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Seanad: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Anois.

Seanad: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Anois.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister and her officials. It has been a very useful discussion and it is important that correct and factual information be laid out. One criticism I have of the Government is that we have been slow to do that. We have left a vacuum that others have moved into. Bad actors were referred to earlier. That is unfortunate. The purpose of this discussion is to try to get facts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: It would be important to estimate that because all we have to do is kick a football from where we are sitting and the streets are populated with tents. We seem to have gotten to a point in this country where we are struggling to accommodate the numbers who are coming in. We are talking here about bringing in a mechanism, streamlining and fast-tracking, call it what you may. It is important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Is it fair to say that currently our EU colleagues are not co-operating with us on secondary movements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Ultimately, if someone arrives here from Paris and is clearly a secondary movement, we contact the French authorities. Do they not take that individual back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: One can say it is not working or that they are not co-operating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: With regard to secondary movements, does the Minister have any idea how many come through the Border with Northern Ireland to seek international protection here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Will the Minister give us a figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Some 80% of applications. That is particularly worrying. What are the UK authorities saying to us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: I know that but there are two years before this migration pact may or may not be invoked. What do we do in the meantime to improve the current situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Is a review mechanism built into the EU migration pact? Normally when legislation is introduced there is a review, which is what most organisations do. Is there a mechanism for a review in the EU migration pact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: In the Minister's opinion is it a mistake not to have a review mechanism? This is something completely new. The Minister said it will take eight to ten years to kick in so surely it would be sensible to have a review mechanism, perhaps after 12 months or two years, to see where improvements could be made. Are we not tying our hands by not having a review mechanism in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: No, I am okay.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: The deadline for businesses to apply for the increased cost of business grant expires on 1 May, which is in less than seven days. Small businesses such as shops, hairdressers, pubs and cafés can apply to have 50% of their rates bill returned to them. For example, a business with a rates bill of €8,000 in 2023 can get a grant of €4,000 or 50% of the rates bill. For...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister for being here. His schedule is a very busy one and I appreciate him taking the time to respond on this Commencement matter. Everyone can agree the phrase "April showers" has taken on a whole new aspect this year, with torrential rain saturating the ground across the entire country. When people's livelihood and the welfare of their animals or crops are so seriously...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. Like myself, he was born and raised on a farm so I know he gets this and knows exactly what we are talking about. As he alluded to, farming can be a lonely occupation where people work on their own and have a lot of time to think. At this time, farmers and their families are under severe mental health pressure. It is incumbent on us to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (16 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: Yes, work away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (16 Apr 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank welcome the witnesses here this afternoon and thank them for their contributions. A few speakers have mentioned that the world is a changed place from when this legislation came in in 1996. I note that more than €200 million has been returned to the State's coffers which is a testament to the bureau's work and I compliment them on it. We have got to a point now whereby the...