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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (26 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...refused permission to enter the State. However, the general position in relation to refusal of permission to enter the State is as follows. There are a total of twelve grounds on which an immigration officer may refuse to give a permission to enter the State and these are set out in Section 4(3) of the Immigration Act 2004 (as amended by the International Protection Act 2015). A...

Written Answers — Airport Security: Airport Security (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Immigration legislation does not provide for immigration controls on persons travelling by air within the State nor is there any intention of imposing such controls on persons who so travel. However, I understand that the configuration of disembarkation arrangements in the State's airports generally does not provide for a separation of passengers disembarking from domestic flights and other...

Written Answers — Anti-Racism Measures: Anti-Racism Measures (30 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can confirm that Tourism Ireland has not made any complaints to my Department along the lines described by the Deputy. As regards immigration generally, every person landing in the State, including the holder of a visa, is obliged, pursuant to the provisions of section 11 (2) of the Immigration Act 2004, to furnish to an Immigration Officer such information in such manner as an Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they have no record of a request being received from the person referred to by the Deputy concerning either family reunification or their general immigration status. I am also informed by INIS that the person in question appears to be currently illegal in the State as their permission expired on 10...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Immigration Status (9 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am informed that the person referred to by the Deputy is currently present in the State without an immigration permission. Their previous permission to remain in the State expired when my Ministerial extension to immigration permissions ended on 31 May 2022. The onus is on each individual to keep their immigration permission to remain in the State up to date at all times and where...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 520 to 523, inclusive, together. The Immigrant Investor Bond is one of the investment options available to potential candidates for the Immigrant Investor Programme which has been open for applications since April of this year. Details of the bond can be viewed in the guidelines for the programme which are available from the web page of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (31 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department is operationally responsible for immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) is operationally responsible for immigration duties at all other ports and airports in the State. The BMU has no responsibility for inspections or site visits to any airports including those referred to by the Deputy. ...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, line 9, after “permits;” to insert the following:“to amend the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000; to amend the Immigration Act 2004; to amend the Aliens Order 1946;”.I am introducing amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, to amend the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000,...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004) See 6 other results from this debate

Willie O'Dea: Amendment No. 6 ensures that all references to an immigration officer in other Acts are tied into this Act. The immigration officers will henceforth be appointed under this Bill when enacted. There are references in earlier statutes which create duties, functions and obligations on immigration officers "appointed under the Aliens Order 1946". For example the Refugee Act imposes obligations on...

Written Answers — Immigration Appeals Mechanism: Immigration Appeals Mechanism (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 446 and 447 together. The Government's plans for the immigration system are outlined in the Programme for Government which commits to the introduction of comprehensive reforms to the immigration, residence and asylum systems including a statutory immigration appeals mechanism, which will articulate rights and obligations in a transparent manner and which will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (18 Nov 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...CTA. However, it is the case that airline carriers in many instances require their passengers to have a passport in possession before allowing them to board the aircraft. As such, this is not an immigration requirement. Unlike the operational practices at some UK airports, there is generally no segregation of arriving passengers at Irish ports of entry to the State. Consequently,...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...have reviewed the human resource allocation at Dublin Airport in particular on several occasions since 2000. It should be noted that in 2000 the total number of gardaí of all ranks attached to the immigration unit at Dublin Airport was 53. At present there are in total 80 gardaí of all ranks assigned to immigration duty at Dublin Airport. That is supplemented by an additional eight...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As previously stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question 367 of 18th May 2010, I have been informed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau that there is no requirement or obligation on Immigration Officers, nor is it common practice internationally, to ensure that the attention of non visa required nationals is drawn to the requirements that can be asked of them by Immigration officers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fishing Industry (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: Any person on a stamp 4 immigration permission is not required to hold an employment permit in order to work in the State. As such any non-EEA fisherman who has been granted a stamp 4 immigration permission may continue to work with their current employer and fishing vessel or may transfer to any other employer or fishing vessel or seek alternative employment elsewhere in the State. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...(CTA). However, it is the case that airline carriers in many instances require their passengers to have a passport in possession before allowing them to board aircraft. As such, this is not an immigration requirement. Unlike the operational practices at some UK airports, there is generally no segregation of arriving passengers at Irish ports of entry to the State. Consequently,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (3 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: It has always been the case that Ireland and the United Kingdom cooperate closely on immigration matters, particularly relating to securing the Common Travel Area (CTA). There are excellent working relationships at official and political level in relation to enhancing the operation of the CTA and Ireland is committed to the continuation of same. In this regard, a central feature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...1280, 1295 to 1297, inclusive, and 1356 together. Persons leaving the State are not checked on exit. Therefore it is not possible to give a reliable estimate of persons on particular types of  immigration permissions who have left the State. As there are no definitive numbers on the persons required to leave the State on any given date,  my Department did not communicate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: It is open to the person referred to by the Deputy to apply for a change of immigration status from Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 if they meet the criteria for doing so. Further information on the criteria for changing immigration permission, including instructions on how to change permission are available on the Immigration Service website at:...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 753 and 758 together. In all cases, whether a non-EEA national can remain in or seek employment, will depend on the immigration permission that they were originally granted and currently hold when they make any new immigration or citizenship application. A person who makes a Spouse of an Irish National (SOIN) application or an application for naturalisation...

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...