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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will appreciate that the decision about whether or not to prosecute a person, and for what crime, is entirely a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions and I have no role in such matters. As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998 management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and the deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 649 to 652, inclusive, together. The European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018, transposing the EU (Recast) Reception Conditions Directive, came into effect from 30 June 2018. The Regulations provide, inter alia, for access to the labour market for eligible international protection applicants. An applicant who has not received a first...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for management of An Garda Síochána and for the allocation and efficient use of Garda resources. This includes responsibility for the distribution of personnel across the various Garda Divisions. As Minister I have no direct role in these matters. The establishment of Divisional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Immigration Service of my Department advises that the individual referred to was refused a residence card on 22 November 2017, as they were not in compliance with the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. I also understand that the Immigration Service received a request for a review of that decision on 5 December 2017. Following a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. Following the consideration of those representations, a decision was taken that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government approved the drafting of a General Scheme to provide for the use of body-worn cameras by An Garda Síochána last year in response to a recommendation of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. It was decided that the use of body-worn cameras will form part of the wider Garda Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) management strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 657 to 661, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no role in decisions on such matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: To ensure that those with employment permits can continue to have their immigration registration maintained, on 18 September 2020, I announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 20 January 2021. This applies to immigration permissions that are due to expire between 20 September 2020 and 20 January 2021. Renewal is on the same basis as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Immigration Service of my Department is currently processing approximately 16,000 applications from people seeking to renew their immigration registration. Significant demand accumulated during the four months that the Registration Office was closed due to COVID-19. To assist in addressing this demand, a new online system for the renewal of Registrations in the Dublin area was developed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 671 together. The person concerned is the subject of a transfer decision to the United Kingdom by the International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department, under the EU Dublin III Regulation, which determines the State responsible for examining a protection application. The transfer decision was subsequently affirmed on appeal to the International...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 667 together. A person who applies for a Residence Card on the basis of being a Qualified Family Member (QFM) of an EU National will generally be granted a Temporary Stamp 4 (TS4) of 6-9 months duration, on application, pending the processing of their application. A TS4 enables a person to live and work in the State. If their application is refused,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Under Regulation 25 of the European Communities (Free Movements of Persons) Regulations 2015, if an applicant believes that there was an error in fact or in law in reaching their initial EU Treaty Rights decision, they are entitled to seek a review of that decision. A total of 2,142 review applications are currently on hand in respect of 91 different nationalities. 28 countries have 5 or more...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As I announced on 18 September 2020, a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions has been granted to 20 January 2021. This applies to permissions that are due to expire between 20 September 2020 and 20 January 2021 and to the same 3 primary categories of persons as before: 1. Those who are renewing their permission; 2. Those awaiting a first...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy made an application for Temporary and Limited Leave to Remain (Stamp '0') which was received by the Immigration Service of my Department on 14 September 2020. The application was acknowledged on 15 September 2020, and will be processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. The Policy Document...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person concerned made an application for permission to remain in the State as the spouse of an Irish national in December 2019. In order to be fair to all applicants, applications are dealt with in chronological order. The Immigration Service of my Department endeavours to process applications as quickly as possible. However, processing times may vary due to a number of factors, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Programme for Government commits to reviewing and reforming defamation laws, to ensure a balanced approach to the right to freedom of expression, the right to protection of good name and reputation, and the right of access to justice. My Department has already completed very extensive work on the review of the Defamation Act 2009. Completion of the review has, however, been delayed by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, and all other applicable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to, made an application for family reunification under the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015, on 9 July 2019. The case is in the final stages of processing and a decision letter is expected to issue shortly. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service of my Department by e-mail using...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 675 and 676 together. Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004, children born of other foreign national parents in the island of Ireland on or after 1 January 2005, are not automatically entitled to Irish citizenship. Citizenship for a child born in Ireland may be applied for in the following circumstances: - If one of the child's parents has 3...