Results 1-20 of 21 for immigration speaker:Seán Fleming

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (10 Oct 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...x20ac;4,238 Ireland- Canada Chamber of Commerce, Montreal Chapter €4,243 Ireland-Canada Chamber of Commerce Vancouver €3,857 Irish Association of Manitoba Inc. €6,445 Irish Canadian Immigration Centre €113,995 Irish Cultural Society of Calgary ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...My Department also funds a number of organisations here in Ireland, such as Crosscare, Safe Home, and the Citizens Information Bureau, that provide assistance and information to returning Irish immigrants, including on issues such as pension entitlements. I understand that Safe Home runs information sessions for immigrants returning to Ireland in collaboration with many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...My Department also funds a number of organisations here in Ireland, such as Crosscare, Safe Home, and the Citizens Information Bureau, that provide assistance and information to returning Irish immigrants, including on issues such as pension entitlements. I understand that Safe Home runs information sessions for immigrants returning to Ireland in collaboration with many of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...country that is a matter of concern to the US authorities, including those who work in peacekeeping missions in some countries, it can raise a flag in the ESTA process.The Senator has acknowledged that US immigration rules and operations are matters solely for the relevant US authorities. The Department of Foreign Affairs is not in a position to intervene in decisions taken in relation to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Why then has the Department a requirement in respect of passports and the Irish National Immigration Service that require production of the public services card, although it has now withdrawn that requirement in the case of national citizens.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and approvals granted in each of the past five years in respect of the immigrant investor programme under the heading enterprise investment; the amount received under this heading in each year; the average time taken to process applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and approvals granted in each of the past five years in respect of the immigrant investor programme under the heading investment fund; the amount received under this heading in each year; the average time taken to process applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and granted in each of the past five years in respect of the immigrant investor programme under the heading endowment; the amount received under this heading in each year; the average time taken to process applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and approvals granted in each of the past five years in respect of the Immigrant Investor Programme under the heading real estate investment trusts; the amount received under this heading in each year; the average time taken to process applications; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...at this rate. The next item is No. 2102B, received from Mr. Crónan Goodman, Office of the Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality, providing material on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Reception and Integration Agency. This was provided in hard copy at the meeting last week. We discussed it at length at the meeting. We are just formally noting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Appeals (18 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the appeal by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service will be reconsidered in view of the information that was submitted on 26 September 2018 in respect of the appeal in view of the fact the appeal was concluded without sight of the documentation submitted being considered in the case of a person (details...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Ageing is implicit in the model and assumptions are also being made about birth rates and immigration. I am moving on to chapter 14 and the issue of overpayments of age-related jobseeker's allowance. A person has to be 26 years old to get the full rate. There is a reduced rate for someone who is 25 years old and a more reduced rate again for people who are between 18 and 24 years old....

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: Where would immigration issues fall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: As well as policing and criminal matters, our home affairs would cover immigration and insolvency.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is their right. Page 33 says that €5 million of the €7 million for legal costs, 72%, relates to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. For all the people who go to all the solicitors and take all the cases, the taxpayer tends to cover that cost as a result when they-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...received from an individual working in a translation company who is raising issues about the response of the Office of Government Procurement regarding a tender for translation services for immigrants. In October the committee agreed, following the last response on the matter and given the fact that there was an ongoing legal case, to consider the matter closed from its point of view. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (19 Nov 2015)

Seán Fleming: ...Estimate next year to deal with the crisis, is the Minister saying EU rules will not allow it to happen? Is he saying if various European countries need additional funds to deal with the immigration crisis, the EU rules will prevent it from happening? Let us be real. Every expenditure ceiling the Government introduced here was made redundant the next time it was examined. While there...

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Amendments from the Seanad (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: .... I ask the Minister to consider this at some point. I wish to comment on the amendment Deputy Mary Lou McDonald has tabled, specifically the section on the administration of the law relating to immigration and naturalisation, but before doing so, I will be supporting the legislation as passed by the Seanad. People may ask why and now that it appears we will be voting on this amendment,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Oct 2006)

Seán Fleming: Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a current Garda national immigration board card will be issued to a person (details supplied) who submitted their GNIB card to his Department in March 2006 but which has since expired. [34449/06]

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Seán Fleming: ...to buy houses because their mortgage repayments are lower than they would otherwise have been when I and other Members had to take out mortgages in previous decades. At a minimum, 50,000 to 60,000 immigrants per annum are coming to work here because of our strong economy and they all must be housed. Apart from any other considerations, at least 20,000 houses per annum will need to be...