Results 1-20 of 33 for immigration speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...orders that have been issued in the past five years and for each month this year; the number that have been actioned directly by the State in these years and these months; and the location of those immigrants who have received a deportation order that have not been actioned to date. [17162/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons registering at the IPO in Dublin for each of the past five years and for each month this year; if she will provide a breakdown of the routes immigrants are taking into the country; and the proportion of persons who came through these routes in the past five years. [17164/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...currently in court fighting fines regarding what is happening in the bogs. The Government is now looking to sign up to further EU commitments and it is already failing on the commitments it signed up to and getting fined. The immigration policy of this country so far has been a disaster. The Government has failed consistently to differentiate between those who need help and those who...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I believe this Government’s policy on accommodation for immigrants coming into the country is turning into a serious disaster. I think most people want compassion but they also want common sense. Most people have a humanitarian instinct to help those who are really in need but they see the Government dividing communities across the country. The Minister is the Minister for...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: .... That is also important. I will also raise the issue of waste. I recently put in a parliamentary question to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on the procurement made to deal with the current migrant and immigration situation. At the start of 2023, I questioned the Minister on how many buildings the Department had purchased for the purpose of housing migrants. At that stage, 20 buildings...

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

Peadar Tóibín: We need to have a discussion about the Government's mismanagement of immigration policy. The absence of resources when it comes to accommodation is startling at the moment. The Government promised 700 rapid-build units back in June 2022. The majority of those have not been built. The Minister promised a community dividend of €53 million, but only €3 million has actually been...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...where it exists. The Dublin riots shockingly brought a level of racism to the fore that I have never experienced in this country before. We in Aontú have been calling for a respectful debate on immigration for the last four years. We live in a democracy and citizens have the right to say what is happening in their own country. For the last number of years, discussions on...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...damage to future investment and tourism in the country. I condemn the shocking examples of naked racism that appeared on social media and on our streets. Incredibly, there were calls for the murder of immigrants on social media. This is a shocking indictment of where this country is at. There is a small nexus of ethno-nationalists stoking up racism in our capital, a city that has a long...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of flights arriving into each international airport in Ireland that have been attended by immigration officers as passengers disembark; how many passengers travelled without passports and documentation; their country of origin; how many were detained, and how many were denied entry and placed on return flights, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...most people understand we have moral obligations to those who are fleeing war. We also have moral obligations to make sure we provide proper accommodation and services. Most people want a sustainable immigration policy but sustainable it is not. The Tánaiste admitted recently that Government policy has created a pull effect, that the offering of accommodation and social welfare is...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...would benefit from familiarising themselves with the definition of "human trafficking". Once and for all, this country should stop conflating the issues of human trafficking, migrant smuggling and immigration. Human trafficking is a stand-alone human rights issue, one that affects Irish nationals. It is not something that always involves boats, seas and activities in the dead of night....

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...themselves with the definition of "human trafficking". I recommend that, for once and for all, the country would stop conflating the issues of human trafficking, migrant smuggling and immigration. Human trafficking is a stand-alone human rights issue that affects Irish nationals. It is not something that always involves boats, seas and activities in the dead of night.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been any instances in each of the past five years of there being no immigration officials present at Dublin Port as passengers boarded and disembarked. [24308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1001. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 8 February 2023, if he will issue clear instructions to INIS and relevant immigration officials that the special visa immigration arrangements for non-EEA international contracted circus artists without the requirement of a work permit remain in place pending the conclusion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (8 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1208 of 19 January 2021, if the visa immigration arrangement is still in place for international contracted circus artists working for Irish traditional circuses (details supplied); if any such review of the arrangement involved consultation with traditional circus owners where the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if immigrants to Ireland are checked for previous criminal records; if immigrants from the European Union or outside of the European Union are allowed by the State to stay in Ireland in cases in which they have found guilty of a crime, in particular a violent crime; if not, if they are returned to their home country; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if illegal immigrants for whom she is seeking to provide an amnesty have a criminal record or a history of violent or sexual assault; if so, the number who have a criminal record; and if those with a criminal record or a history of violent or sexual assault can be sent home to their home countries. [4390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the visa immigration arrangement is still in place for international contracted circus artists working for Irish traditional circuses for more than 90 days in the State and being previously exempt from the requirement to apply for a work permit in cases in which they fall outside the criteria of the atypical working...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in County Tipperary is not responding to phone calls or emails from elected representatives and members of the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36943/20]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: ...in these particular countries, but it is happening in western countries also. I am happy to let Deputy Chambers understand that a lecturer in statistics at Imperial College London says that among immigrant groups from these countries, there is clear evidence of a trend and that the only reliable available explanation consistent with a statistically significant gender shift observed in the...