Results 1-20 of 23 for immigration speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...serious issue to sow division and hatred, and that is why clarity is so important. The truth is that the Government has, from the beginning, made a complete mess of the handling of this situation. We need an immigration system that is fair, efficient and enforced, and a system with common sense that safeguards social cohesion and protects human rights. Both can be done effectively in...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...and allocation of resources needed for a humanitarian effort of this scale. The surge in refugees and those seeking international protection, we must remember, is happening at a time where we have an asylum, immigration and direct provision system that is inhumane, not fit for purpose, far too slow and not properly resourced. That needs to change. Rising to our moral obligations to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources put into place to increase capacity to process applications for immigration permissions. [24696/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to examine a further extension in respect of immigration permissions due to expire between 20 August and 20 September 2020. [24697/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 957. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the processing of visa applications by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service which has resulted in the withholding of the passports of applicants by the service for prolonged periods of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to pursue the matter of EU immigration and family unification rights for Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland with the UK Government to ensure the same rights remain in place when the UK-EU settlement scheme ends in June 2021 in view of the successful outcome of a case by a person (details supplied). [8066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (26 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit in the Dublin metropolitan region north and Dublin metropolitan region north central in each of the years 2009 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [12887/19]

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...leaving the EU presents new challenges, but also a new opportunity to reassess our entire approach to Europe. This will be important work. If we are to be honest, we should acknowledge that the British did not decide to leave the EU for no reason. While the Brexit debate centred in the main on immigration and became mired in racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia, there are other serious...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...on the conversation with President Trump. We are all familiar with the concerns on this side of the Atlantic about many of the policies and strategies being pursued by the Trump Administration. Immigration has been mentioned and we could speak about the partisan White House approach to Israel. Climate change is also on the long list. I should also say that Sinn Féin, unlike other...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...fact the Irish illegals Stateside? The recent arrest of a Donegal man who has been living in the United States for 20 years has caused huge anxiety for all the Irish community. According to the immigration and customs enforcement branch of the Department of Homeland Security, there was a 37% increase in arrests on immigration charges in the first three months of the Trump Presidency....

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...has been the very real issue of the estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish citizens in the United States. These concerns were voiced yesterday by Ciaran Staunton, the president of the Irish lobby for immigration reform in the US. The new administration's stated desire to tackle so-called sanctuary states is deeply alarming. The Irish International Immigrant Center in Boston said yesterday...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of the new White House policy under Mr. Donald Trump. Yesterday, he signed executive orders to build a wall along the US border with Mexico and to crack down on cities which shield undocumented immigrants. Late last night, in a flagrant disregard for all international human rights protocols, the President said that torture works. It is extremely worrying that some of the most dangerous...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...he has said, work incessantly or tirelessly on behalf of the undocumented stateside? I warmly welcome the remarks the Taoiseach has made in respect of the rather vile commentary in respect of immigrants to the United States. It is not only ourselves as an emigrant nation who understand that phenomenon. The United States is built on the immigrant experience, not only from our shores...

Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of courses. The people I have spoken to misunderstood or perhaps were overly impressed with that listing. Nonetheless, in her response, the Minister outlines the need for full adherence to immigration regulations and law, and we all agree on that. I detected a heavier emphasis on that than on the students who have been the casualty of this unmitigated mess. One Venezuelan man, who is...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...a rush job by Fianna Fáil back in 1999. The system bears all the hallmarks of that era, including a complete lack of accountability and poor institutional oversight. We do not have to wait for the immigration, residence and protection legislation to be passed to put a stop to direct provision. The only beneficiaries of the system are the companies which receive large sums for...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...human rights in carrying out their functions, but it refused to take up equality budgeting and voted against the provisions of same. The Government promised to promote social inclusion, equality, diversity and the participation of immigrants in the economic, social, political and cultural life of their communities, but it stands over direct provision. Nothing has changed for the...

Other Questions: Official Engagements (18 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...are very difficult for parties on all sides. Will the Taoiseach comment on the Haass process and where he considers it stands now? Did the Taoiseach have any discussion with President Clinton on immigration reform and the issues faced by so many Irish people living in the United States who work there and have made their homes, lives and families there? Immigration is an issue of some...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (5 Nov 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish an updated version of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010. [45972/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Act and the Employment Equality Act. I raise the subject of justice most particularly because it is one on which the Information Commissioner has spoken previously. In particular, in respect of immigration, and all matters pertaining to refugees and their status in the State, there is certainly a common conception, not least among refugees, that there is a veil of secrecy and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (12 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 582 of Tuesday 19 January 2013, if the eight persons purporting to be Syrian nationals provided documentation to support this claim to Immigration Officers and if this documentation was deemed inauthentic; if any of the eight persons concerned applied for asylum in another EU member state prior to arriving here; and the basis...