Results 1-4 of 4 for immigration speaker:Pat Casey

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (19 Oct 2022)

Pat Casey: ...and offer their places as refugee centres? That has happened because the hotel sector, especially the budget and value hotels, has found it is no longer viable to keep the doors open. We all have immigrants somewhere in our families. My brother lives in America. We all have uncles and aunts living all over the world. We went for economic reasons. I welcome the Ukrainians. They have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Before we finish, I return to something Deputy Ó Broin mentioned. In the event of a hard Brexit, the economy will contract. At the same time we are talking about net immigration increasing, possibly above 20% because Ireland will be seen as attractive for people from the UK. This means we will be getting a double whammy. With a contracting economy, the fiscal space tightens and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I was well aware what it would contain. Population, deaths, births, marriages and net immigration are the cohort in terms of how we calculate this. In Wicklow, however, the population grew where the infrastructure was located. That is the only place Wicklow allowed the population grow. The Minister of State is getting skewed figures for...

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: ...around the world about how cold governments can be about families that are homeless and looking for shelter. It is a little rich to lecture the United States about the horrific treatment of homeless immigrant families in Texas when, for years, the Government has failed to tackle child and family homelessness in Ireland. Fianna FáiI has tried time and again to urge the Government...