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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...team has been set up, and it has been engaging with Deputies Feighan, Harkin and Kenny in an effort to set out exactly what is and is not happening in Dromahair. Deputy Harkin asked what our immigration and migration policy is. Let me be as clear as I can be, and sometimes it is difficult to be clear because this is not straightforward. There are different types of migration and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputies for their questions. Last week or the previous week, the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, and I had a meeting with the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the border management unit of the Department of Justice to discuss some of the issues raised by Deputy Mattie McGrath and to examine how we can improve border security and make sure that people who should not get...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ..., not human traffickers. We need to ensure, therefore, that our system is efficient and fairly operated and that decisions are made quickly so that those entitled to international protection are granted an immigration status and can rebuild their lives here. The money and staff allocated in budget 2023, approximately €18 million, will help to make this a reality. There has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Leo Varadkar: .... These reports cover the period from 2011 onwards. Notwithstanding some of the events of recent weeks, I am proud to lead the Government that has led the way on issues of integration, immigration and migration. Since the party I lead came to office, 120,000 people have been made Irish citizens. I am delighted that they are part of our family. We have accepted thousands of refugees...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...relationship. I outlined the Government's position on Brexit, and thanked representatives of the Administration and Congress for their continued backing for the Northern Ireland Peace Process. On Immigration, I expressed the Government's appreciation for the backing received both from the Administration and across the aisles in Congress for the E3 Bill last year, and highlighted the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (29 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...the benefits of our recovering and growing economy. We must continue to ensure policies and services not only protect the most vulnerable in society but provide opportunities equally for all citizens to learn, work and prosper irrespective of gender, race, social status or sexual orientation. My Department supports the work of shaping and reforming key public services, especially those...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...of Ireland Caucus. My priority in these discussions was to further develop the US - Ireland bilateral relationship, and to advance Ireland's interests, including in relation to trade, and the status of undocumented Irish citizens in the US. As has been reported, President Trump indicated that he was favourably disposed towards the possibility of a bilateral agreement on immigration...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ..., and the Friends of Ireland Caucus. My priority in these discussions was to further develop the US - Ireland bilateral relationship, and to advance Ireland’s interests, including in relation to trade, and the status of undocumented Irish citizens in the US. Also in Washington D.C. I had a number of economic engagements, including with the US Chamber of Commerce, and a series...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...a payment to the person in question. In cases where a victim of domestic violence does not have a right to reside, ENPs can be considered while the victim takes the necessary steps to regularise their status with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS). The overall responsibility for the response to homelessness rests with the Department of Housing, Planning,...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...paragraph (f):“(f) a person who has been given, or is deemed under the Act of 2015 to have been given, a permission to reside in the State under section 54 of that Act, where the permission concerned is in force;”,(viii) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “the Immigration Act 2004;” for “the Immigration Act 2004.”, and (ix) by the insertion...

Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ...citizen children and Irish-born children who have been here since before the referendum. Perhaps there is a case for something similar to the McCain-Kennedy Bill to introduce a means by which the status of these people can be regularised, a pathway to permanent residency or, more important, citizenship so we do not continue to have people in a grey area for the rest of their lives. That...

Undocumented Irish in the United States: Motion (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)

Leo Varadkar: ...identified as an area for potential all-Ireland co-operation, deserving inputs from the Government of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Executive. Since the defeat of the McCain-Kennedy Bill on immigration reform, it has been clear that a bilateral agreement between the United States and Ireland is the only way forward in our efforts to resolve this issue and to set the tens of thousands...