Results 1-9 of 9 for immigration speaker:Matt Shanahan

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: .... People have become divided during the term of this Government. It has pitched urban against rural, motorist against cyclist, agriculture against the environmentalist and house buyers against immigrants. The social contract for young people is burst. Expectations for housing, good work and services have all been knocked back. The Dublin-Cork Cabinet has starved large swathes of...

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

Matt Shanahan: ...that we remember that this should be at the centre of whatever policy we are trying to enact here. The Government's responses and actions not only frame the national attitude to potential immigration but also underline the competency or otherwise of the State services to adequately manage and discharge the responsibilities we have given them. It is shameful that Ireland, a country where...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (22 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister. It is good that we can have a dignified debate on immigration. Many of us recognise the positives of inward migration, particularly into areas like our health sector. Ireland is not a racist country but there is no doubt that there is some racism in it. This is largely because of the perception rather than the reality. I am glad to hear the Minister talk about an...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...another aspect of policing deficiency. It is rather disingenuous of Garda management to say it could not anticipate what was going to unfold. There was a myriad of stories in social media earlier in the day on immigrant families trying to get their loved ones off the streets and out of work areas because they could see the messaging that was building. In this regard, a failure of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to improve the immigration controls at Irish ports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49429/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...Minister and Department with responsibility for children on trying to secure accommodation in Waterford and the south east for Ukrainian refugees. My question relates to abuses occurring in our immigration system. Recently I wrote to the Minister for Justice regarding the status of people leaving other European jurisdictions on travel documents and arriving at Dublin Airport with no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (16 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the fact that immigrant or citizen healthcare workers returning to Ireland with a view to working in the Irish healthcare system may have to wait up to 12 months to have their qualifications recognised and approved by CORU and during such time while resident in the State have no opportunity to claim jobseeker’s allowance given...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Matt Shanahan: ...an outcome. The relationship between Europe and the United States also appears to be a discussion point, and I hope Ireland can be a strong beneficiary of future White House policies in trade and immigration as well as in developing further our strong US trade links. President-elect Biden may have come along just at the right time to help provide a backstop to the Northern Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the refusal of an application by investors (details supplied) under the immigrant investor programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21320/20]