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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...into this House to outline his position on the concept of family reunification, my Bill and the IHREC’s call today. I want to hear his response to the global refugee crisis. Ireland has an opportunity to revert to a tried and tested, humane system of family reunification, which worked. This House and the other House of the Oireachtas voted for this. Ireland can and must play...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...moved it, for being too modest and she was right in many ways. I would have liked the Bill to go further. It puts the right to apply to reunite with dependent family members on a statutory basis. It proposes to revert to the definition of "family" that existed under the Refugee Act 1996, and it gives applicants a more realistic timeframe to apply for family reunification. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Promoting Awareness of the Public Petitions Process: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...The board has made good suggestions to the committee, particularly regarding the form. We will take that up to make that as easy a form as possible for people to complete. The secretariat might revert to Ms Black on that. She also made other suggestions, including a news story, a "Know Your Rights" column, leaflets, which are being updated, raising awareness with face-to-face...