Results 1-8 of 8 for immigration speaker:Joe O'Brien

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...that he or she is required to complete and return. I wanted to put out there how we do this and how we need people to contact us. As with most issues these days, especially those related to immigration and the international protection system, misinformation and fabrication are rife. I urge all Members in both Houses, and the wider public, to be cognisant of that proliferation of...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: International Protection (1 Feb 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...Department's voluntary return programme. It is the case that many individuals who were subject to deportation orders have left the State without notifying the relevant authorities. The Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, has reviewed a large sample of the cases that were subject to deportation orders. Their inquiries suggest that a very significant number of these individuals have...

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...our civil law. The Bill includes amendments across a diverse range of areas including occupiers' liability, court offices, bankruptcy, Irish nationality and citizenship, international protection, immigration, legal services and the judicial council. The Bill comprises 15 Parts and I will now highlight key provisions. Part 2 contains a number of amendments to the Irish Nationality and...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...of racism, it is important that we do so peacefully. Some people falling into the trap of using racism can be guided out of it if we avoid polarisation and better disseminate the facts about migration and our immigration system. The broader reality of racism can sometimes be lost by blaming it all on a small group of individuals who express it explicitly or publicly but, sadly, racism is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Immigration Support Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...The CSP supported facility in Kilkenny is currently in receipt of a CSP funding contribution of €57,099 for three Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) positions during 2022.  In order to apply for funding under the CSP Programme, I would encourage the immigrant service to prepare a proposal to be submitted to the designated Pobal Development Coordinator...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Prior to being elected to the Dáil, I spent many years advocating for change in how we facilitate immigration in Ireland, how we allow migrants to enter, what rights we grant migrants who enter and how we help people to become and feel part of society. In the past ten weeks, 28,000 Ukrainians have come to our shores seeking refuge from war. We have provided accommodation to all who...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...of €18.8 million has been allocated to 74 organisations. The Scheme provides funding for two organisations who directly identify as human rights organisations (Free Legal Advice Centres and the Immigrant Council of Ireland) and four who reference human rights initiatives or goals as a key feature of their work (Community Action Network, Community Workers Ireland, the Irish Penal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Brien: ...and I congratulate my three colleagues who were also elected. I made a very conscious decision about 20 years ago to dedicate my life's work to the area of human rights. It was a time when immigration was new to Ireland and I was determined to work to help ensure that as a society we would treat people new to our shores in a proper way and that we would recognise the huge richness and...