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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: On 18 September 2020, I announced that 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. The person concerned should send their renewal application directly to repatadmin@justice.ie six weeks in advance of the new expiry...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: My Department did not engage any third party company in 2017, 2019 and 2020 to conduct monitoring of or provide reports on social media coverage across Twitter or Facebook.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, Covid-19 clearly provides unique challenges to congregated settings, including our prisons. Covid-19 in a prison setting would present significant challenges for prison management in terms of controlling the spread of the virus amongst staff and prisoners, the provision of appropriate medical treatment to affected persons and the maintenance of staffing levels....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Wills (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The possible establishment of such a register has been suggested on a number of occasions, including in a number of Private Members Bills. Consultations with a number of stakeholders, including the Law Society, have however, identified a number of important practical and legal obstacles to establishing such a mechanism. In the first instance, registration of a will would not guarantee its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: 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 functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the taxation of costs hearings was the first body of adjourned work to be dealt with by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: Legal Cost Adjudicators are independent office holders attached to the High Court. In order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquires made and the Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicator (OLCA) has informed me that, assuming all formalities have been completed, the current waiting times for a case to be listed for hearing by the Office currently stands at approximately 16...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: Detailed information on the circumstances in which a person, who is not a refugee, can seek to sponsor a non-EEA national family member to join and reside with them in the State is contained in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification, which can be found on the Immigration Service website at: . If the family members are visa required nationals they must seek the appropriate visa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, a retired judge, Gerard Haughton, is conducting a scoping exercise into the tragic death of the person in question, whose case has been discussed in Dáil Éireann on a number of occasions. The judge furnished an interim report to my predecessor on 13 November last. Following consultation between Judge Haughton, the family concerned, and the Attorney...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The "Join Family" visa application referred to by the Deputy was submitted to the Dar-es-Salaam Visa Office on 10 March 2020, for processing in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. The Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications to join Irish citizen family members should be dealt with within six...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 was enacted with the primary purposes of reforming the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and facilitating the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). These are companies registered under the Companies Act, the members of which are the owners of residential units...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: For reasons of maintaining full confidentiality, it is not my Department's practice to comment on whether an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State. An applicant for such protection status, or their legal representative, should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (13 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The International Protection Solicitors Panel, which is provided by the Legal Aid Board (LAB), plays an important role in providing legal assistance to people making an application for international protection and permission to remain in the State. Solicitors on the Panel provide a range of legal services including assistance with the international protection questionnaire and interview...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: Budget 2021 seeks to shield our economy and society through one of the worst crises in living memory. The Government's priorities in guiding the State through the pandemic are protecting the lives of our people and ensuring our economy can weather this storm. The protection of our people is the core of the Department of Justice and Equality's work and the record €3 billion allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 and 240 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 these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including the training of its members and Garda staff. The Commissioner is also responsible for the effective and efficient use of the resources available to An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: Since 2017, my Department has administered a grant aid scheme supporting groups wishing to establish a community-based CCTV system in their area. To date, 29 applications have been approved under the scheme, involving approved grants awarded totalling more than €752,000. Eligible groups, including community groups and local authorities nationwide, can apply for grant aid of up to 60%...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The application for a certificate of naturalisation from one of the persons referred to by the Deputy has been approved. The certificate fee and final documents have been requested by the Citizenship Division of the Immigration Service of my Department in correspondence dated 5 October 2020. The processing of the second application remains ongoing at this time. The granting of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Communications (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The issue of assisted dying is a very complex issue which gives rise to medical, ethical and moral issues, as well as criminal justice and constitutional issues. It was for this reason that I, along with my colleague the Minister for Health, Mr. Stephen Donnelly T.D., tabled a timed amendment to the Dying with Dignity Bill seeking to refer it to a special committee to allow for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: On 18 September 2020, I announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions. This applies to immigration, including Short Stay Visitor Visas, and international protection permissions to reside in the State that are due to expire between 20 September 2020 and 20 January 2021, and supplements all previous extension notices. While the Extension...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of Way (14 Oct 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) is responsible for registering ownership of land in the State, including appurtenant rights attaching to land such as rights of access and rights of way. This statutory function is conferred on the PRA under the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006. These Acts make provision for the making of more detailed statutory rules setting out the...