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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the application referred to was created on 17 October 2023. Supporting documentation was received in the Riyadh office on 13 November 2023. The application was received in the Abu Dhabi Visa Office on 8 February 2024 where it awaits examination and processing. I can advise the Deputy that in 2023, over 166,000 visa applications were submitted and approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: Firstly, I would again like to pay tribute to the rapid response of An Garda Síochána, and other emergency support services, who brought the unrest in November to a halt and restored order to the city quickly following the tragic events of that day. Obviously, there are ongoing Garda investigations into this matter and, in the days and months since, a total of 51 people have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Regrettably, this was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Ward of Courts system is administered through the Courts. Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Ward of Courts system is administered through the Courts. Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Ward of Courts system is administered through the Courts. Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have been informed that the naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department on the 15 July 2024, and will be registered in due course. All applicants who make an online application receive a confirmation email to state that the application has been received. Presently, the Citizenship Division are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 4 immigration permission due to expire on 05 October 2024. The Registration Office has no record of an application to renew this permission from the person concerned. If the person wishes to renew their permission, they can apply using the Immigration Service Delivery online renewal portal available at: inisonline.jahs.ie/user/login ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that my Department has not received an application from the person referred to. Information is available for EU citizens residing in Ireland who wish to have their family members join them, is available on my Departments website at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-join-family-in-ireland/joi ning-an-eea-or-swiss-national/ Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. It is open to anyone to make an application for citizenship once they meet the criteria as set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. It is open to anyone to make an application for citizenship once they meet the criteria as set out in...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The record justice allocation for 2025 of €3.92 billion will help to keep our communities stronger and safer. This budget is a step change in investment across the entire criminal justice system, including the courts and prisons, and will build on a robust programme of new laws, policy delivery and significant capital investment in technology, equipment and buildings. I am pleased...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Senator for his overall support for the objective here, which is radical change. I do think it is needed and necessary. To the Senator's point, we have a situation where family law matters are often put at the end of a list. They are not reached by the end of the day and the next sitting is months later. As public representatives, all of us have countless people coming to us...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: At the moment, despite the work of the wonderful people who work in family law, the system does not work for people. Families are waiting too long and seeing cases adjourned because it is not a family-friendly environment and the system was not built for these difficult situations or even for the less complex cases. Thankfully, we are starting to see the effect of the additional judges and...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: These are technical drafting amendments. Amendment No. 2 takes account of the change of title and responsibilities of the relevant Minister since the Bill was published from Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. Amendment No. 10 and others seek to address minor editing matters and punctuation.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I will respond to this and the other amendments as well. I thank the Senator for his amendment. At the outset, I am fully supportive of the objective and the intention to ensure the welfare of children is not in any way at risk of being overlooked throughout this Bill or in any family law proceedings. As he has rightly mentioned, Article 42A of the Constitution provides that "the best...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: These are a series of amendments that reflect issues raised by stakeholder groups working with those affected by domestic violence. The amendments make provision to ensure that when considering the suspension of proceedings to enable mediation or other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to occur, the court is required to endeavour to ensure that its suspension does not negatively...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: These are a number of largely technical amendments to ensure appropriate consultation between judges but also the Courts Service. We are inserting amendment No. 11 as a new subsection to section 10 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, which sets down the functions of the principal judge of the Family High Court and takes account of the statutory functions of the Courts Service...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: In section 15 I am providing for expressions of interest in an assignment as principal judge of the family High Court to be made to the president of the High Court by either existing ordinary judges of the High Court and-or from persons who are to be appointed to the High Court. While the published Bill provides, at section 16(4) for such persons to express an interest to the president of...