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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Rónán Mullen: ...course welcome this Bill. It is of a technical nature, but it does some important things. The Minister of State discussed the difficulty of obtaining prosecutions under section 2 of the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000. There have been prosecutions in that regard, but the Minister of State's point was that it is often difficult to prove effectively that the trafficking or...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...a sex trafficker was convicted of prostituting a minor, that prosecution did not use the 2008 Act. While all identified victims of human trafficking in Ireland receive services regardless of their immigration status, victims from non-EU countries also receive services and sought to obtain refugee status through the asylum process. However, some non-governmental organisations, NGOs,...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Rónán Mullen: ...last year along with other Senators, I am glad to see the publication of the Bill. We also mentioned a related issue at the time. Where persons in particular vulnerable categories, for example, immigrants whose stay in the country depends on access to employment, have a disclosure to make that could affect their status, the State needs to protect them, for example, by fast-tracking their...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Rónán Mullen: There are two useful statistics we should note from the 2010 report of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. The first is that the number of applicants granted refugee status has fallen to 1.1%, which equates to 24 persons granted refugee status. The second notable statistic is that approximately €1.2 million has been paid out in legal costs arising from judicial reviews of decisions...

Seanad: Human Trafficking: Motion (10 Jun 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...I felt that even as he was correcting us as though we were unaware of what was being done, it was coming across that there was and is a failure to consult. It may well make sense in one way that immigration gardaí would deal with the matter but, in another way, it is entirely inappropriate given the terror of law enforcement officers that may be experienced by those who have been...

Seanad: Human Trafficking: Motion (10 Jun 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I move: That Seanad Éireann noting: --- Ireland is currently positioning human trafficking within its immigration policy and practice and not within the sphere of organised crime; --- the victims of sex trafficking are individuals who have experienced human rights abuses at the hands of criminal gangs; --- the State has mandated an immigration law enforcement agency as the sole authority for...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...Members to reach out in legislation by setting out specifically the protections and supports that will be available to them. I note the Minister stated that such matters would be dealt with in the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. However, that Bill relates only to the recovery and reflection period and to temporary residence status. Moreover, because it is an immigration Bill,...