Results 1-13 of 13 for immigration speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...are careless and plain wrong. The fact is that the hooligan culture and the criminality issues we face run much deeper than law and order. Initial protests in the city centre on Thursday were organised by anti-immigration figures who were later joined by opportunistic rioters. We all heard the WhatsApp message. "They can't control us all. Let's have little groups splintering off,...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...of new festivals. In the past week I had the pleasure of announcing funding for Louth GAA’s new stadium project, thanks to a remarkable €14.8 million windfall from the Government’s Immigrant Investor Programme. This funding was very welcome and will certainly attract tourists to County Louth. Despite the swift recovery from the impact of the pandemic and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...recent years? The Garda has been getting enforcement going in recent months. People are being arrested now whereas previously nothing was happening. There is enforcement by the Garda. Can the Immigrant Council of Ireland provide figures for the past 12 months, 18 months or two years? What is the success rate? The first thing a woman taken from a foreign country would want is to get...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...of a no-deal Brexit scenario by making amendments to the Extradition Act 1965 to allow extradition between Ireland and the UK at the request of the Minister for Justice and Equality. Part 14 deals with amending the Immigration Act 2004 to give an immigration officer the power to take fingerprints from a person applying for an Irish or a transit visa, where that officer thinks it necessary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Minister said in his opening statement that the two main areas on which there would be a focus were extradition and immigration, which are, to be fair, high risk areas. I have seen at first hand what happens in the Border area. I have seen at first hand gardaí pulling traffic from the main motorway to side roads. I commend the Government on the reopening of Templemore, which was a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (4 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to standardise and register home care workers in cases in which all carers are documented and regularised in their immigration status for the home care industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 268. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to standardise and register home care workers in cases involving carers who are documented and regularised in their immigration status for the home care industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29464/18]

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (4 May 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 amends a number of Acts, namely, the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967, as amended, the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, the Immigration Act 2004 and the Employment Permits Act 2003, as amended. The main purpose of this legislation is to enhance the efficiency and clarity of arrangements with respect to the staff of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (19 Oct 2016)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of illegal Irish immigrants in the US; if discussions have taken place with the US authorities in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31130/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (19 Jul 2016)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the immigrant investor programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22761/16]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...we have regained our financial independence and seen the back of the troika. Over 100,000 new jobs have been created. We are on track to have full employment by 2018. By that year, we will have net immigration and we will see the return of many young people who had to leave these shores in order to secure employment. We have ended austerity. There is a new confidence to be found among...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...statement has set out a four-year plan with clear targets for jobs creation, including 100,000 new jobs over the coming months, which is one year ahead of plan. By the end of next year we will have net immigration and by 2018 we will have replaced every job lost due to the Fianna Fáil economic crash. By 2019 we will have more people in employment in this country than ever before. ...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...entrepreneurs, the self-employed and working families. This reduction will also boost consumer confidence, help to create an estimated 15,000 additional jobs, help to attract foreign investment and reverse immigration. Following the creation of more than 70,000 jobs our unemployment rate is now below the European average. The absence of cuts to the health budget offers an opportunity...