Results 1-20 of 39 for immigration speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Engagements (2 May 2024)

Carol Nolan: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to engage with the British prime minister to address concerns about the impact of the Rwanda plan on the security and immigration system in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19983/24]

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...a migration system that is not only well-managed and fair, but also stringent, efficient, and effectively enforced to safeguard our borders and our communities; - the Government imposing large-scale immigration on a local population without consultation is inappropriate, considering the complexity and potential instability of the absorption process, and the necessity of local support for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (24 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...the number of unaccompanied minors who have arrived at Dublin Airport for each of the years 2019 to date; the procedures followed by her Department or the border management unit and the Garda National Immigration Bureau when an unaccompanied minor child enters the state without correct identification or no identification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18251/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (24 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the concerns expressed by officials within the legal and immigration units of her Department and obtained an FOI request from an organisation (details supplied) were brought to her attention prior to the recent family and care referenda; when this took place; her response to these concerns, particularly with respect to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (18 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 11 April 2024, the number of times Ireland has sent trained personnel from the Garda National Immigration Bureau to deliver training to other EU member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17123/24]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...that will continue to be embarrassed by the demands of the Irish people, and where the interests of an international order will always be prioritised, be that in terms of our neutrality or in terms of immigration policy. On that basis, I cannot support these nominations. To do so would be a vote for the status quo and that is what has already brought us the uncertain place in which we...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Carol Nolan: We have unvetted immigration. The Social Democrats need to cop themselves on. They are the facts. The Deputies might not like them but they are the facts.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...it did not. Were those of us who asked for reasonable measures such as impact assessments ridiculed and condemned as bigots and racists? Yes, we were. Just look at where we are today. We have an immigration system and an immigrant homeless situation that are nothing short of spiralling social sabotage. This Government has no answers for one simple reason, it is because it does not...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Carol Nolan: ..., they are absolutely disgusted by the arrogance they see and by RTÉ's arrogance. For some bizarre reason RTÉ feels it has a right to our trust; it does not. Its coverage of everything, from climate to immigration to the impact of Government policies on rural Ireland, has been absolutely woeful and unbalanced. Independent media has stepped up to the mark and has shown more...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: ...the greatest detail. I condemn that and call it out because people see it for what it was and it certainly backfired. I want to also raise my serious concerns over the very unsustainable level of immigration in this country. I was dumbfounded by the gullible, naïve and reckless statements we heard from some of the hard-left TDs. They seem to think that there are no limits on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: 1129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of notifications of intention to deport issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) for each year from 2001 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: 1130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, who having been issued with a notification of intention to deport, under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 subsequently indicated their consent to a deportation order for each year from 2001 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 2024)

Carol Nolan: 1132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 'leave to remain' applications received by her Department from 2001 to date, under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1693/24]

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

Carol Nolan: ...resources and facilities due to overcrowded accommodations, including repurposed nursing homes for single males; — the lack of an objective mechanism to distinguish "genuine" and "ungenuine" or "legal" and "illegal" asylum seekers undermines the integrity of the immigration and IPAS system, overburdening the entire system and causing anxiety and fear in local communities as a...

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

Carol Nolan: By now it should be absolutely clear to all but the most wilfully blind that there is no longer a mere disconnect between the Government and our people on the issues of immigration, migration, and asylum. There is in fact a chasm between public and private opinion and the policy of the Government. Opinion poll after opinion poll confirms this. Indeed, I tried to warn the Government of this...

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

Carol Nolan: ...or more. As a public representative, I will certainly continue to ask the questions. I will not be silenced and no finger-wagging will deter me from challenging the Government on what is a reckless approach to immigration.

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

Carol Nolan: ...time, however, the Department of Justice, under the Minister's watch, has overseen a complete breakdown in morale among rank-and-file gardaí. The Department has utterly failed to ensure that our immigration and entry procedures in this State are robust. The Minister has become a distraction from the kind of focus the Department of Justice requires now. As long as we are talking...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: .... I also want to express my view and the view of many, once again, that at some point, we are going to have address the elephant in the room, namely, the dire impact of essentially unlimited immigration on housing and emergency accommodation stock. I raised this matter with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in June. At that time, he took the high moral ground, lectured me,...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...like Saudi Arabia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Again, serious questions present in that regard. Why did it happen that we slipped further down the rankings? The Garda National Immigration Bureau confirmed to me that it has detected 279 illegal immigrants in transport vehicles at Irish harbours since 2018. This number points to the terrifying scenario of vulnerable people...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...with travel agencies? Is he becoming a travel agent for Ireland? Senior coalition figures are saying that the level of arrogance and hubris is astonishing and that the Minister has "let the anti-immigration genie out of the bottle." Writing in the Mail on Sunday, John Drennan conveyed comments such as these from the Minister's so-called colleagues. One said: 'He says he won't be going...