Immigration Residence & Protection Bill

Immigrants and their advocates are awaiting what we understand is the imminent publication of a revised Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. Nasc was part of a coalition of eight human rights organisations that prepared a Briefing paper on the previous government’s Immigration Residence & Protection Bill of 2010.

Nasc welcomes the recent Supreme Court Decision in Sulaimon v Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform [1]. The Supreme Court, upholding the decision of the High Court, found that residency permission is effective from the date of the letter from the Minister granting permission to reside and not... Read more

Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any circumstances under which the non-EEA national spouse of a naturalised Irish may only be awarded a stamp 4 residence stamp instead of a stamp 4 EU FAM residence stamp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Minister... Read more

Deputy Nicky McFadden (FG) asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the Irish Refugee Council’s report, Roadmap for Asylum Reform; if any of the recommendations in the report are being progressed in policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Minister for Justice... Read more

Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish a new Bill regarding immigration. [39330/12] Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): Work on the details of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 is ongoing at my... Read more

Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality at what point are motoring offences disregarded with respect to applications for residency status; if he will outline if motoring offences are disregarded after a certain amount of time or are they always taken into consideration; if... Read more

Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for applications for long-term residency; if certain categories of case are expedited; if so, the type and the average processing time for these and the options open to a person with Stamp 4 status... Read more

Nasc is one of nine Irish NGOs that have united as part of The Coalition on Domestic Violence to host a number of events to brief politicians and civil servants about the effects of domestic violence on migrant women in Ireland. The events, which took place in Dublin on the 5th and 6th of March, provided... Read more

From the Irish Times, 7 October 2011: MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has said the Republic would act quickly to implement a recent ruling on abortion by the European Court of Human Rights, and was also “seriously considering” conferring ethnic minority status on Travellers. Mr Shatter was speaking... Read more

Patrick’s Day Parade, March 2011  ©Seamus Hegarty (seamushegarty@gmail.com) On 8 March 2011, the European Court of Justice made a decision that means that Ireland will have to discontinue the practice of denying the right to reside and work to the parents of Irish citizen children who live here,... Read more

We continue to be astounded at the misunderstandings that persist amongst front-line staff of the Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding the application of the “habitual residency condition”. The condition requires that applicants have a strong link to Ireland, based on five criteria: (a)... Read more

Nasc staff were in Dublin on Wednesday to attend a demonstration against inhumane and degrading deportation practices. Nasc CEO, Fiona Finn, said: We are asking the government to ensure that an investigation is carried out into events that occurred on a deportation flight last month. When the flight... Read more