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Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...imperialism, war, plunder and the other drivers of instability, such as global warming and extractive industries. The motion is presented as a common-sense legal formality. There is stuff about the status of the forces and the privileges, facilities and immunities that will apply to them when they are present on the territory of another state, while the larger debate is ignored, which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...on the findings of a report by the European Migration Network, published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, which found that only a small proportion of minors have secured an immigration status and that this was due to delays making applications on behalf of minors by social workers in Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52433/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: The question relates to the findings of a report by the European Migration Network, published by the ESRI, which found that only a small proportion of minors have secured an immigration status and that this was due to delays by Tusla social workers in making the minors' applications. Does the Minister have concerns about this, and has she spoken to Tusla since the report's publication?

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...this year, a representative of the Government, the former Tánaiste Deputy Eamon Gilmore, lobbied on behalf of 50,000 Irish citizens living and illegally working in the USA. He argued that these immigrants should be granted legal status so that they could be allowed to participate fully in American society. I support that appeal. However, when it comes to the treatment of asylum...

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2012)

Mick Wallace: ...and out of fear of stigmatisation. These laws can also have a discriminatory effect, as they disproportionately affect women, particular those aged under 18 or from less well off backgrounds or whose immigration status may be uncertain. Governments sometimes try to justify these laws on the grounds of public morality. Public morality cannot serve as a justification for enactment or...

Employment Rights (5 May 2011)

Mick Wallace: ...in Ireland earn less than the minimum wage at present. It is reckoned that 40% of them have no contracts. Unfortunately, many of the domestic workers in Ireland are migrant workers and their immigration status is very often used against them. Domestic workers do not have the rights of ordinary workers at present. With a view to being fair, their rights are worth campaigning for. The...