Results 1-14 of 14 for immigration speaker:Alan Dillon

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...2022. Some 158 of these decisions were made, with an approval rate of 86%. Will the witnesses give us an understanding of the demand on applications within their Department relating to visas, immigration permissions and citizen applications?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...job. I am sure the demands have increased tenfold in the last number of years. It is great to have them here. I will look for clarification on some matters. I firstly want to focus on the immigrant investor programme, IIP, which ceased to accept new applications back in February 2023. Despite the closure, applications which were already submitted continued to be evaluated. Can I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (25 Jan 2024)

Alan Dillon: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline how his Department is supporting returning Irish immigrants who wish to return to Ireland but face barriers in terms of housing, driving licences, opening bank accounts, educational and work opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (15 Jun 2023)

Alan Dillon: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on long-term solutions to address the challenges faced by the undocumented Irish in the US and his work to continue to seek new immigration pathways for Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28737/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...our guests joining us this morning. I will start by focusing on the recent fines imposed on airlines as a result of the lack of documentation checks carried out prior to arrivals in the State. The Immigration Act allows the Department to penalise airlines with a fine of up to €1,500. This week, the Business Postprovided details of over 958 such fines issued by the Garda to...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Alan Dillon: Okay. I will move on to the second item around the immigrant investor programme. Ms McPhillips stated in her opening statement that the programme has made a really valuable contribution attracting inward investment and job creation. It has made an enormous contribution across many community-led projects across the country. As Ms McPhillips can imagine, the Government decision to close...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Alan Dillon: What was the average investment from the immigrant investor programme in 2021 and 2022, and the activities during 2023?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline how his Department is supporting returning Irish immigrants who wish to re-settle in Ireland but face difficult barriers in terms of housing, driving licences, opening bank accounts, educational and work opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the services that are available to provide help and support for returning and returned Irish immigrants to secure their UK state pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14284/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with Immigration and Integration will next meet. [11595/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: .... I understand a full review is taking place of the sports capital programme and it will be published shortly. When will the applications open for 2023-24? Last week, we learned of the closure of the immigrant investor programme to future applicants. This came as a hammer blow for many sporting organisations that would have sought to present an application for large-scale or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the improvements being introduced at the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; if she is giving consideration to further streamlining the granting and renewal of applications relating to healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reviewing the application fees for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; if consideration will be given to a weighted reduction in application fees for persons that have been resident in Ireland for significantly longer periods than the minimum eligibility requirements; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme (15 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a company (details supplied) to the immigrant investor section of her Department. [16152/20]