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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (22 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been any recent discussions with the United States authorities in relation to immigration reform, with particular reference to the need to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23094/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: ...backwards with regard to trying to bring about reconciliation on our island. As I have mentioned in this House on many occasions, I believe that in all engagements with politicians from the United States, from the President to people from state legislatures and city halls, we must always be mindful of the position of the undocumented Irish. We must continue to emphasise in all forums...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Brendan Smith: ...welcome President Biden's successful visit and it was great to see the international media coverage throughout the three days. I am glad that the Taoiseach outlined in his reply that he raised immigration reform with President Biden and in other fora when he was in the United States. It is extremely important that this issue is kept on the agenda in regard to the undocumented Irish....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Brendan Smith: I welcome that the Taoiseach raised again with President Biden the need to make progress regarding immigration reform. The E-3 visa Bill was previously stopped in its tracks at the last minute by one Senator objecting. Irish advocacy groups estimate that there could be up to 10,000 people in the United States whose position has not been regularised, who are referred to as "the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 Jan 2021)

Brendan Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have discussions at an early date with the United States administration in relation to the need for immigration reform with particular reference to the undocumented Irish following the referral by President Biden of the US Citizenship Act to Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding proposed immigration reform in the United States with particular reference to the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38291/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the need to progress immigration reform will be prioritised with the next administration in the United States of America, with particular reference to the needs of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36115/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (30 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 582. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made in relation to immigration reform in the United States of America with particular reference to the status of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (13 Feb 2019)

Brendan Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his recent discussions with authorities and members of the Senate and House of Representatives in the United States of America regarding Brexit issues and immigration reform, with particular reference to the undocumented Irish and the possibility of progressing the E3 visa programme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (23 Jan 2019)

Brendan Smith: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to pursue with members of the administration, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America the need to progress immigration reform with particular reference to the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3423/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Smith: ...referendum would result in a "Leave" or "Remain" vote because people were voting on issues that were not relevant to the question that was being put to them in the referendum. They talked about immigration, hospital waiting lists, difficulties getting children into school and the cost of putting children through third-level education. All the issues of the day were merged into a vote to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business of Joint Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Brendan Smith: With regard to the detention of children on the US-Mexico border, I put out a statement the other day stating that I would seek the approval of the committee to send a very strongly worded statement to thechargé d'affaires in the American Embassy in Dublin expressing our outrage and condemnation of the practice. There has been a change with the US President's executive order last night,...

UK Withdrawal from the European Union: Statements (24 May 2018)

Brendan Smith: ..., it is worth noting that the most recent survey shows that people in the North now more passionately oppose Brexit than they did even at the 2016 referendum. This week the British Minister of State for Immigration told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that she has not even read the Good Friday Agreement. She was there specifically to discuss Brexit and talk about what her...

Irish Aid Programme: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Smith: ...This report is the culmination of several months of constructive engagement and debate within the committee on the Irish Aid programme. During those months the committee met a wide range of stakeholders, including the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, and senior officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; representatives from the NGO sector; members of academia; the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions with the United States Administration on the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; when he expects immigration reform legislation to be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14153/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: I endorse what Deputy Troy said on the need to keep the immigration reform issue at the top of the agenda. The embassy and the consulates do excellent work on this in the United States, but it is extremely important that immigration reform is also kept at the top of the political agenda. I ask the Minister to ensure that this proposal regarding a reciprocal arrangement similar to the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2018)

Brendan Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if proposals have been put recently to the United States Administration in relation to immigration reform with particular reference to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13216/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (18 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to discuss immigration reform with the United States Administration in view of the concerns of the undocumented Irish; if he has new initiatives under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2709/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the authorities in the United States of America on immigration reform; if he has put forward new proposals with particular reference to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45607/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Communities Abroad (26 Jul 2017)

Brendan Smith: 51. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of immigration reform in the United States with President Trump. [36030/17]