Results 1-20 of 249 for immigration speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...Economic Area must first make an application to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an employment permit, and then make a second application to the Department of Justice for an immigration permission. Both applications are subject to consideration of separate processes requiring different data. In December 2022, the Taoiseach, in his previous role as Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...sets is required in order to deliver my Department's official functions. For example, a weekly transfer of person-specific employment permit data is sent by my Department to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). This is required in order to allow my officials to process employment permit applications. Aggregated data transfers are also undertaken for the administration of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...are successful because of the contribution of really talented and motivated people from other parts of the world who have come to make Ireland their home. We should make them welcome here, and face down the kind of bigotry, racism and anti-immigrant feeling on the back of which some are trying to build campaigns and intimidation. Ireland is one of the few countries in the world that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Trafficking (14 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...are encountered in the course of an inspection, the employer may be prosecuted for breaches of the Act and any other breaches of employment law detected. Employee details may also be referred to immigration services with a view to ensuring that the immigration status of the worker is regularised. Due to the precarious nature of their status and their vulnerability to exploitation, as a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...On 8thDecember 2022 the application was refused. The refusal reasons included the following: - The information provided indicated that the foreign national was in the State without a valid current immigration permission from the Minister for Justice. - The information provided indicated that the job offer was not for two years or more which is a requirement for a Critical Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Websites (29 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: US immigration regulation and operations are a matter solely for the relevant US authorities. The Department of Foreign Affairs updated its travel advice for Cuba upon receiving confirmation that the United States is now enforcing certain travel restrictions following the designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the US Department of State. The result of this decision is that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...who wish to travel from South to North. The proposed ETA scheme will not apply to Irish or British citizens. The British Government has also confirmed that there will continue to be no immigration checks on the land border on the island of Ireland. However, the introduction of an ETA scheme could threaten the fluid nature of movement on the island and North-South cooperation under...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Documents (22 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: As you will appreciate, US immigration regulation and operations are a matter solely for the relevant US authorities, and the Department of Foreign Affairs is not in a position to intervene in decisions taken in relation to ESTA applications. However, officials from my Department regularly engage with the US Embassy to discuss immigration and visa matters in general terms. I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (22 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...;s Day period this year, notably during the exchange between the Taoiseach and President Biden. The Embassy of Ireland in Washington D.C. and network of Consulates across the US continue to raise immigration issues, to seek new immigration pathways, and to support US immigration reform through active engagement at all levels with the US Administration and political leaders at the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (22 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: Securing future immigration flows between the US and Ireland remains a key priority for the Irish Government, and we will continue to explore all possible immigration pathways for Irish citizens looking to live and work in the US. The bipartisan reintroduction of the E3 bill earlier this year in both the US Senate and the House of Representatives was a welcome development. This...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (8 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...(ESTA) due to travel they have undertaken, as part of their official duties, to Syria or other countries designated ‘countries of concern’ by the US Department of Homeland Security. US immigration regulation and operations are a matter solely for the relevant US authorities, and the Department of Foreign Affairs is not in a position to intervene in decisions taken in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: ..., all EU citizens, including those who are resident in the UK, are entitled to unrestricted free movement into Ireland provided they can establish their nationality and identity. Under Section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004, an Immigration Officer must determine whether a non-EEA national should be granted leave to land and thus gain entry to the State. Non-EU citizens, including those...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (6 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...to Irish visitors and residents alike. This included meetings with the Mayor of Loulé and Head of Office of the Mayor of Faro (both adjacent to Albufeira); the regional Director of Portugal’s Immigration and Border Service; the Algarve Regional Emergency Services Command Centre; Commanders of the local PSP (municipal) and GNR (National Republican Guard) police forces; and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...commentary that may get louder through the summer and into the autumn. I think we need to be careful of that. Ireland is one of the very few countries in Europe that has not allowed the issues of immigration, asylum and refugees to become a central point of division in politics. We have worked hard to make sure that has not happened here. We have to continue to make sure it does not,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (23 Jun 2022)

Simon Coveney: Providing ongoing support, along with finding long term solutions, to address the challenges faced by the undocumented Irish in the US, remains a key priority for this Government. Immigration matters are raised in our high-level political engagements with the US at every opportunity, not least during the Taoiseach’s bilateral engagement with President Biden for St. Patrick’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (16 Jun 2022)

Simon Coveney: US immigration regulation and visa operations are a matter solely for the US authorities, and my Department has no remit over the operations of the US Embassy Visa Service, or of private service providers processing J1 applications. However, officials from my Department have contacted the named company to better understand the present situation. I understand that the company has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...or refusal of study visas are made in seven regional Visa Offices overseas, at Embassies that process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from the Department of Justice, and in the Immigration Service Visa Office in Dublin. Since January this year, over 6,100 study visa applications have been submitted through Embassies and Visa Offices overseas. It is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Student Visas (18 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...links between the two countries. Ease of travel is essential to protect our strong transatlantic connections, be that in business, academia, tourism or maintaining family connections. US immigration regulation and visa operations are a matter solely for the US authorities, and my Department has no remit over the operations of the US Embassy Visa Service. Officials from my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (12 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...Wendy Sherman, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez, and Senator Pat Toomey, were valuable opportunities to discuss priority issues, particularly in relation to Northern Ireland, Brexit, immigration, and foreign policy issues such as Ukraine, the JCPOA, and the humanitarian situation in Syria. On Northern Ireland, it was clear to me in my discussions that this...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...into account.I am pleased to be able to address those issues here with Members today. I will first discuss the ETA scheme. The British Government's Nationality and Borders Act provides that the UK's immigration rules may require that non-Irish and non-British citizens obtain an ETA before travelling to the UK, including for journeys across the land Border with Northern Ireland. The...