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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

David Norris: I want to raise a difficulty that surrounds the Irish National Immigration Service, INIS, particularly for people who are granted refugee status in this country and then try to get their relevant papers. They are blocked because of a website that has been set up by the Department of Justice and Equality. This is the only way that refugees have to book an appointment to get a Garda National...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (4 Oct 2017)

David Norris: ...stereotypes being promoted in this House, I very much doubt that anybody in Ireland is watching this debate as it takes place so I do not think it is going to have a huge impact. I did introduce legislation, the Immigration Reform (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill, in 2014 and again in 2016. Under section 7, which is the principal business, people would have been entitled to...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

David Norris: ...to see the Head of State enjoying himself and expressing the delight of the people. My principal reason for contributing is to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that we take No. 6, Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016, before No. 1.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

David Norris: .... There has been a conflation between prostitution and trafficking but the findings of independent research have shown the majority of migrant workers are not trafficked. It also was found that immigration status is by far the most important factor restricting the migrant workers' ability to exercise their rights in their professional and private lives and that working in the sex...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

David Norris: ...trafficked into prostitution. In Northern Ireland, it was found that 98% of prostitutes interviewed were fully against the provisions the Government is introducing here. The UK study found that immigration status is by far the most important factor restricting sex workers' ability to exercise their rights in their professional and private lives. Working in the sex industry, it noted, is...

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

David Norris: It is not rubbish. I proved it at the time. I have been put in touch with NASC, the Irish immigration support centre, and it has formulated a family reunification scheme. Senator Bacik spoke about this. It is examining a targeted, supported, twin-track migration route for persons in need of protection who have family members in Ireland. Syrian nationals living in Ireland would be...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)

David Norris: ...the asylum seekers to the door of the barn to frighten off any presumed inflow of asylum seekers. I thank David McCarthy and Dr. Liam Thornton of University College Dublin and Nasc, the National Immigrant Support Centre, which is issuing a statement in support of this Bill. The Bill seeks to draw a line under applications for refugee status, subsidiary protection and-or leave to remain...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

David Norris: ...have respect for ourselves. We should be looking for a proper wage and proper conditions. Get rid of all the allowances and have everything vouched. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 12, Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014 – First Stage., be taken before No. 1. The Bill is entitled "an Act to provide for the regularisation...

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (30 Mar 2010)

David Norris: ...a huge increase in the number of migrant women. For most of my lifetime Ireland was a totally homogenous society. That has changed and fractured and there has been a particular growth in female immigration. These women are particularly vulnerable because of their marginal status in society. Structural barriers for migrant women include immigration status, racism, lack of language and...

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (30 Mar 2010)

David Norris: ...in the number of migrant women in this country. For most of my lifetime Ireland was a totally homogenous society. That has changed and fractured and there has been a particular growth in female immigration. These women are particularly vulnerable because of their marginal status in society. Structural barriers for migrant women include immigration status, racism, lack of language and...

Seanad: George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2010)

David Norris: ...the fund in this country. It is appropriate that the scholarship is named after Senator Mitchell, not just for his work in the peace process but also because of his background. His mother was an immigrant from the Lebanon, while his father was an immigrant from Ireland. They were both almost unlettered people, certainly people of no social status, but it is thanks to their hard work and...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

David Norris: ...young age. Going to church is habit-forming. I am glad that I formed such a habit early in my life. While I do not claim to be a good person, I think going to church is a good habit of mine. The status of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal has been raised again today. I look forward to the debate in this House on the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008. The front page of today's...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: ...introduce civil marriage. The tenth report of the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution was splendid. The Colley report recommended civil marriage as the best option because it advised that the status of gay people would otherwise be further eroded. The report of the former North Eastern Health Board showed the significant damage done to health and well-being by the lack of status for...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: ...on all sides have made this point should give the Government pause to consider. This is part of an increasing trend towards autocratic and non-accountable Government, as evidenced by the new immigration Bill, which should be called the ease of deportation Bill because, although it contains some useful measures, it does not live up to the promise clearly given in the programme for...

Seanad: Citizenship Applications (31 Oct 2007)

David Norris: ...An Bord Pleanála as a planning inspector. He arrived here in August 2001 and was seconded to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as a planning inspector. His legal status is that he is here with a work authorisation visa. He came to Ireland with his wife and youngest daughter. His daughter went straight into transition year in a secondary school near where...

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

David Norris: ...present to create a climate of opinion. I am curious as to why there seems to be so much dispute about the figures. The United States Government seems to believe there are 3,000 illegal Irish immigrants. Others say there are 50,000 and the Minister says there are approximately 25,000. He suggested some kind of computer tracking but this seems to have fizzled out. In his speech, the...

Seanad: Services for Victims of Domestic Violence: Statements. (28 Jan 2004)

David Norris: ...considered and implemented. The briefing paper alsostates: It is essential that the additional needs of women who face further structural barriers and discrimination because of poverty, disability, immigration status, ethnicity, sexual orientation [I think I am the first Member of the House to have raised this issue] educational disadvantage or behaviour that is viewed as non-conforming,...