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Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...forward proposals rather than leaving it until the last minute. What has he done? The Minister has left it until the last minute. Was that by design or default? My fear is that it was by design. MASI notes that waiting times on asylum status determination in Ireland are at crisis point. Thousands of people have already waited for more than a year for an initial decision. The right...

Seanad: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the details of these cases in the newspapers would have been shocked and horrified that this could happen in Ireland in the 21st century. Human rights workers in this area have said that because such domestic workers lose their visa status when they leave the employ of the embassy staff member, many feel bound to their employer and may be forced to stay in exploitative situations as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...a man in Ballinasloe was woken up by gardaí coming to his door. They took him out of his bed and brought him to prison in Dublin. Subsequently, when this was being challenged in the High Court, the Garda National Immigration Bureau backed out of the case. The man was subsequently deported to Brazil, where he was born. One might say that these things happen and that it is terrible,...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the use of the term "regularisation" in the Title and content of the Bill indicates that there must have been a period of irregularity. People who have outstanding applications for either refugee status or subsidiary protection do not have an irregular status. Instead, they are awaiting a decision on applications made under Irish law, in compliance with EU or international obligations,...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...Protection Act 2015”. The current provision, as has been outlined, is contrary to Ireland's obligations under the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as it only extends to children once they have been granted protection status. There is also just limited reference to "the best interests of the child" in the context of the personal interview but it should be a primary principle...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the UNHCR definition of separated children. This definition was also recommended, as Deputy Byrne said, by the Irish Human Rights Commission as part of its observations on the 2008 version of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC, and the UNHCR also define separated children and unaccompanied minors in their...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...that the Irish Refugee Council, IRC, in particular has recommended that a definition of statelessness be included in the Bill. Under section 2, Ireland must, as a signatory to the 1954 UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, uphold its commitments in this regard. This would also require establishing a procedure to identify stateless applicants. The IRC supports the...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...should provide for changes to that system. The Minister of State has talked the talk on reform and change but that should be in the Bill. This legislation deals with the protection element of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill but I have no faith that further legislation will be coming down the line any time soon.This Bill is concerned with protection. I have no faith the...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...with schools in the area as to how the 40 children who will come to that centre will be managed in the school system. More shocking is the fact that not one of the NGOs working with refugees, immigrants and people in direct provision have been consulted by the Department or the various State agencies working in the area. What about the Irish Refugee Council, the Immigrant Council of...

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ..., could be addressed. However, they were opposed by the Minister responsible, Deputy Howlin, and Labour Party Members. I hope this has changed and the Minister of State can clarify the Government’s policy on the oversight issue. Claiming this issue can only be dealt with by the IRP, immigration and residency protection, Bill is a red herring. Obviously, there is a need to...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (23 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...changes. We are concerned about the need to include the establishment of cross-sector multi-disciplinary teams including State bodies, such as the Garda Síochána and the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, voluntary bodies and NGOs which develop and monitor human trafficking policies and other such bodies the Minister deems appropriate with a view to putting in...

Seanad: Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...ar an chaoi a bhfuil sé ag déileáil le cúrsaí riaracháin ó thaobh obair póilíneachta trasna na hEorpa. The Bill is mostly technical in nature and is intended to change the administrative status of Europol to bring it under the remit of the European Union. This is necessary in line with bringing Irish legislation in line with the European Council decision which brought Europol...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (26 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...been laid before the Houses. That committee might be a very useful vehicle in trying to resolve those issues. I further note the Ombudsman's suggestion that there is a case for constitutional status for the office to keep it safe from political attack and partisanship. It has been argued that constitutional status would also further recognise the office as a viable alternative to the...