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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 has passed Committee Stage in the Dáil, having passed all stages in the Seanad. However, before the Bill could be taken at Report Stage, a 2013 UK Court of Appeal judgment necessitated a review of the disclosure provisions in both the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Spent Convictions Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am interpreting the Deputy’s question in a broad manner so as to provide the information which I believe she is seeking. The term State Boards is somewhat imprecise as it includes bodies with a wide and diverse range of functions many of which would not fall into the more commonly understood definition of Board which is a body with a governance oversight of an organisation. To be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, that an application was received from the person mentioned by the Deputy on 6 August 2013 for residence permission based on being the spouse of an Irish national. A letter issued to this person on 12 August 2013 requesting further documentation, including a valid national passport for the applicant. A...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, that an application was received from the person mentioned by the Deputy on 16 June 2014 seeking to regularise their immigration permission in the State. A letter issued to this person on 17 June 2014 requesting further documentation. Further documentation was received from this person on 8 July 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned has permission as a student in the State valid until 30 September 2014. They will require a work permit to take up employment in the State. The issuing of work permits is a matter for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period, valid to 23rd April, 2017. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by registered post dated 30th April, 2014. I am also advised that a valid application for a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application was received from the person mentioned on 17 February 2014. Further documentation was requested in February 2014 and was received in February and May 2014. This application is currently receiving attention. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that applicant was granted Long-Term Residency permission on 9 September 2010. I understand that the applicant's permission remains valid and has not to date been withdrawn. I am further advised that information made available to INIS indicates that since the granting of his Long-Term Residency in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question, who currently has permission to remain in the State until 15 August 2014. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that two of the persons referred to by the Deputy are documented on INIS records while the third person referred to is not. The first two persons referred to were granted permission to remain in the State in August, 2007 for an initial three year period, valid to 14th August, 2010. Their respective...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statutory Instruments (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware Statutory Instruments are laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. This process is done electronically which facilitates the Oireachtas Library and Research Service when inputting details of these documents on their catalogue which is now available on-line. Consequently readers can now search the on-catalogue, which is updated regularly, for Statutory...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: This was originally Senators Zappone and van Turnhout's idea and it is a good one. I am delighted we were able to agree on a revised text for discussion today, following our talk on this topic on Committee Stage. The proposed amendment adds something valuable to section 42, which itself introduces a positive duty on public bodies to have due regard to human rights and equality and reflects a...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank Senators for their positive approach to the amendment. I am grateful we engaged on the issue because the amendment will strengthen the Bill and the implementation of human rights and assist the work of the new commission, all of which are positive. As I stated, having been on the board of the former Employment Equality Agency and a member of the second Commission on the Status of...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: From the Seanad (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I want to inform the House about a small number of amendments to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill that were discussed and agreed in the Seanad. I propose to outline these amendments and the reasoning behind their acceptance. These are technical amendments which need to be made in two places – in section 10 and in the Long Title to the Bill - and to transpose into...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: From the Seanad (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: This deals with the duties of public bodies and the cross-referencing needed as a result of the changes agreed in the Seanad. Amendment No. 5 is based on a proposal originally introduced by Senators Zappone and van Turnhout in the Seanad and I wish to acknowledge their work. The other amendments are mainly consequential changes in cross-references. The proposed amendments add something...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: From the Seanad (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: This is also a technical amendment. It is being included for sake of consistency with the approach in the workplace relations Bill, which was approved by Government this week. The amendment does not make any substantive change in the text from a strict legal perspective, but it spells out in detail what the existing text - "judicial notice shall be taken" - means and, on that basis, it is...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: From the Seanad (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I take this opportunity to pay tribute to all Members of the Oireachtas who contributed to the informed debate on this important legislation. It is particularly appropriate in view of the fact that Ireland will present its case on human rights to the UN Committee on Human Rights on Monday in Geneva. As Deputy Shatter said, this is a critical part of the infrastructure of human rights. As I...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 1:In page 10, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “ “code of practice” means a code of practice issued under section 20*, and includes part of such a code;”.The Government amendments being tabled relate to Parts 1 and 2 of the Bill. These will deal with key definitions and terminology, as well as the Legal Services...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The amendment provides for a change in terminology from "code of conduct" to "code of practice". This is an outcome of further consideration of the Bill with the Parliamentary Counsel. There are various codes currently applied in respect of the legal professions and we have to comprehend them in the Bill. For example, under the new and independent professional conduct regime, reliance...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is clear from what I have said already that the codes of practice in place at present will continue. However, given that we are introducing a new independent regulatory authority and given the functions the new authority will have, it is also clear that the new authority will have a function in respect of codes of practice. I think I have spelled that out. If an area of major concern...