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International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: Where did he come from?

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: The Deputy should read the rest of what I said.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: I am pleased to be present on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, who conveys his apologies. Deputies will be aware that, for a number of important reasons, the Government opposed this Bill when the Seanad discussed it on Second Stage in July 2017 and on Committee Stage in November 2017. A number of proposed amendments to the Bill were tabled on Committee...

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: On behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Moran, I am pleased to present to the House the annual adaptation transition statement on the policy measures adopted by the Office of Public Works during the past year to help to adapt to the effects of climate change on flood risk management. In the past year the Office of Public Works has...

EU Regulations: Motion (6 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman and members of the joint committee for making time available to discuss this proposal. The purpose of the motion is to seek Oireachtas approval to exercise Ireland's option under Protocol No. 21, annexed to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, that is, the Lisbon treaty, in respect of a proposed amendment to EU Regulation No. 516/2014. As committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: As I said, the proposal will allow unclaimed funds that otherwise would be lost before the end of the year to be available for future spending. It allows an extension of time and allows us to make revisions to our national programmes to use the funds for relocation as well as other actions. We are very anxious to do this now because if we do not we will lose the money. I am certainly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: And-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: The reason was we were anxious to take people from Italy, as I said in my introduction earlier. We had quite a lot of discussion with the previous Minister and Tánaiste, and myself and others at official level had discussions with Italian representatives at all levels, including at ministerial level. We gave a commitment here that we would carry out security checks on people before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: I recognise Deputy Clare Daly's commitment and interest in this area. Certainly, what happened in Syria is shocking and appalling. We know that and have followed what has gone on. As I said at the start, under the protocol Ireland voluntarily opted into this programme. We were asked to take 2,622 persons into the State, comprising 1,089 from Greece and 623 from Italy and 910 were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: At the moment, we are focusing on Syrians, Eritreans and Iraqis as they are the people who are in greatest need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: We have not been approached about the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: We will have to wait and see what comes from the European Parliament.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: As I said, there was no time limit on this as such. We have commitments next year as well. The situation might change as time moves on and I note what the Deputy has said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: We have the freedom to use the funding for many of the issues referred to by the Deputy. People in direct provision are, in the main, asylum seekers and are a different group of people from the ones we bring in from Lebanon, Greece or Italy, who are refugees when they arrive here or become refugees shortly after they arrive. Resettlement takes place of people we bring in from Lebanon while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: We are actively working on the migrant integration strategy and I invite Senators and Deputies to read it if they have not done so. It is a living document and if members have suggestions as to how we can add to it or improve it, I would welcome those. The strategy is about integration and addresses anti-racism and a range of actions aimed at precisely what the Deputy is referring to. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: I thank the Deputy for his questions, and continued interest and support on this matter. It is greatly appreciated. It is appreciated by the migrants as well, and other colleagues. With respect to local authorities, in the past two weeks, we invited all local authorities to come to a seminar in Athlone where we addressed many issues such as how they can get involved and support migrants...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: When we made the pledges at the time, the group of people in most need were Syrians. That is what the European Union asked us to do. We expect the Commission will come to us in the near future, and to other countries as well, seeking pledges regarding some of the countries the Deputy mentioned. That may well happen in the future but at the time the Syrian people who were fleeing in large...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: We have to work with the Commission on that. That may well happen. I cannot say if it will but we would certainly be open to any request or discussion with the Commission on that matter.