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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, arising from the refusal of the asylum application of the person concerned, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 5th December, 2008, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has been granted permission to remain in the State, on immigration Stamp 3 conditions, for the period to 4th November 2015. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 4th November, 2013. The decision to grant such status was arrived at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. One such condition is that the Minister must be satisfied that the applicant is of good character. It would be inappropriate for me to indicate what might or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence. A...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would refer the Deputy to my predecessor's replies to Parliamentary Questions No. 146 of 10 April, 2014 and 536 of 30 April, 2014 in the case of the person whose details were supplied. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As stated in the previous reply made to the Deputy on 16 January 2014, the person mentioned was to make an application for leave to remain in the State in their own right and present the circumstances of his case. To date an application has not been received from this person. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Irish Naturalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the Residence Division have no record of having received an application for residency in the State on the basis of being in a de facto relationship with an Irish national or resident in respect of the person referred to. The person concerned should be advised by the Deputy to write immediately to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (15 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that the details (since 2011) of the merger or abolition of agencies under the remit of my Department are outlined as follows:- Merger of the Valuation Office, the Property Registration Authority and Ordnance Survey Ireland. The merger of the Property Registration Authority, Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland has been mandated by the Government under the...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I welcome the opportunity to respond on this Bill, which has been introduced by Deputy Wallace. The Bill's tabling comes as debate continues on the various matters addressed in the report to the Government by Mr. Sean Guerin and other recent issues of concern, which have been well articulated by Deputies. We discussed these issues most recently two weeks ago in the course of the statements...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dissident Republican Activity (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The discovery recently of an explosive device in a car at a hotel in Dublin showed the scant regard which some people have for the lives and safety of innocent persons. Deputies will also be aware that the Gardaí interdicted another explosive device last Sunday at Kilcurry in County Louth and made a number arrests. The Garda authorities, with the assistance of the Defence Forces, are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would draw the Deputy's attention to section 14 of the Parental Leave Act 1998, which provides that all employment rights (with the exception of the right to remuneration or superannuation benefits, or any obligation to pay contributions in or in respect of the employment), are protected while on parental leave. A period of time spent on parental leave accordingly reckons towards...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The criminal law elements of the Optional Protocol have largely been implemented by the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 and the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008. On 17 December last, the Government approved the drafting of a wide ranging Sexual Offences Bill. This will include measures to enable full compliance with the criminal law provisions of a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Court of Justice Rulings (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in the Google Spain case on 13 May. In this case, the Court found that when a search engine operator searches for and presents personal information, such an operator 'collects' data within the meaning of the 1995 Data Protection Directive. For the purposes of the Directive, the operator is therefore a data 'controller' and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 643 to 645, inclusive, and 682 to 684, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently investigations relating to 16 complaints in total involving the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). I am further informed that a Detective Inspector from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI) has been designated as Senior...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I believe that the provisions of the Victims of Crime Directive will strengthen support to victims, including those who have suffered sexual violence. The Directive, which covers all victims of crime, is due to be implemented by the Member States by the 16th of November 2015. The Directive provides that the victim should receive appropriate information about their case, have access to victim...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 was signed into law by the President on 16 April 2014. The aim of the legislation is to improve the rate of fine default and reduce to the greatest extent possible the use of imprisonment as a sanction for fine default. It provides that the Court imposing a fine shall take into account a person's financial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such cases for so long as they are in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended provides that the Minister for Justice has absolute discretion to grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. One such condition is that Minister must be satisfied that the applicant is of good character. The case was submitted to my predecessor for decision and he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for which my Department has responsibility. I would like to refer him to the response given by my colleague, Minister of State Kathleen Lynch on 27 February 2014, in which she informed the House that the Government intends to proceed to ratification of the Convention as quickly as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, if the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process.