Results 1-10 of 10 for immigration speaker:Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins: ...knows who these people are. Will the kid-glove approach directed by the Commissioner be dropped? People have been trying to tell the Government that the feeling out there on the streets among immigrants, people of colour and anti-racists in the general community is one of growing danger. It has been building for years. We saw it on Sandwith Street and have seen it all year round...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Joan Collins: This question is for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I have been contacted about the number of home care workers across the country who are currently employed on immigration visas. I have been informed that on previous occasions, the Department of Justice has issued an automatic renewal for visas about to expire. The most recent automatic renewal only applies to visas due to expire...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ..., refused. It was stated that the visa documentation submitted was deemed to be false and there was not satisfaction that the event to which the person was invited would take place. All the immigration section had to do was ring me to find out if that event was taking place. That was not done and this person's application for a visa and entry to the country was refused on that basis. I...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: ...to third level education. A basic requirement in society is an education. Asylum seekers should receive welfare benefits the same as all other residents and citizens of the State. A transparent immigration process must be put in place. The application process is not transparent in any shape or form. I supported and signed a similar motion put forward by Deputy Bríd Smith and the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: ...Britain, the Netherlands or elsewhere for abortion services. It is like telling people that they cannot have an abortion in our front garden, but can have one in the back garden. Information on immigrant workers has been released from the IFPA and is particularly poignant. An abortion can cost from €600 to €2,000, excluding the cost of travel and accommodation. An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (11 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Immigration, Residency and Protection Bill is on the C list and listed as on Committee Stage since November 2010, if he will provide an update on the procedure of the Bill. [6513/14]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: My question follows on from that of the previous speaker, who raised the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. My understanding is that the Bill had been withdrawn. It was on the C list. I wished to ask when it would come before the House but I have been informed there are a number of amendments to the Bill and it might be withdrawn. Could the Taoiseach clarify the situation and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the circumstances of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and their current immigration status and housing status. [5193/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Registered Employment Agreements (14 May 2013)

Joan Collins: ...renegotiated, so that workers already in contract are protected under the national contract of employment. My second question concerns the problem with new agreements. Can employers now bring in immigrant workers on pay that is just above the minimum wage, or based on their own countries' minimum wage levels? An unemployed friend of mine has informed me about a recent advertisement in...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: ...been a cut in education funding of 25% from a very low spending base of 4% of GDP. Greek society is being forced to jettison the young people who are its future. The NGOs and street clinics for immigrants now service 30% of Greek citizens with food and clothes. These cold statistics cannot give a real picture of what ordinary Greeks suffer. The suicide rates are frightening, with an...