Results 1-20 of 20 for immigration speaker:Matt Carthy

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

Matt Carthy: What we saw on Mount Street last week was a visualisation of the stark failures of the Government's immigration and asylum system. The Government has failed. The Minister is clearly out of his depth. Communities have been antagonised and vulnerable people left in atrocious and inhumane conditions. This should not be complicated. We need an asylum system that is fair, efficient and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a specific review of the oversight of the Immigrant Investor Programme in respect of premises (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4525/24]

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...and no consideration as to the capacity issues that were evident at that time. Those temporary measures expire next year and the Government must plan, and in a way it did not previously, and signal that our immigration laws and an overhaul of the international protection system will apply across the board. The Government still has not sorted out the international protection process....

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...come to Ireland to be treated the same and to have the same rights and responsibilities that we would expect Irish people to have in the many countries that our people move to. They want a fair immigration system with well-functioning rules and regulations that everyone understands, one that serves the interests of all the people who call Ireland home. That is Sinn Féin's position...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...it says that she has no official responsibility for the matter. I do not accept that. The Minister has responsibility for tourism. She is a member of the Cabinet. A Government scheme, the immigrant investor programme, facilitated the purchase of the hotel by people who essentially allowed it to stagnate. The scene at the hotel is tragic now. The grounds are overgrown. The doors are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 853. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a factory (details supplied) in Carrickmacross was part of any application for the immigrant investor scheme; the details of any application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a comprehensive review of the outworking of the immigrant investor programme. [25188/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I raise the need for an engagement with the Department of Justice on the immigrant investor programme, and I would like that to be scheduled as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 1056. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of income derived to the Exchequer from the Immigrant Investor Programme, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12557/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of joint applications made to the Immigrant Investor Programme; the amount invested or endowed, programme by year, country of origin, by the number of individuals involved in the joint application, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Immigrant Investor Programme will cease accepting any new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of any registered charity having been requested to make payments to third parties as a finders fee in relation to the Immigrant Investor Programme; the number of such instances brought to his attention; if related applicants to the programme were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recommendation 8 of the Interim Evaluation of the Immigrant Investor Programme (published July 2018) was implemented; the years in which the recommended annual formal evaluations occurred; if such evaluations have been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reviews of the Evaluation Committee of the Immigrant Investor Programme of 2013 and 2016 have been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reviews carried out of the Immigrant Investor Programme to date; the person or body such reviews were completed by; if they have been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10338/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Yes, it is one area to include on our work programme but I am eager that the committee would prioritise work in respect of the immigrant investor programme and would engage with the Department of Justice in the first instance. This will require quite an amount of deliberation. A number of the people and companies that availed of that programme have left a trail of questions that need to be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: After months of worrying reports regarding the immigrant investor programme, the Government yesterday abruptly closed the scheme. The so-called cash for visas programme allowed wealthy people to receive Irish residency in exchange for investments in business or a charitable contribution. There have been serious concerns surrounding the operation of some of the investments made. For...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...economy and its regional tourism generation for several decades. The hotel was purchased in 2018 by Mr. Kai Dai, who is one of the biggest cash for visa brokers that has benefited from the immigrant investor programme. Serious issues have arisen at the hotel. On numerous occasions employees at the company were not paid for several weeks. On 1 January last most of the staff were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is in respect of the immigrant investor programme. This is the programme whereby non-EU nationals can secure residency in Ireland and, therefore, the UK by becoming involved in investments or philanthropic endeavours. We are talking about substantial sums of money but, relatively speaking, there is an argument that it is a small amount of money for a big cost in terms of what the State...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: .... The hotel is currently closed. It closed on 1 January. Staff were given a temporary layoff notice, ostensibly for the hotel to be renovated, but no renovation works have taken place. The immigrant investor programme is a public programme. There are many concerns. There are several bodies that I believe we should write to in the short term in respect of the issues I have raised...