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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

Mr. Brian Killoran: From an immigration perspective, when we ask the question of what can be done to address the issue there is an added level of complexity with regard to dependencies. If somebody's immigration status is dependent on a continued relationship, it can exacerbate the element of control and fear that may exist for somebody trying to leave. In other jurisdictions, dependency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

...working to support persons from a migrant background. The members of the coalition are Women's Aid, Adapt Domestic Abuse Services, Ascend Domestic Abuse Services, Doras Luimní, Nasc – the Irish Immigration Support Centre, the Domestic Violence Advocacy Service Sligo, AkiDwA, Longford Women’s Link, Sonas Housing and the Immigrant Council of Ireland. The focus of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

Mr. Brian Killoran: I shall speak from an immigration perspective. The unwillingness or lack of clear legislation on the matter has generally focused in the past on treating the Minister's discretion as being the holy grail and that we must have the entire immigration system based on the discretion of the Minister. We would always argue that discretion is necessary within a system to take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

...residency condition is of itself quite difficult. However, for someone from a migrant background it adds significant barriers to it, especially if the person lacks clarity around his or her immigration status. We need reform of the immigration procedures. The IRP Bill represents a great opportunity to legislate, but we also need to look at issues such as HRC. We feel the overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

Katherine Zappone: ...legislation. Many of the witnesses have argued that we need to recognise domestic violence in different types of legislation, whether it is the Housing Act 1988, the Housing Regulations 2011, immigration law, the new Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill and also in terms of the habitual residence condition in legislation. The delegations have largely argued for domestic violence to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

David Stanton: I am expecting to receive the immigration Bill before the summer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...of judges. One hears stories about a person seeking a barring order and then a couple of weeks later they are back before a different judge with possibly a different attitude. There is also the immigration issue, where somebody is tied into a relationship with a person because their immigration status is a worry. There are also the funding issues and the cuts in funding to the various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Given what people have said about nobody having joined-up thinking and looking at the impact of immigration law, housing law and criminal law, it would seem sensible to have one body. I thank Ms Byrne for that response. My second question is to Sonas and to Ms Wilson from the Domestic Violence Advocacy Service on the issue of housing and this critical issue of where the victims of abuse -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

David Stanton: ...Advocacy Service, Ms Eibhlin Byrne from the Child and Family Agency, a new agency to which responsibility has been transferred from the HSE’s child and family service, Mr. Brian Killoran from the Immigrant Council of Ireland, Ms Margaret O'Keeffe from MOVE Ireland, Mr. John Doyle from the Men’s Development Network, Ms Margaret Martin from Women’s Aid, and Mr. Don...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (19 Feb 2014)

...pointed out, Women's Aid is a member of the Domestic Violence Coalition. Approximately 30% of women who use our services for the first time are migrants. We strongly support the call to recognise domestic violence in immigration law and the need for the Istanbul convention. I thank the committee for its time.