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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (7 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address the continued delays in applicants receiving appointment dates at the Garda immigration section in Limerick with 18 week lead-in times for such appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5120/24]

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

Maurice Quinlivan: ...is open season in the context of abusing people on social media. This is not who are, and it is never who we will be. To those looters, rioters and, especially, their ringleaders, I say that Caio Benicio, an immigrant and hard-working man, is a hero. You claim you stood up for Ireland by looting stores and burning the Luas, but you did not stand up for protecting our most vulnerable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...as EU Commissioner in 2019, Mr. Schmit was Minister of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy in Luxembourg from 2013. Prior to that, he served as Minister of Labour, Employment and Immigration from 2009. As issues relating to jobs and social rights in Ireland are, of course, greatly influenced by policy and legislation at EU level, it is particularly important that both...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...it. I know what Dublin Airport is like. Unfortunately, I travel through it a lot more than I would like. I prefer to travel through Shannon Airport. Travellers are processed by customs officials, immigration officials, gardaí and, possibly, customer service representatives. Who actually collects the PPS numbers? Mr. Gray has not really answered that question. I presume the...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...of using technology and flexible means to maintain the free flow of people and goods, North and South. It is ridiculous to believe we can maintain this position if one jurisdiction has totally different immigration and tariff rules from the other. This line fools no one, except perhaps the Government. In February, the Dáil passed a motion on special status for the North. The motion...

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...that since the early 1990s, we have seen increased participation by women in the labour market. Shifts in the global economy have meant that for the first time in its history, Ireland is a receiver of immigrants from countries from within and from outside the EU. This poses huge challenges in terms of the regulation of the labour market and raises real concerns about the exploitation of...

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...and creativity to communities that have been forgotten in economic and infrastructural terms by those in power. In my city of Limerick we have found that one of the best ways of assisting new immigrants to integrate is through the arts. A progressive State arts policy must have inclusivity at its core. This requires us to value actively the everyday culture of ordinary people and not...