Results 16,081-16,100 of 18,761 for speaker:Michael McDowell
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: Furthermore, Ireland would send out a message to the world that it is assuming an obligation to provide education to those who have been found not to be in need of international protection and have otherwise no right to be in the State. A further implication of allowing this person to stay is that, as a matter of policy, a person who has lost one parent and who is not living with the other...
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: ââshould be allowed to stay and be educated here. Again, this is not a rational proposition and such a policy would lead to a chaotic immigration system.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: The suggestion that has come from some sources that I should not deport a person because he or she is a good student, implying that students who are less academically gifted can be deported, is indefensible.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: The same applies to athletic prowess and participation in church activities.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: I cannot discriminate against those who are less gifted or on grounds of religious activity.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: All failed asylum seekers and persons illegally in the State are first given the opportunity of going home voluntarily, funded in many cases by the taxpayer. If this is not availed of and a deportation order results, it is carried out with due advance notice to the deportee, which was the case on this occasion. Since I became Minister I have observed some groups in this country who place...
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: When the true facts emerge exposing the untruths we are deafened by the silence of these same groups. In particular, a group calling itself Residents Against Racism organised an extensive campaign in respect of a person who claimed she was facing a sentence of death in a Muslim Sharia court in Nigeria. Its campaign involved demonstrations attended by Members of this House and considerable...
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: Despite uninformed criticism of the Irish asylum determination system by a small but vocal minority of groups in our country, our asylum determination system compares with the best in the world in terms of fairness, decision making, determination structures and support services.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: I believe that the vast majority of people in Ireland recognise this and have faith in our asylum system.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: Since April 2000, more than 36,000 applicants have been accommodated directly by the State under direct provision arrangements.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: Nearly 700 staff have been recruited across the asylum system, representing the biggest influx of staff in any area of the public service in decades. The Government has established three offices to deal with the asylum issue. As regards the immigration of non-EU nationals into Ireland, the Government has two basic options. We can operate an open door policy where anyone can come to Ireland...
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: I will say this if the Deputies will listen to me for a moment. In recent months I have put in place a scheme for parents of Irish born children, which is being availed of by about 10,000 to 20,000 applicants. I do not need a lecture from any of the Deputies opposite about fairness in our system. That is something I was not legally obliged to do, but felt morally compelled to do and it was...
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: I do not know what the Deputy is talking about.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: Is the Deputy referring to Nigeria?
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: I urge the Deputy to consider in a week's time when all the facts tumble out on this whether he will not be seriously embarrassed by some of the rhetoric he is employing.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: There are some people in politics who appear to believe they can dress up as racist everything they oppose in this area.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: The Deputy does not have to shout me down. I did not interrupt any of the Deputies.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: It should be clearly understood that the one thing that would play into the hands of racists in Ireland is an immigration law that was seen not to work or to have been circumvented and abusedââ
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: A fair law is the way to ensure that there are good relations between the immigration population here and the Irish.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Michael McDowell: The Deputy's theatricals will not work with me. The Deputy is being disorderly and he is interrupting.