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Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: After "build positive linkages to the benefit of all" to insert the following: "further calls on the Government to: — appoint a dedicated Minister for Immigration and Integration to lead a whole of Government approach to migrant integration, and the provision of emergency accommodation and services; — ensure that, when new...

European Union Regulation: Motion (3 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and is a tribute to the work of the Green Party in government, it could have been much more generous. Last year my colleague Deputy Duncan Smith questioned the Department of Justice regarding the status of refugees and asylum seekers in direct provision and raised the potential for an amnesty to give these applicants citizenship in order to alleviate many of the very serious issues they...

Seanad: Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...an Olympic team carrying the Irish flag. Members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Belfast have represented the tricolour at the Olympic Games. Members of disadvantaged, alienated and immigrant communities across the world have represented the green. They are often derided for their English accents, even though they come from Irish communities abroad. The power of sport can...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Manus Cooney (5 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...noted, there are very unwelcome, xenophobic and racist comments being made by people from across the political spectrum in Europe. In the United Kingdom, such commentary is becoming mainstream. Immigration is extremely important and Mr. Cooney's wise words on the issue were very welcome. The most rank hypocrisy in Irish public life can be observed when Irish politicians ask US...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am minded that many of these amendments are focused on the status of children. I am not in a position to accept the amendment because the Bill reflects the EU directive where a stateless person is not defined. However, I concur with many of the sentiments that Senator Ó Clochartaigh has outlined. The entire composition of the working group that was established to investigate and...

Direct Provision Report: Motion (12 Jun 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of the direct provision centre; that the legal remit for the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman or Children be extended to include the direct provision system, as well as the administration of law relating to immigration and naturalisation; that responsibility for centre inspections be given to an independent body, such as HIQA; and that the Freedom of Information Acts be extended to cover the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... Almost 600 residents have deportation orders outstanding against them, the vast majority of which issued over a year ago. They are required to report periodically to the Garda National Immigration Bureau. There are many reasons orders are not or cannot be enforced, including the issuing of legal actions, the making of sequential protection applications for members within a family...