Results 1-20 of 27 for immigration speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Regina Doherty: ...can get answers. I concur with that and will organise a debate as quickly as I can. Senators McGahon, Conway, Dooley and, probably for other reasons, Senator Warfield are looking for a debate on immigration. It is something that we need to have. If I am to be very honest, and I will not speak for others, it is a debate that I was probably fearful of for a long time because if you say...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...or public information campaign on what the State is doing and what the State expects in the context of crises or difficulties in the provision of services in the next year, particularly around our immigrants that are coming to the country and will continue to do so. I thank Senator Seery Kearney for bringing up Mick Finnegan's protest. I am in contact with him not just once a day but on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...a debate before Christmas. I will try, however. Senator Boyhan spoke about a moving event he witnessed the other week at the OCSE debate at the parliament in Poland with regard to solidarity for immigrants who have had to flee Ukraine and have come to all the corners of the European Union. He referred to the welcome received. It was particularly poignant when he spoke about the little...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...organisations I have ever seen. What I really do not know or understand is why. We are all well aware of the horrendous reputation of Qatar. A figure of 85% of the people who live there are immigrants, and it is not by accident. It is absolutely by design. I really do not understand how smart people who are at the top of their game managing an international sport could have allowed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...to him. Senator McGahon asked when the one-stop climate shops will be established. To be frank, I do not know but I will find out and come back to him on that. Senator Fitzpatrick also talked about immigration and the history of Ireland and the welcome for a debate on this topic. Senator Keogan asked for an amendment to the Order of Business. I am sorry to say that I cannot because I do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...is and I hope it won over her detractors, and there have been a few in the last year who questioned her suitability for the job. Mark my words, Dr. von der Leyen will make sure there is a strong immigration plan and that the humanity that exists in most countries in the EU extends to all countries and all migrants who find their way to our shore. I thank Senators and apologise for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (3 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...the disclosure of information to members of An Garda Síochána when they are preventing, detecting or investigating offences or prosecuting criminal offences.  In addition, Section 8 of the Immigration Act 2003 permits the exchange of information with An Garda Síochána in respect of non-Irish nationals.  There are also circumstances in which sections of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (3 Jun 2020)

Regina Doherty: ..., the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has no plans to share any data received as part of an immigrant’s application for a COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment with the Garda National Immigration Bureau or the Department of Justice and Equality.   I trust that this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (5 Mar 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...purporting to be an Angolan national, of a certain name and date of birth, entered the State in or around 2006. He was allocated a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) and held a Garda National Immigration Bureau Card Stamp 4. The person concerned was in receipt of a Jobseeker’s Allowance payment from January 2014 to January 2019. In September 2018, the Client Identify...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: .... These bodies include my Department, the Revenue Commissioners, the Passport Office, Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, the National Driver Licence Service and the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. In practice, this means that once a person has authenticated his or her identity via the SAFE process and has been issued a PSC, that person does not have to submit the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...through the SAFE 2 process. Words matter, and nuances really matter. The statement made by Deputy Brady is incorrect. The card was never mandatory for applicants to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in the context of undergoing the SAFE 2 process. It is only because they need PPS numbers, and for no other reason. The Deputy is suggesting that I misled this committee....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Community (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 202 together. In June 2017, my colleague, Mr. David Stanton TD., Minister of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, launched the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy for the years 2017-2021 inclusive. This Inclusion Strategy is a cross-Departmental initiative to improve the lives of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...is available on the Department's website here: My Department understands that the passport for the person concerned is currently held by the Repatriation Unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service while her continued presence in the State is being considered under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended. As soon as she is in a position to produce her passport as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (27 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...to provide an accurate estimate of the numbers eligible or the cost of extending child benefit to these children. Other groups who may not initially meet the HRC condition could include returning immigrants or people temporarily resident or resident for short stays, who retain a centre of interests elsewhere. As these numbers vary constantly a reliable estimate of cost is not possible. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Marriages (14 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...to marry to a registrar [section 46(1)(a)]. In the case where one, or both, of the parties to the marriage are foreign nationals, the notification must be accompanied by documents regarding the immigration status of the foreign national(s) [Section 46(3A)]. The parties applying to marry must also present to a registrar not less than 5 days before the intended date of marriage and sign...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Education (29 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...that we work together to address the real needs of the Traveller community. In June 2017, my colleague, Mr. David Stanton TD., Minster of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, launched the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy for the years 2017-2021 inclusive. This Inclusion Strategy is a cross-Departmental initiative to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Marriages (24 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...Section 46(3)]. Section 46(3A) of the Act provides that in the case where one, or both, of the parties to the marriage are foreign nationals, the notification must be accompanied by documents regarding the immigration status of the foreign national(s). The parties to the marriage must attend at the office of the registrar and make a declaration that there is no impediment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (17 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...had a claim for child benefit disallowed on 3 May on the grounds that she is not considered habitually resident in the State. As she is awaiting a decision from the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service regarding her permission to reside in the State she cannot be regarded as habitually resident. Subsection (5) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (28 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...) - Current (in date) National ID card for EU citizens other than Ireland or UK - Current (in date) Irish or UK Drivers Licence or Irish Driver Learner Permit - Current (in date) Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) Card - Emergency Photo ID produced by the Department. If a claimant holds an SSC but does not have appropriate photographic ID then the following documents are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (7 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...) - Current (in date) National ID card for EU citizens other than Ireland or UK - Current (in date) Irish or UK Drivers Licence or Irish Driver Learner Permit - Current (in date) Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) Card - Emergency Photo ID produced by the Department. If a claimant holds an SSC but does not have appropriate photographic ID then the following documents are acceptable:...