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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: Section 9 of the Immigration Act 2004 provides that a register of non-nationals who have permission to be in the State (in general for a period of 3 months or longer) shall be established and maintained by registration officers and also provides that a non-national is required to pay a fee to the registration officer for the issue of a registration certificate. This fee is set by regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...with the provisions of the relevant primary legislation, namely the Student Support Act 2011. In order to be eligible for a grant, a student must show that they have been resident in the State for at least three years out of the five year period ending on the day before their course starts. The residency rule is applied equally to everyone, regardless of their individual circumstances,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...in health, housing and infrastructure. The Government also signed up to greenhouse gas emission targets but it will fall well short of those legally binding targets by 2030. This will cost the State hundreds of millions of euro in fines. In answer to an Aontú parliamentary question, we learned that the EU is fining Ireland tens of millions of euro at the moment. The EU fined...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: ...: — the intervention of many disabled people into the debate around the Government's Referendum on the 40th Amendment to the Constitution "The Care Amendment", highlighted injustices they face due to ableism and the failures of the State to guarantee their rights and was an important factor in defeating that referendum; — in a report by the Department of Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department’s Border Management Unit (BMU) and the Garda National Immigration (GNIB) are working closely with airlines on a range of measures to ensure that passengers have the appropriate travel documentation when boarding. Immigration officials of my Department are available 24/7 to assist airlines with queries in relation to immigration matters. In addition to providing advice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am happy to report that the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 11 April 2024. It should be noted that the stated minimum processing time required under the terms of the Atypical Working Scheme is 20 working days and the processing time for the application referred to was within that timeframe. Further information for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...objective of the Pact is to create a fairer and firmer asylum and migration system. The Pact recognises that the challenges presented by migration and asylum cannot be effectively addressed by any state acting alone in a globalised and interdependent world. As such, it will establish a more coherent approach across the EU to migration, asylum, integration and border management, fit for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 97 together. Section 16 of the International Protection Act 2015 deals with permission to enter and remain in the State in the context of international protection applicants. Section 16(3)(a) of that Act provides that an applicant, as defined in section 2(1) of the same Act, shall not leave, or attempt to leave, the State without the consent of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...i. I am referring to the attitude towards people of colour or people from different ethnic backgrounds, be they passengers or workers. This is a societal issue that we need to address. The antagonism towards immigrant workers and others from abroad is something that we need to correct quickly. It is out of control. The witnesses will find general support for their proposal from this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...about the EU asylum and migration pact. I appeal to the Taoiseach to facilitate the maximum amount of debate in this House on a serious matter. The Government has made a shambles of the whole immigration area. Communities all across this State have been failed. The asylum seekers themselves are being failed. We are asking for the maximum participation and opportunity for those of us...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. There is no automatic right to Irish Citizenship for the children of Non-EEA national parents resident in the State. However, where a child is born in the State to a Non-EEA national parent who has 3 years reckonable residence in the State prior to the birth, an application for Citizenship can be made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf. This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by Citizenship Division of the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) that the decision remains as stated in a letter dated 28 November 2023. The reasons for the refusal have been communicated to the person cited by the Deputy. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All...

Seanad: EU Regulations (Police Co-operation on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings): Motion (11 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...is also seeking to amend certain provisions of the Europol regulation. As we know, Europol is the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation. Its mission is to support EU member states in preventing and combating all forms of serious international and organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism. With regards to migrant smuggling, it is clear that smuggling to and within the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (11 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...have everything needed progress these applications. Citizens of the Palestinian National Authority are visa required and must have a valid Irish entry visa before they seek to enter the State. Any visa required national that wishes to enter the State, and remain, for up to 90 days must have a Type C Short Stay Visa. A visa required national that wishes to reside in the State for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (11 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As an EU Member State, Ireland is invited to participate at the Frontex Management Board in a non-voting capacity and can, should it wish to do so, seek to participate in certain training and joint operations co-ordinated by Frontex on behalf of EU Member States. Frontex Management Board meetings are held five times a year and Ireland is represented at these meetings by a member of the Garda...

EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Murphy: .... A particular focus is needed here. I mention an article written by John Mooney in The Sunday Times last year where he highlighted some of the risks we are not properly managing. The articles states the Garda believes organised crime gangs are exploiting the immigration crisis to generate income and launder money in what is now considered a highly lucrative form of illegal activity....

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Barry: I want to correct the record of the Dáil. Earlier, I mistakenly said that the shortest-serving Taoiseach in the history of the State was John Bruton at 924 days. It was actually the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, at 904 days. Maybe it just seemed longer. A couple of weeks ago, Deputy Michael Ring made the comment that Fine Gael has been too left for too long. If he...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...years. Businesses are closing. In Killarney, another restaurant has closed today because of the increase in VAT and energy and rates costs. The Government has failed completely on housing. In the immigration debacle, more than €2 billion has been spent. The Government even spent €860,000 to bring dogs and cats into the country for these immigrants. The Government is...