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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is very little I can do about the US immigration system. I am trying to put rules on the Irish immigration system. I cannot control the US immigration system. It is regrettable that these new measures are being introduced by the United States. I welcome the fact that the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach have indicated that they think the measures are inappropriate. We will mention...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It is hugely concerning.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The Government's redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes is discriminatory and unjust. That is not my assessment; it is the view of the special advocate for survivors, who has examined the scheme. In her report, Patricia Carey says the scheme has caused anger and distress, retraumatised some survivors and created a hierarchy of suffering. This is all down to a deliberate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will answer Deputy O'Flynn's last question while it is fresh in my mind. Yes, anyone who comes in claiming international protection is fingerprinted and assessed against the Eurodac system.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Are all the machines working?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: That happens to anyone who arrives into a port. The Deputy raised issues with the passport system. We all want to speed up the passport system as much as possible so that people can get their passports quickly. The Deputy then raised the issue of people who seek citizenship through naturalisation. I had the great privilege of being down in Killarney on Monday when a judge was handing out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Does the Minister believe it is acceptable that Irish passports and citizenship can be granted by his Government without proper documentation? That is the question here. That is what it is really about. All the Minister has done in his answer is to confirm that people can enter this country without identification, claim asylum and sign a sworn affidavit saying who they are without proving...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want the Deputy to know that Irish passports and citizenship are not granted easily. I am sure that if the Minister for foreign affairs were here, he would confirm that is true of passports. With regard to citizenship, many colleagues in this House ask me about citizenship applications. They criticise how long they take and ask why the process is so lengthy. The reason is that you have...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (25 Jun 2025)

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Ba mhaith liom caint inniu faoi rud éigin atá i mbéal an phobail faoi láthair, an issue that is really crucial to Ireland's climate ambitions and something I have really championed, that is, private wire legislation. It is stated in the programme for Government that such legislation will be expedited. We all support that programme for Government but this is not being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I extend the condolences of the Social Democrats on the death of disability activist, Jacqui Browne. Her loss will be greatly felt. The details in today's Women's Aid report are deeply disturbing but not surprising. We know domestic and gender-based violence is insidious. It thrives in silence, shame and in the shadows but it is everywhere, in every parish, every institution and every...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I express my condolences and those of the Government to the family of the disability campaigner, Jacqui Browne. I appreciate that the Deputy, as a man, has identified that this is predominantly a men's issue because violence against women is perpetrated by men. He is right in his identification that the influences on young men at present are considerably different from when he was a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I fully concur that the responsibility lies with men to address this pervasive issue. However, that does not absolve the State of its responsibility, and the State is in neglect of its responsibilities across a variety of fields when it comes to men's violence against women, be that the provision of refuge centres, the collation of data or the regulation of social media platforms. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to emphasise the role of Coimisiún na Meán. In October 2024, it adopted Ireland's first online safety code, which obliges designated platforms to protect people, especially children, from harmful video and associated content. People spend far too much of their lives looking at social media. We need to tell young people, and adults, that what they see on social...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I highlight a serious contradiction at the heart of the immigration and passport system, which raises serious concerns for national security, consistency and public trust. I will start with the Irish passport system. Every Irish citizen goes through a rigorous process to get a passport. Parents applying for their child's first passport must submit the long-form birth certificate,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Domestic violence against women is taken extremely seriously by the Government. I outlined some of the measures in my response to the Deputy but more are ongoing. I did not mention the fact that we are going to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, which will ensure greater rights for the families of children whose mother, generally, has been murdered by the father of the child. We...

Visit of Polish Delegation (25 Jun 2025)

Visit of Polish Delegation (25 Jun 2025)

Verona Murphy: Before we move to our next question, I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery H.E. Mr. Artur Michalski, ambassador of Poland to Ireland, who is today accompanied by Ms Agnieszka Skolimowska, first counsellor at the embassy. They are very welcome. We move to the Labour Party. I call Deputy Bacik.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I want to mark the sad passing of Jacqui Browne, who died yesterday. I had the pleasure of knowing and working with Jacqui as an activist on Thalidomide over many years and was very sad to hear the news. May she rest in peace. With its report today, Women’s Aid has highlighted the reality that we have an epidemic of violence against women in Ireland. We, of course, acknowledge...