Results 1-20 of 49 for immigration speaker:Seán Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Seán Crowe: ...to provide an update on the roll-out of the EU digital Covid-19 certificate, DCC. They are: Ms Liz Canavan, assistant secretary general, Department of the Taoiseach; Mr. David Gilbride, head of immigration service delivery, Department of Justice; Mr. Muiris O'Connor, assistant secretary general, Department of Health; Mr. Derek Tierney, assistant secretary general Department of Health; Mr....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...That incident happened at 10 p.m. on Easter Sunday on the Malahide Road in Donnycarney in north Dublin and a man has handed himself into a north Dublin Garda station with regard to the attack. The Immigrant Council of Ireland has interviewed taxi drivers from various ethnic backgrounds and its report on the racist attacks noted that many of them happened while the taxi was in motion,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...is a citizen's rights campaigner from Derry, published material earlier this month which shows that the British Government has changed the definition of "European Economic Area national" in its updated immigration laws. This fundamentally undermines the rights provided for in the Good Friday Agreement. Irish citizens are angry that the specific provisions they were promised regarding...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...lies on social media that the compact will lead to open borders, that it will legalise all migration, and that illegal migration will no longer exist. These people suggest it will lead to a tidal wave of immigration into Europe and that the compact says migration is a human right, and other similar things. There is no foundation to most of what they say. All of us in this House have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Returning Irish Emigrants: Discussion (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...? What is causing the delay in the system? That is maybe something that we, as a committee, could do. The second suggestion that included a section on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, seems a no-brainer. The briefing note from the Department says there is information on the global website but people are going to the INIS website. It is a difficult...

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...physical abuse. The Trump Administration has reached a new low with this immoral policy which it should end. It is clear there has been a deep shift under the Trump Administration to criminalise immigration and dehumanise immigrants and those seeking asylum. President Trump said last night that immigrants were pouring into the USA and infesting the country. He has previously called...

Diaspora Issues: Statements (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...D.C. for St. Patrick's Day and I hope he will make reference to the difficulties faced by the undocumented in the USA. Unfortunately, the political situation has changed radically in the USA in recent years and immigration reform has become a hugely partisan and politically contentious issue. Clearly, there is no consensus there at present. There will be no deal for the undocumented...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I will do so. The section seeks to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to provide that any period of time spent in the State where persons are exempt from immigration controls, as workers in embassies are, is not reckonable for residency in the context of a naturalisation application. The rights of embassy workers are important and should not be undermined or interfered...

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...of the undocumented community living here and the many people from the Syrian community who are present for this debate. I hope this report will add significantly and positively to the debate on immigration, asylum and the refugee crisis. I welcome the recommendation in the report that a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants in Ireland should be introduced in a timely...

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (4 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...9 of Part 3 of this Bill is problematic and I am concerned over its inclusion. The section seeks to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to provide that any period of time spent in the State while exempt from immigration controls, as workers in embassies are, is not reckonable for residency in the context of naturalisation. I believe that this is an important right that...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...courts but, as we know, that ruling continues to be challenged. Even people with the magic green card were to be refused entry at America's airports, something that was previously unimaginable. Anti-immigrant and anti-immigration policies that were perverse, fear driven and not based on reality or any known facts were somehow to be the order of the day under the new US Administration. We...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Controls (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if during his visit to the USA he raised the recent immigration regulation changes regarding the banning of citizens from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the USA; if he criticised the proposal; the details of the meetings he had; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6526/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (7 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...is growing by 3% a year and that it blamed Israel for violence in occupied East Jerusalem; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the report stated that EU countries should impose immigration regulations or visa bans on known violent settlers and those calling for violence; and his views on imposing these sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers. [5607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a significant additional workload has been placed on the operations of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, since the introduction of the British-Irish visa scheme for Indian and Chinese visitors; the additional staff that have been allocated to INIS to deal with this increased workload; and her plans or proposals to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently allocated to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS; if she is aware that there is a significant backlog of short-stay tourist visa applications; if she will detail the cause of these delays and the way this backlog in processing visa applications is being created; the additional resources that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...the possibility of Britain withdrawing from the EU. How important a factor is that? Will difficulties arise if there is a Conservative Government in Britain? Are there structures for returning immigrants? The exporters stated that they worked closely with chambers of commerce, but is a separate structure required in those countries? Chambers of commerce attract a particular type of...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...ask that we move this forward. I also call on the Government to do more in its efforts to get legalisation for the undocumented Irish. This comes on the back of a video conference that many of us were involved in today with the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, ILIR. People ask what that has to do with this country. It concerns the diaspora and is probably the big issue in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Interaction of GAA with the Diaspora: GAA (25 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...embassies abroad, will our guests provide examples of the close co-operation that exists between the two? I am aware that the GAA is involved - in the context of using its contacts, etc. - in the movement for immigration reform in the US. Will our guests comment further on that matter? On the investment in club infrastructure, including pitches, abroad, has there been any negativity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Work Programme 2015: European Commission Representation in Ireland (29 Jan 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...about migration and we discussed it with High Commissioner Mogherini. There is the idea of the impact of north and south and I do not agree that we have a sense in our country of the impact of immigration. The MEPs might pick that up more in Europe. It is not unusual for boats to have 4,000 or 5,000 on them, and they may sink off coasts, with hundreds of people dying. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Migration Issues: World Health Organization (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Crowe: Apologies for being late. I had questions for the Minister in the Chamber. Dr. Severoni spoke about the common approach needed to deal with the issue of immigration but I will give him one example of what works and what does not. A boat arrived at the Canary Islands recently from Africa. It was surrounded by police. The boat was set on fire. The immigrants were left on the strand. This...