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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Orders signed on 11 March 2005. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of Deportation Orders is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). Representations were received on behalf of the persons concerned requesting that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I stress that there has been a great amount of focus and priority placed on not only the Drogheda area, but an area extending into east Meath. Through the Vivian Guerin report, there has been a great amount of investment in our communities and supporting the Garda across Louth and even into the east Meath area. The Garda Commissioner has visited a number of stations in the area the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I wish to inform the Deputy that the citizenship application of the person referred to was approved and their Certificate of Naturalisation was issued by registered post on 07 October 2022. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: A response was issued by my Department to this correspondence on the 28 March 2022. This correspondence explained that the Afghan Admission Programme which was designed as a specific response to the evolving situation in Afghanistan closed for applications on the 11 March 2022. The applications continue to be assessed in a pragmatic and humanitarian manner with a view to issuing decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions, who is independent in the exercise of her functions under Section 2(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended). As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in prosecution matters. To be of assistance, I have contacted the Court Service and asked them to provide the information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: As of 10 October 2022, a total of 52,585 people have been recorded as arriving in the State from Ukraine. The vast majority of those arriving to date are women and children. There is a coordinated whole-of-Government response to support people arriving in Ireland who have fled the violence in Ukraine. Government Departments and services are working together to implement Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by officials in the Irish Prison Service, who are the competent body for the administration of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts, that an application made on behalf of the person referred to is under consideration. My officials have begun processing the application in accordance with the provisions of the Acts. The Deputy will appreciate that applications of this nature...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information from An Garda Síochána, and will respond to the Deputy when this is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Government is firmly committed to ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, several legislative measures have been implemented which were necessary to ensure that Ireland is in compliance with the obligations of the Optional Protocol. Enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have confirmed that once the person referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application online to register the Stamp 4 immigration permission granted and that application is at processing stage, a refund of that fee will then be issued. Since 20 July 2020 all renewals for the Dublin area are being processed online at: inisonline.jahs.ie. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may know, in June I published Zero Tolerance, our new Strategy to combat all forms of domestic, sexual and gender based violence and to ensure we fully support those who are victims of it. It is an ambitious five-year programme of reform to achieve a society which does not accept DSGBV or the attitudes which underpin it. The €363 million strategy is built on the four...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 584 and 585 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the Dublin Declaration is a statement of intent by the Council of Europe member states on the importance of taking measures to prevent domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). It is a clear statement of our collective commitment to preventing such heinous crimes. A substantial majority of Council...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: As part of Budget 2023 I, along with Ministers Donohoe and McGrath, announced a halving of Special Exemption Order court and excise fees. The court fee for each Special Exemption Order is now €150, rather than €300 as was the case previously. Excise duty, payable to the Revenue Commissioners, is now €55 rather than €110 as was the case previously. This means that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, both the Programme for Government and the Government's Housing for All Strategy commits to the establishment of a new division of the High Court dealing with planning and environmental issues. The Programme for Government specifies that the new law court will be managed by specialist judges and established on the same basis as the existing commercial court model....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: It is my intention that every person who needs a refuge space will have access to one. I fully acknowledge the need for a significant increase in the provision of refuge spaces and I am committed to achieving this in order to ensure that victims have a safe place when they need it. In June, I brought to Government Zero Tolerance: the Third National Strategy to combat Domestic, Sexual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: Under Budget 2023 I have secured an additional €9m, which represents a 22% increase, for combatting domestic, sexual and gender based violence. This record level of funding will also support the implementation of Zero Tolerance, our Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, which I launched in late June. This additional €9 million includes increased...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: In response to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Department of Justice remains focused on processing applications for family reunification made under all admission avenues, including the Afghan Admissions Programme for family members of Afghan nationals living in Ireland. I understand that this is a difficult situation for our Afghan community and their loved ones. I would...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 591 and 592 together. As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. This includes responsibility for the recruitment and deployment of Garda members throughout the State. As Minister, I have no role...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: Diverting young people away from involvement in criminal activity is a key priority for the Government and the exploitation of young people and children is a particular concern. As the Deputy will be aware, while the existing law allows an adult to be prosecuted for a crime which has been committed by a child who has been incited to do so by the adult, there is currently no mechanism in law...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the applications he refers to were created on a number of dates during the month of August. Supporting documentation in relation to the applications was subsequently received in the visa office on various dates between the 7 and 27 September 2022. It is not possible to give a definitive date as to when these applications will be finalised. All applications...