Results 1-12 of 12 for immigration speaker:Dessie Ellis

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Dessie Ellis: ...to which I referred? Do we have a vision of the future and what is needed? I am curious about that and how it is judged. I am also curious about the issue of language. In recent years, many immigrants have come in. There are people with disabilities in immigrant communities. How does the NCSE deal with that? Does it add an extra burden? Does it cause extra problems? I have not...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...happened across the country. They have been using misinformation, disinformation and increasingly violent rhetoric, especially on social media, to spread lies and false narratives targeting not just immigrants but also members of the LGBTQ+ community. In my own area, there have been attacks on buildings and the targeting of immigrants and people from other ethnic backgrounds. Buildings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...that is with respect to mental health, disabilities, or otherwise, in how these people are identified or dealt with. Can the witnesses comment on that issue? My final question is in respect to immigrants. Are people available to engage with those who cannot speak English, or otherwise? In what way are special people identified to engage with such immigrants?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the departments within the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service dealing with requests to stay under subsidiary protection and the good to go scheme, respectively, are doing so without any co-operation resulting in applicants receiving deportation order letters which are not correct; and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: ...and 2014 will be the scattering for the young people because of the inadequate responses from the Government at a state and EU level. Earlier this month, everyone was shocked by the Lampedusa boat disaster that killed more than 350 immigrants and many other similar disasters have occurred with much loss of life. Shockingly, survivors of the disaster were excluded from the funeral...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Obviously, the immigration authorities are responsible for this matter. Is it not the norm across Europe that students can enter the industry for 20 hours, or for 40 during holiday periods?

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland’s diplomatic staff in America are undertaking any new and specific initiatives to support immigration reform in America. [23235/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (2 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame for the publication of the new Immigration Residency and Protection Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20838/13]

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: ...with low educational attainment, they are already on the back foot and grow up in a society in which slurs against their people are commonplace. Bullying is a reality for them every day, as it is for many children from immigrant backgrounds. The problem is not confined to people from certain backgrounds, however, and crosses all sections of society. Homophobic and transphobic bullying,...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (15 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of SPSV licences that have been granted to persons with Garda National Immigration Bureau stamp 2 and stamp 2a visas. [23673/12]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Sep 2011)

Dessie Ellis: ...refused re-entry into the State if they leave; the penalties associated with overstaying a visa; the exemptions or waivers that exist to a person if they overstay their visa; the criteria used by immigration officers in relation to whether or not to admit or re-admit a person to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24475/11]