Results 1-6 of 6 for immigration speaker:Robbie Gallagher

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...taking. I also commend SIPTU, which has been assisting the workers in their plight. I call for the Government to do more to locate the owner. The fact he is there at all was facilitated by the immigrant investor programme, which closed to new applicants last week. I ask that it redouble its efforts to locate the owner to find out his exact plans for this hotel and 18-hole golf course....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Programmes (14 Feb 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...many years, the venue was purchased by the Kylin Prime Group, an investment firm founded by Chinese entrepreneur Mr. Kai Dai who is one the biggest cash-for-visa brokers and has benefited from the immigrant investor programme, IIP. Mr. Dai founded the Huawen Foundation, a cash-for-visa firm that offers investors an opportunity to avail of Irish residency under the IIP. In Carrickmacross,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Undocumented Irish in the USA (1 Mar 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...into the USA, where many have worked for decades. The pandemic has added another barrier for parents wishing to travel to America to see their children. Many undocumented Irish people turned to immigration centres and NGOs in order to survive. Online communication through social media is no replacement for physical contact, especially with one's nearest and dearest. Fears of...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Robbie Gallagher: ...the following: “Seanad Éireann declines to give the Bill a second reading in view of the fact that: Seanad Éireann: - recognises that both the Department of Justice and the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) are taking a pragmatic approach to Deportation Orders in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; - notes that the Minister for Justice can and has...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...next 18 months or so. It appears that many people in Britain, who normally do not vote, voted in the referendum and they probably voted to leave the EU. Whether it was for reasons to do with globalisation, immigration, inequality, poor economic growth or a combination of all of those reasons, it is clear there was a reaction in certain socio-economic groups, the ones who believe, rightly...

Seanad: EU-UK Relations: Statements (22 Jun 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ..., slashing farmers' incomes and costing the region £1.3 billion. Some time ago he stated, "Let's be clear, if we quit the EU then this is going to be the border with the European Union ... ie new immigration checkpoints, border controls and an end to free movement - that has a real consequence, and there would have to be a real hardening of the border imposed either by the British...