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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 20 February 2024, to qualify for a Local Authority Home Loan an applicant must currently have a legal right to reside and work in the State. As previously advised the Credit Policy requires that applicants from outside the EEA/EU must be legally resident in Ireland for a period of 5 years or have leave to remain extending to permit 5 years...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...There is no question of that. There has been additional training for airline staff for when people present without documentation. We have a rules-based system in Ireland. We must ensure as a State that while we are seeing a continued increase in the number of people wanting to live here and seeking asylum here, we make sure the supports are in place for them and that supports are in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Elections (28 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., members of the Oireachtas, student unions, organisations affiliated to the National Youth Council and a range of other organisations including those working with international protection applicants such as the Immigrant Council for Ireland, the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and the Irish Refugee Council.Hard copy posters were designed, printed and distributed to various stakeholders who...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (18 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...covering a broad range of functions, and in order to achieve its business objectives, the Department allocates significant resources across a number of sectors.  These include local authorities, State agencies and other bodies including a range of organisations that might be considered non-governmental organisations (NGOs). However, there is no universally accepted definition of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I had indicated that I was going to ask a question. Mr. O'Neill stated that the UK looks for the ability to set out its own migration policy. That is something that Mr. O'Neill has dealt with in his own paper. Freedom of movement is one of the four freedoms of the European Union and it is a crucially important freedom. I would not want, and I do not think that any members, as EU citizens,...

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (4 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to talk about certain aspects of it. Is imperative that as a country we ensure there is legal clarity in regard to our diplomatic missions and that we address any ambiguities that currently exist. State-to-state relations among nations, under the guise of diplomatic missions, are essential for the conduct of international relations, and I will return to that towards the end of my...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (22 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for that outline. For the purpose of the discussions the Taoiseach will have with President Trump, is the Minister exploring other options? The Obama plan for overall immigration reform is dead in the water under the new Administration and we cannot wait for a change in administration to find a new tack. Might there be reciprocal visa arrangements such as a bilateral...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...order. Many people in America are angry too and this will be dealt with in America. It was an easy soundbite for parties to say the Taoiseach should not travel or that he should not go to the United States. It was not based on any fact or in any reality. That ship has sailed. The Dáil must move on. It is important we speak in one voice on the fundamental part of this issue,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (25 Jan 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...square that circle with regard to our view, as the Oireachtas, in the main, that the North of Ireland should have special status? The UK, and in particular Prime Minister May, have chosen to curb immigration ahead of trade and relations between them and their nearest neighbour, Ireland, and the rest of Europe. This will have to be teased out in time. Given that Secretary of State...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: ...for foreign affairs and trade, although fully respecting the decision of the British people in the referendum, I am deeply disappointed with it. Its implications are not yet known and we, as a State, as well as the European Union are only now grappling with the serious implications of the decision of the British people. We must remember that, in the main, the decision was made by those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: daa: Chairman Designate (10 Feb 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank Mr. Ó Ríordáin for his comprehensive statement. I have a few questions, which I will ask together. In Mr. Ó Ríordáin's statement, he said he would be seeking the committee's support for his argument that remuneration policy should reflect the equivalent post in the private sector. He said that he makes that argument even more strongly now, both in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and have no protection under Irish legislation. Those concerned have no protection under Irish legislation since their mortgages were sold on. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, stated that he would introduce legislation to protect such people in 2015. Our understanding is that legislation will not be retrospective and will deal with future sales of mortgage books to...

Written Answers — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (4 Jun 2008)

Darragh O'Brien: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place to monitor and restrict if necessary immigration to Ireland from EU States, including Romania and Bulgaria, and non-EU States; and if those measures can be altered in line with economic activity and needs here. [22023/08]