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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Policy (8 May 2024)

Immigration Policy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: Mr. Bertie Ahern (8 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...annoyed at Tony Blair and I because they did not want to do it. The best thing for those that did not want to do was for nobody to do it. Many of them then said they would gradually do it. Then many said they were getting illegal immigration from European countries. There were many arguments 20 years ago and some of them are resurfacing. We said that we could do it in part by setting...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Pearse Doherty: ...conversation in a couple of months, perhaps when all the negotiations at OECD level are finished, we might find that our expected surpluses have reduced further by quite a significant amount. Given the situation in terms of immigration and the challenges with regard to our health budget, we may find that our anticipated surpluses have reduced further. That may not all happen in one year...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (8 May 2024)

Seán Fleming: .... These challenges ranged across matters related to housing, employment (qualifications) motor vehicles (licenses), welfare, healthcare, childcare, education (university fees, school places), immigration law, entrepreneurship, and general information for returnees. However, although my Department has a coordinating role, the responsibility for the fulfilment of these recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: In order to work in the State non-EEA nationals are required to hold either a valid employment permit from this Department or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice allowing them to enter and work in the State without the requirement for an employment permit. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has responsibility for economic migration policy and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...for a period previously, for example on foot of a different permission to remain. A certain number of persons may also enter the state at a port of airport but not be detected through the standard immigration controls. All of these various circumstances undoubtedly arise, however, my Department’s assessment, based on the experience of staff and others working in the field, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: .... The Deputy will also be aware that, in the context of UK exit, a reciprocal arrangement was put in place to ensure that neither of our countries are a place for people to evade or obstruct the immigration controls and processes of the other. Our operation of this arrangement was impacted initially by the suspension of non-criminal removals during Covid and subsequently by legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...procedures in the public domain so as to any avoid any impact on the effectiveness of such operations. We have a long history of working closely in a spirit of positive cooperation with the UK on immigration matters, including a shared focus on protecting vulnerable people and maintaining the integrity of the Common Travel Area. The Standard Operating Procedure sets out these shared...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf. This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...on hand, individual circumstances, the complexity of applications, whether further information is required, and the resources available. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email using the Oireachtas mail facility (imoireachtasmail@justice.ie), which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Helen McEntee: ...of my Department continues to communicate regularly with all applicants to keep them informed as to updates on processing times and arrangements. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (2 May 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...for 14 years and for the past year, it has been trying to trade with tents facing it and the smell of urine constantly in the air. The Taoiseach mentioned during the week that he did not want an ad hoc approach to immigration. However, the Government's failure on immigration has damaged this family business and may close it. To make matters worse, the council is robbing it with these...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...offence [...] in the UK and was in consequence registered as a sex offender. It appears that this information had been redacted by reason of data protection concerns before being placed on [his] immigration file. It also states: an "alert" was subsequently created on the 14th of January, 2022 on Applicant A's file [...] on the Minister’s database. It seems that it was only on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Emer Currie: ..., the Senator said we need an Irish solution. We only have to look at what is happening in the UK to know that an Irish solution, taken by ourselves alone, will not work considering that illegal immigration, according to the UK, has very much increased since the UK's safety of Rwanda Bill was first put on the table by Priti Patel in 2022. This has eroded the UK's reputation on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: ...Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General of the Department of Justice, dated 19 April. It provides follow-up information requested at the meeting of 29 February 2024. It includes information on immigration, visa processing, international protection, citizenship processing, carrier liability, the Prison Service and the Probation Service. It proposed to note and publish this item. Is that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Engagements (2 May 2024)

Carol Nolan: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to engage with the British prime minister to address concerns about the impact of the Rwanda plan on the security and immigration system in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 208, 210 and 217 together. Section 9 of the Immigration Act 2004 provides that a register of non-nationals who have permission to be in the State (in general for a period of 3 months or longer) shall be established and maintained by registration officers. It also provides that a non-national is required to pay a fee to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Kenny: 203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on an immigration appeal for a family reunification of a child (details supplied) with their mother will be decided on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19939/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...of my Department continues to communicate regularly with all applicants to keep them informed as to updates on processing times and arrangements. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Cormac Devlin: ...xe1;naiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm, in tabular form, the number of staff or contractors and their grades in her Department assigned to International Protection Office, and the immigration service delivery divisions on 1 January 2023, 1 January 2024 and 1 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19999/24]