Results 1-20 of 27 for immigration speaker:Neale Richmond

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Mar 2024)

Neale Richmond: While immigration and visa policy falls under the remit of the Department of Justice, my Department has responsibility for economic migration policy and the employment permits regime. Non-EEA nationals seeking permission to arrive in the State must interact with the Department of Justice for entry and residence permission, and, depending on their nationality, visa requirements. The 2023...

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...Ultimately, the Deputy and I, and I would actually argue everyone in this Chamber, knows well what it was like to grow up in an Ireland where nobody wanted to come to live. We did not have large-scale immigration. People did not want to come here because we did not have the economy, the society or the infrastructure to attract them. This situation has now changed and changed for the...

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...regard, and I said we hope to bring the memo to Cabinet by the end of March. I hope, therefore, that Sinn Féin will support this proposal and will continue to support a robust, fair and progressive immigration system, one that will consistently see people want to come here because this is a great country in which to live and work. There is no point running it down with false...

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ..., provided all other criteria such as a labour market needs test are met. The EU talent pool will primarily facilitate the offer of a job, which is an essential prerequisite in order to apply for an employment permit and immigration permission. All of the criteria required for third country nationals to access the Irish labour market would also need to be met, such as minimum salary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Department of Justice has responsibility for the granting of immigration permissions that may provide for entry and work rights in the State for non EEA nationals and their spouses and partners where eligible to apply. Spouses and partners of Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit holders do not currently receive automatic work rights from that Department, however they are free to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...can apply to the Department of Justice for immediate family reunification and, once their partners or spouses are resident in the State, they are eligible to apply to that Department for their own immigration permission, which can give them the right to take up any employment in the State without the need for an employment permit. Spouses or partners of holders of intra-company transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Dec 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...the employment permits application process. Actions includes enhancing the current processing system through the development of a new Employment Permits IT platform which will align DETE and Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) online information. The new platform will support the removal of duplication of eligibility checks and document validation. It will also facilitate operational...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Currently Ireland has a clear division between economic migration and general immigration policies. The holder of an employment permit must undergo separate application processes with the Department of Justice for immigration and visa permission to enter the State if the individual is a citizen of a visa-required country. Since my last response to the Deputy on this matter, I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...to another employment or non EEA national. My Department and the Department of Justice are currently examining the development of a single application procedure for employment permits and immigration permissions. An Inter-Departmental Group, led by the Department of Justice has been established to examine the legal and operational changes required to deliver a more seamless customer...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (20 Sep 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...Update Enquiry - where details on a particular application can be found on the following link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employm ent-Permits/Employment-Permit-Status-Form/. Immigration permissions, including visa applications, are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, and visa-related queries should be directed to that Department.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (20 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...details supplied. On 9th May 2023 the Contract for Services Employment Permit application was refused for the following reasons: the person in question was residing in the State without current immigration permission from the Minister for Justice; the Labour Market Needs Test (LMNT) was not carried out correctly; the annual remuneration for a Contract for Services Employment Permit was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ukraine War (16 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: In order to work in the State non-EEA nationals require either a valid employment permit from my Department or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice allowing them to enter and work in the State without the requirement for an employment permit. These are two very distinct application processes with different checks and procedures in place in each respective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...of vessels in the Irish fishing fleet. The AWS closed to fishers on 01 January 2023, and those fishers with a valid AWS permission up to 31 December 2022 were eligible to apply for a Stamp 4 immigration permission from the Department of Justice. For the transition of the sector from AWS to the Employment Permit system to be implemented it was noted by the cross-departmental group that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: .... On 9thMarch 2023 the General Employment Permit application was refused. The application was refused for the following reasons: the foreign national was residing in the State without current immigration permission from the Minister for Justice; the position on offer is listed on the Ineligible List of Occupations for Employment Permits, positions in respect of which an employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...for a CSEP may be submitted to the Department for consideration. As an employment permit is not a residence permission, the applicant must interact with the Department of Justice in regard to immigration permissions. In order to be lawfully resident in the State, registration with the Garda National Immigration Bureau is required. The Department examines a number of criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...times for all applications at this level, on the assumption that estimated demand remains at current levels for 2023. Ireland has a clear division between economic migration and general immigration policies. Currently, a recipient of an employment permit undergoes a separate application process with the Department of Justice for a visa to enter the State, if they are a citizen of a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: ..., in December the Government agreed to establish an interdepartmental working group to develop an implementation plan for a single application procedure for employment permits and, crucially, the immigration permissions that will accompany them. This is a good news story that is worth talking about. I hope to work more closely on it with Senator McGahon and other Senators going forward.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...be lost with regard to justice and the parts that allow for alterations and efficiency in terms of the registration of people coming to Ireland. This is an opportunity to look at the wider immigration system and how this could be applied, not just to those fleeing Russia's brutal war in Ukraine, but also to those fleeing other conflicts such as in Afghanistan or sub-Saharan Africa and our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...to the fact that non-European Union citizens must apply online for Irish Residence Permit cards and the process takes nine to ten weeks whereas pre-Covid this could be carried out in the Garda National Immigration Bureau Office in a matter of hours; if she will take steps to allow for in-person applications to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Covid-19 related immigration permissions will be treated as reckonable residency for the purposes of long-term residency applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12988/22]