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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (16 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Leaders' Questions on 9 February 2017, if she will address the problems relating to the immigration status of those young persons not in direct provision who, due to the lack of regularisation, cannot proceed to third level, employment or access social services, many of whom have been through second level education. [7645/17]

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: .... The migrant integration strategy, which the Tánaiste has just launched, is welcome as a step in the right direction, and the Tánaiste said that this is the first step. However, our immigration system is not addressing a wide range of situations in which children and young people find themselves. There is also a need to consider the position of these young people,...

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...as we speak. Some of them have been in this country for seven, eight and more years. Many of them have no memory of their country of origin. They consider them to be Irish. A young person's immigration status will define and determine his or her life. It will determine their access to education, social services, employment and housing. I draw the Minister's attention to the Young...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...vulnerable groups early in the protection process. The key word here is "early". While the Bill does provide that "due regard" be accorded to vulnerability, that only applies where refugee status has been bestowed. Over the years, I have met large numbers of foreign national people in Dublin Central of all ages and nationalities. I am always struck by their sad stories of long waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (26 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...Minister for Justice and Equality following the review by the UN Committee Against Torture where the committee recommends that the State partly take measures to ensure that all persons detained for immigration related reasons are held in facilities that are appropriate to their status, his views on the current situation relating to immigration related detainees; and the plans that have...