Results 81-100 of 181 for immigration speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Skills Development: Skills Development (10 Jul 2012)

Richard Bruton: .../71/EC, which has operated very successfully since 2007. As an example of cross-Departmental co-operation, a Hosting Agreement Extranet was established enabling relevant key departments, such as Immigration authorities, Embassies and Consulates access to an electronic database thus expediting immigration procedures for third country researchers. The Extranet is operated and maintained by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (5 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...more than 50% of employees in the company, at the time of application, were non EEA nationals. Finally, supporting documentation in respect of this application indicated that the proposed employee's immigration status at the time the application was made was not one which permitted them to enter full-time employment in the State. An appeal against this decision was received on 25th...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...to facilitate my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality in bringing forward proposed changes to legislation under her remit. The Minister wishes to make a number of technical amendments to the Immigration Act 2004 and to the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 which will provide for urgent and badly needed efficiencies in the operation of the immigration system. I propose...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Human Trafficking (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...victims of trafficking within the marine sector. This project brings a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach to the issue, involving a broad range of competent State Agencies (including relevant marine, immigration and employment rights authorities) and civil society organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...relating to the following: - Permanent change in reckonable income; - Number of dependent children residing in the household; - Commencement of an approved course; - Normal residence; - Nationality or immigration status; - Change of course or institution. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant on the grounds of their initial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Design (11 Oct 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...relating to the following: - Permanent change in reckonable income; - Number of dependent children residing in the household; - Commencement of an approved course; - Normal residence; - Nationality or immigration status; - Change of course or institution. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant on the grounds of their initial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...relating to the following: - Permanent change in reckonable income; - Number of dependent children residing in the household; - Commencement of an approved course; - Normal residence; - Nationality or immigration status; - Change of course or institution. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant on the grounds of his/her initial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...schools are typically registered for business purposes as private limited companies and do not come under the remit of my Department.  The Deputy may be aware that a series of reforms to the student immigration system for international education have been implemented, in line with the Government decision of 19 May 2015.  As part of these reforms all English language schools...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (28 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...letter in respect of this application may issue in due course. You may be aware that there is also an onus on an individual who is required to have an employment permit to ensure that their immigration status is properly maintained at all times. The administration of applications for long term residency in respect of persons that have been legally resident in the State and held valid...

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (29 Jun 2011)

Richard Bruton: ...Division, which has responsibility for Internal Market issues, EU Affairs, with a particular focus on Ireland's upcoming EU presidency from January to June 2013, Multilateral Trade Policy, Economic Immigration Policy and Health and Safety and Chemicals Regulation. · Corporate Services, Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Division, which has responsibility Labour reform and the...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...are willing to pay the fees to enable them to renew their employment. It is also the case that after five years working in the State on foot of an employment permit, a foreign national may seek immigration permission from my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, to reside and work in the State without the requirement to hold a work permit. Given my fee review plans for later...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...victims of trafficking within the marine sector. This project brings a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach to the issue, involving a broad range of competent State Agencies (including relevant marine, immigration and employment rights authorities) and civil society organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Bruton: .... The EGFSN’s Annual Skills Bulletincontributes principally to my Department’s ongoing monitoring of the labour market. This Bulletin draws on data on employment, vacancies, job announcements and immigration and other qualitative information held in the National Skills Database (in SOLAS), to identify imbalances in the Irish labour market at occupational level. The inclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...victims of trafficking within the marine sector. This project brings a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach to the issue, involving a broad range of competent State Agencies (including relevant marine, immigration and employment rights authorities) and civil society organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...light household duties. They normally receive a small sum of money from the host family. Non-EU nationals wishing to take up a role as an au pair in Ireland require a visa from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), which comes within the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality, while the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has general responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (7 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: .... The EGFSN’s Annual Skills Bulletincontributes principally to my Department’s ongoing monitoring of the labour market. This Bulletin draws on data on employment, vacancies, job announcements and immigration and other qualitative information held in the National Skills Database (in SOLAS), to identify imbalances in the Irish labour market at occupational level. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Supports (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: In Ireland all immigrant children, including children in direct provision, can access first and second level education in a manner similar to Irish nationals. Back to school supports that are available to eligible families come under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. These supports include the Back to School Clothing and Footwear...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (22 Nov 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...of the Adjudicators and of Labour Court Determinations. The mechanisms I have outlined above relate to people who are legally entitled to work in the state. A situation where an individual, whose immigration status prohibits him or her from working legally in the State, takes up employment and is thus working illegally is different. In such cases both the employer and the employee may...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Visa Numbers (27 Jan 2015)

Richard Bruton: Firstly I would like to point out that The Department of Justice and Equality retains legal and policy primacy with regard to immigration and residency whereas this Department’s function concerns employment access to the labour market. My Department’s preference is that the industry needs are met without recourse to the employment permit regime. In framing policy regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (22 Nov 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...2012. The joint senior management team will continue to work on identifying further areas of engagement during 2013 as well as refining current approaches. Other initiatives to address investment in Ireland include: the development and launch of the Immigrant Investor Programme in April 2012; the holding of an International Investor Forum in London on 21 November hosted by Enterprise...