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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (7 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address the continued delays in applicants receiving appointment dates at the Garda immigration section in Limerick with 18 week lead-in times for such appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5120/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf. This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Helen McEntee: ...visa appeals are dealt with in strict chronological order. Processing times and decisions at the Dublin Visa Office can be checked at the following link which is updated each Tuesday: www.irishimmigration.ie/visa-decisions/. Processing times can change during the year, for example before holiday periods or for study applications prior to a new college year. A decision will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...are awaiting a decision. I would note that where a person is granted refugee status or other permission to remain they no longer require a Labour Market Access permission to take up employment and instead are issued with a Stamp 4 immigration permission.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on each EU immigration policy that Ireland has opted into, including the dates when the Government decided to opt in or out and when the measure was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5514/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...must be made by their parent, legal guardian or person acting on the child's behalf "in loco parentis". Detailed information on how to apply for naturalisation is available on my Department's Irish Immigration website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-a-citizen/

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...fair, efficient, and responsive to the needs of Irish society and the economy generally. The Government agreed in principle last year that a single application procedure for employment permits and immigration permissions should be developed and established an Inter Departmental Working Group to develop an implementation plan for consideration by Government. I can advise the Deputy that,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf More details can be found at the link below:...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of mine, a happy 100th birthday. I understand that the Tánaiste received correspondence from the British Labour Party at the beginning of September with regard to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill that is going through the British Houses of Parliament and its implications for the Good Friday Agreement, particularly with regard to the jurisdiction of the European...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: International Protection (1 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe O'Brien: ...Department's voluntary return programme. It is the case that many individuals who were subject to deportation orders have left the State without notifying the relevant authorities. The Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, has reviewed a large sample of the cases that were subject to deportation orders. Their inquiries suggest that a very significant number of these individuals have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family reunification...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am happy to inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer the Visa was granted on 30 January 2024. Entry into the State is solely at the discretion of the Immigration Officer at the port of entry. The onus is on the individuals to have all documentation relating to their reasons for entering Ireland for presentation to the Immigration Officer to gain entry. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the Deputy that the Citizenship Division of my Department intends to communicate regularly with all applicants on a quarterly basis into the future. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Feb 2024)

Mairead Farrell: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay with an application by a person (details supplied) for a change of name licence through the domestic residence and permissions unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family reunification...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...of the online application. The forms provide a seamless application process and help guide applicants through what is required for an application. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose....

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...protection directive, and Europe may legislate to extend it in some shape or form, then, as I said in committee, thought needs to be given to how people will come into line with the rest of Irish immigration legislation. They will be able to apply for international protection or they can apply for a visa. Some of them will go onto the international protection rail. While we are seeking...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Marc MacSharry: ...that we must pay these higher rates. This, of course, is false and is not the case. Sadly, situations such as this and what I describe, frankly, as our reactionary and non-strategic approach to the immigration crisis throughout the world, have added to building resentment, which is in nobody's interest in Ireland. Obviously, having migrated the world ourselves, we are very conscious of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on National Development Plan: Economic and Social Research Institute (31 Jan 2024)

...and this is reflected in the current rate of unemployment, around 4%, which is historically low. Noting limits to increased labour supply from sources such as increased participation and increased immigration, it is clear that the economy and, hence, the NDP face severe capacity constraints. Studies are reviewed in the report which sought to quantify the amount of labour needed to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: .... That is also important. I will also raise the issue of waste. I recently put in a parliamentary question to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on the procurement made to deal with the current migrant and immigration situation. At the start of 2023, I questioned the Minister on how many buildings the Department had purchased for the purpose of housing migrants. At that stage, 20 buildings...