be arrested for the sole reason of seeking asylum is preposterous.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----comments made by this individual at a public forum in Limerick over which he is standing. These were anti-immigrant and racist comments-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----to a councillor who is making racist and anti-immigrant comments.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They know exactly what they are doing when they are linking immigration with criminality.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (6 Dec 2012)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons granted leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 since its enactment; the number of such applications still pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54882/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (6 Dec 2012)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of deportation orders signed under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 since its enactment; the numbers of those enforced and the number of those subsequently revoked under Section 3 (11); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54881/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...citizens travelling to Ireland to commence English language studies are being denied boarding their flight to Dublin, with airlines reporting that they are acting on instructions from the Irish immigration authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the following: “(h) at the request of the presumed victim of human trafficking or the identified victim of human trafficking, a permission or permissions (within the meaning of section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004)— (i) to be in the State, and (ii) for one or more family members to be in the State.”.

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...members of qualified persons. The category of person referred to in the proposed amendments has other remedies available to him or her, either by changing the residency permission or under the Immigration Act 1999. Amendment No. 131 relates to permissions given to family members of qualified persons. Again, the category of person referred to in the proposed amendments has other remedies...