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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The scheme for the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants opened for applications on 31 January 2022. Applications will be accepted for six months until 31 July 2022, when the scheme will close. The scheme is only open to those who do not have a current permission to reside in the State and who meet the eligibility criteria, and will enable successful applicants to remain and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Interest Rates (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the agencies, bodies and offices under the remit of my Department in relation to negative interest charges. The information provided to my Department is set out in tabular format below. An Garda Síochána The amount of interest charged on An Garda Síochána deposit accounts since negative...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that there are no former Secretaries General on secondment from my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The application for naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, continues to be processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, and all applications are processed in line with the eligibility criteria as set out under the Act. Each application is assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: Section 20 of the Betting Acts addresses a number of matters that apply to bookmakers’ premises, such as what may be placed and displayed outside premises, as well as restrictions on the material and information that may be displayed inside and outside a bookmaker’s premises. Responsibility for the regulation of bookmakers’ premises is a matter for the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1298 and 1299 together. I am advised that the Irish Prison Service provides a primary health care service for prisoners at all sites across the prison estate and that prisoners are eligible for specialist referral if required. The Prison Service aims to provide prisoners with access to the same scope and quality of health services available under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the restoration of prison regimes, including the restoration of physical visits, was implemented in July of 2021 in line with the vaccination status of the general prison population. As such, the restoration of physical visits to Cloverhill Prison was deferred at the time given the low vaccination acceptance in the prison which was significantly less than other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of Way (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: In terms of the current position on the registration of prescriptive easements (including prescriptive rights of way), the Deputy may be aware that the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021 was enacted and came into operation on 30 November 2021. The 2021 Act repeals a number of changes to the law on prescriptive easements under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, which were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Border Management Unit of my Department is responsible for frontline immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. All other ports of entry are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). I have sought the information requested from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1304 and 1368 together. 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: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that this application is under active consideration. While the Irish Prison Service is cognisant of the fact that this prisoner has a relatively short period of time left to serve in the transferring state, there remain necessary steps to be followed, and information to be obtained, before the application can be processed further.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on 16 March 2022 on a Short Stay C-visa and was granted a 90 day permission by the Immigration Officer at their port of entry. They applied for and entered the State in order to care for their ill parent. Any non-EEA national who comes to the State as a visitor is expected to leave Ireland before the expiry of their visitor...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, the scheme in question applies to serving members of An Garda Síochána who joined between 1989 and 2013 and whose training included on-the-job, known as 'Phase II', training prior to attestation. Provisions for eligible serving members to ‘buy back’ 6 months of service for this training, which members carried out in assigned Garda stations,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training matters. As Minister, I have no role in this regards. I am assured by the Garda authorities that An Garda Síochána are acutely aware of the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training matters. As Minister, I have no role in this regard. I am informed that An Garda Síochána are supportive of any initiatives which will support persons with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). This includes the recruitment and training of all Garda members and staff. As the Deputy will be aware, there are several legislative measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities. For example,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1311 to 1313, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware there are a series of procedural safeguards in place with regard to the treatment in custody and questioning of children under the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations, 1987, and the Children Act, 2001. Any breaches of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have been advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the Irish Prison Service Code of Ethics is available on the Irish Prison Service Website (www.irishprisons.ie) in the publications section. The Code sets out the values and behaviours expected of and demonstrated by prison staff across the Service on a daily basis. The Code is grounded on the Prison Service core values...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: At the outset, I would like to acknowledge the pain and trauma experienced by all families of missing persons. I am deeply conscious of how difficult life is for loved ones who simply don't know what has happened to their relative. My Department is committed to working with all relevant state bodies to help more families find their missing relatives. As the Deputy will appreciate, in...