Results 1-14 of 14 for immigration speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...and possibly a protracted undertaking for jurors and they should receive the maximum support available to ensure their civic duty is fulfilled without hindrance. The Bill also provides for a welcome improvement in the various immigration services available, especially to Ukrainian refugees. Cuirim fearadh na fáilte roimhe sin, rud atá thar a bheith tábhachtach. Since the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives from the Committee on the Administration of Justice (24 Feb 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...that we engage with the Department and Minister for Justice was a helpful one. Because of the cross-cutting issue of the ETA and the travel waiver, we need to go broader than that. There are immigration and policing issues, as well as issues regarding health and education, as Dr. Farry noted, including further and higher education, for students travelling north and south. There are more...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...are often fleeing their own countries for a better way of life, whether as political, or indeed economic, refugees. Of course, rational and calm logic would tell those compelled to use the traffickers and smugglers that their lives in the hands of these criminals will generally speaking get much worse. However, as we know only too well from the story of immigration in this country, calm...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Mar 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...who have not engaged with the Department of Health's quarantine process, this is unacceptable.This is unacceptable. According to Garda representatives, the only gardaí enforcing quarantine belong to the Garda National Immigration Bureau, which has conducted some house and hotel visits. In the absence of proper instruction and guidance to gardaí generally, can we hope to see...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...UK and there will be no change to this as a result of Brexit." In addition to making reference to the separate matter of air and sea carriers that might want identification in the common travel area, the advice states, in contradiction, that immigration authorities may also require one to have valid official photo identification which shows one's nationality and, therefore, people should...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...a meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality and features again in the media today. I call on the Minister for Justice and Equality to come to the House to address the evident increase in immigration checks along Britain's border in Ireland. I have noticed and raised anecdotally in the House previously the number of checks being carried out on public transport, particularly...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...is a section of the political class which deems it okay to exploit workers or that a hotel provider can charge £936 sterling a night on a day when a conference is taking place in the city, while an immigrant working in the front of house cannot keep his or her tip. That goes to the heart of the opposition to the legislation. It is an ideologically driven approach that backs the...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...to rights after Brexit? Straight off the bat is freedom of movement, one of the indefeasible freedoms of the EU. EU citizens currently have all the rights necessary to live, work and study in other EU member states without being subject to immigration rules. Irish citizens born in the North will hold EU citizenship which means that they will still have the freedom to move to the EU....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...That is an important point to make and I will listen intently to what the Minister of State has to say because it is crunch time and the Government must address these issues. The UK Minister of State for Immigration, Ms Caroline Nokes, brazenly stated, in contradiction of the Good Friday Agreement, that as a matter of law everyone born in the North was a British citizen. Not only does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs (14 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...we can be very proud of the Defence Forces operations in the Mediterranean, which have a humanitarian focus, PESCO has the potential to shift us towards a much more militarised and, I believe, anti-immigrant and anti-asylum seeker status. Senator Craughwell is not here any more. He should not simply dismiss the concerns that we and many other human rights, humanitarian and charitable...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...family member residence card to allow the husband of the couple to remain in Belfast and build a life for himself and his wife. Jake and Emma DeSouza are being appallingly treated by the visas and immigration section of the UK Home Office. They allege they are experiencing controlled movement and confinement because the UK Home Office is refusing to recognise the legitimacy of Emma...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...the island of Ireland may avail of Irish or British citizenship, or both. For many of our ethnic minority communities, that is not the case. This means members of ethnic minority communities and immigrants may be here from EU or non-EU states and may be resident in the North and have children who were born here and who qualify for Irish citizenship. They are rearing families in...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...reflect all of the contributions but I welcome the broad and comprehensive contributions, which have been very personal, given the nature of the debate. It is equally personal for me. I am not an immigrant. I live in Ireland's second city and I am glad the Minister acknowledged the unique and special status that exists for the North in this regard. If people think they have been...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...those on the far right. What a political masterstroke holding the referendum has turned out to be for him. It is a sad reflection that our fortunes, North and South, could be damaged and impeded by that ill-considered move. At its heart, the referendum is about immigration. It is not about Britain's membership of the European Union or the benefits it brings to Britain and this island....