Results 1-4 of 4 for immigration speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: ...one message. I met a Pakistani man last summer when I was coming from a park in Dundrum. He had been beaten to lard by three teenagers because of hate and hate crimes. He did not have his own immigration status regularised and he was told that if he went to the Garda, he would be put out of this country. He was a big, grown man who could have beaten the lard out of the three of them,...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...seekers published by Mr. Justice Bryan McMahon in 2015. In that report he made 173 recommendations. I made contact with Nasc last week. For those who do not know what Nasc is, it is the Irish immigration support group based in Cork. Of course there are different stories depending on who one talks to but, according to Nasc, only 16 specific items of those 173 recommendations have been...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...if required? Surely the witnesses have had thoughts on this matter. Given that Ireland does not participate in the Schengen Agreement, is there scope for us or the UK to operate a common visa or immigration system in our own right? Can we have a bilateral arrangement in that regard? The witnesses might tease out the logistics of these questions. I welcome the witnesses. This is a...

Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ...I live. I am horrified even to share this with the House but someone told me recently that he put his children in the Gaelscoil because there would be no Nigerian children there. Many of these immigrants who have come to the country are struggling to learn English. That is a shocking, horrific and horrible statement for anyone to make. There are no catchment areas. There are people...