Results 1-20 of 32 for immigration speaker:Holly Cairns

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

Holly Cairns: There are challenges within our immigration and asylum system but they are challenges of the Government's own making. They are not the fault of people seeking asylum or of migrants seeking to build a life for themselves and their families here in Ireland. We simply would not function as a country without migration. We would not staff our public services or our private enterprises. We...

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

Holly Cairns: ...matters should be within the Government’s ability to address. Capacity can always be increased in these services and having more people in the community in need of services increases the argument for doing so. Lost in these debates on immigration is the value of inclusion. I appeal to people who hear the language used by the Rural Independent Group today, or by far-right groups...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...people escape violence or individuals being persecuted because of their faith or sexuality. As a nation with a long history of emigration, it would be beyond hypocritical if we did not try to help immigrants to integrate. It is important to outline those principles because they are being intentionally muddied and rejected by some people. There are small groups of agitators only...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...of Magowna House knew for three months that asylum seekers would be housed there, but nobody else was told. The local community was not told. Local politicians were not told. Not even the Clare Immigrant Support Centre, which has been providing outreach services for refugees for more than 30 years, was told. The Government is presiding over an increasingly chaotic response to this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (17 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...Equality if a person holding a refugee convention travel document from another EU member state is entitled to live and work in Ireland without obtaining a permission from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. [24349/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the immigration system to protect the victims and survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence who are placed at additional risk given that their residency is based on being a dependent or due to the fact that they are undocumented. [16242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (17 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the immigration system to protect the victims and survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence who are placed at additional risk as their residency is based on being a dependant, or they are undocumented. [7043/22]

European Union Regulation: Motion (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...continue to experience barriers in exiting situations of domestic violence and accessing support services. Women are fearful because their status is linked to a partner's entitlement to retain immigration status following a separation from a partner. While there have been some limited measures to address this, we need proper reform in this area. These situations raise the question...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Committee’s requirements as outlined in the Council of Europe anti-torture committee’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update housing circular 41 of 2012 to reflect the relevant changes in Irish immigration law such as SI No. 548/2015 - European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. and relevant case law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61562/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank all the witnesses for appearing before the committee today. Their insight into the immigration system and the experience of migrants is invaluable for us. The State's approach to immigration is much more complicated and even more draconian than the average person realises. I hope that the witnesses and this committee can draw attention to those issues which I believe the Ministers...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...to leave, when one thinks about all of those barriers that the person is met with and has to face when he or she gets to the housing authority. There is also the situation of leaving when one’s immigration status is dependent on one's partner. I would like to highlight that in Ireland it is a disaster that, although under the Istanbul Convention we are supposed to have one...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (25 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the immigration system will be reformed to protect the victims and survivors of domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence who are placed at additional risk given their residency is based on being a dependent or due to the fact they are undocumented. [57977/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...violence. I am concerned by the point they made about migrant women continuing to encounter barriers in exiting situations of domestic violence, accessing support services and retaining their immigration status. Most disturbing of all is that our immigration system actually facilitates domestic violence and coercion, in that people' status is linked to that of their partners' and there...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (28 Sep 2021)

Holly Cairns: 526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the proposed introduction of baby boxes for new parents will include all parents regardless of immigration status.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46736/21]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...centres who have to assist victims. They need more support, training and funding to deal with these issues. We need to ask ourselves if staff in public services are trained to assist victims. Does our immigration process protect vulnerable migrants whose status depends on their partner or family member? What systems are in place to detect less visible cases, such as elder abuse or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 10 December 2020, the progress made to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Council of Europe anti-torture committee's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if undocumented persons living in Ireland will be able to access the Covid-19 vaccine; if it can be assured that they will not be reported to the immigration authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Council of Europe anti-torture committee's seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if she will...