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

Helen McEntee: The applications for naturalisation from the people referred to by the Deputy, continue to be processed by my Department with a view to establishing whether the applicants meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. It is recognised that all applicants for citizenship would wish to have a decision on their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: The application for the person referred to by the Deputy was received by the Undocumented Unit of my Department on 16 March 2022 and continues to be processed. Due to the large number of applications on hand it is not possible to provide a definitive timeframe for a decision to issue. Each application received is assessed individually in accordance with the published criteria, available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, an independent study has been commissioned by the Department into familicide and domestic homicide reviews. This independent research, initially led by Norah Gibbons until her untimely passing in 2020, has involved consultations with a wide range of stakeholders including family members of victims, State agencies and non-governmental organisations, with a view to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: An application for a Irish Citizen Child (ICCA) was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 16 November 2020 and continues to be processed. My Department endeavours to process all applications as quickly as possible, however, processing times may vary due to a number of factors, such as the number of applications on hands, individual circumstances, the complexity of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 to 449, inclusive, together. As the Deputy is aware, the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) was established as a cross Departmental response to address the matter of non-EEA workers on certain categories of vessels in the Irish fishing fleet, who are not currently eligible for an employment permit under the system operated by the Department of Enterprise, Trade...

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

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no direct role. The table below, provided to me by the Garda authorities, outlines the number of Gardaí recorded as sustaining an...

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

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy created on-line Employment visa application on 3 June 2022. The supporting documentation and relevant fees were applied on 25 August 2022 in the Manila visa office. The application is currently awaiting comprehensive examination but the vast majority of applications of this nature are currently processed within 8 weeks. The processing times for visa...

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

Helen McEntee: Any non-EEA national who comes to the State as a visitor is expected to leave Ireland before the expiry of their visitor permission. Any Extension of Visitor Conditions (EVIC) application would only be granted where the circumstances have changed from the time the person was granted the original visa or from when they entered the State if they are not from a visa required country. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am deeply conscious of how important the granting of naturalisation is to those who apply for it and my Department continued to accept and process citizenship applications throughout the pandemic and during all levels of public health restrictions. The total number of applications received between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2022 is 3,706. Of these, 3 have been successful in their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (15 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 was published on 13 September. The purpose of this Bill is to fulfil the commitment to statutory reforms outlined in the Department of Justice’s 2021 Action Plan under Action 69 to ‘progress the centralisation and automation of court offices and processes through the publication of the Courts and Civil Law...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (15 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 and 278 together. I am aware that Special Exemption Orders can be a source of frustration for the night-time entertainment industry. In order to support vintners and other licensed premises due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sector, court fees and excise duty relating to Special Exemption Orders (SEOs) were waived twice, from 19th October...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Sep 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. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: Special leave with pay for COVID-19 is used in lieu of sick leave to assist in the prevention of the possible onward spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Circular 2/1976, which covers special leave with pay, should only apply in lieu of sick leave for COVID-19 when an employee is required to self-isolate and is displaying symptoms of COVID-19, and is either awaiting a test result or has had...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (15 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period, to 15 August 2022. This was communicated in writing by letter dated 21 August 2019. Their family member aged 18 years also had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further period, from 8 December 2019 to 15 August 2022. This was communicated in writing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coroners Service (20 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising this important matter and for giving me an opportunity to provide clarity on some of the issues and to outline what has been done to date. We have plans to do further work. As the Deputy outlined, the coroners service is a network of coroners and districts throughout the country. Coroners are independent, quasi-judicial officials whose function...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coroners Service (20 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy. Once again, I will engage with her on this issue and once we have the report and review, and have a greater idea of where we are going in what changes need to be made, we can continue to engage on that. As Dr. Jonathan Jacob is deputy coroner at present, it might be an idea for that request to come in. It may be the case that the changes are not being made on the basis...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank both Deputies for raising this issue in the House today. This incident is very much at the forefront of our mind today and the incident referred to by the Deputies is completely unacceptable for those living in the local communities who have to put up with it. I agree with Deputies in condemning this in the strongest terms. What we saw was a blatant disregard for the law, for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I would be happy to meet with the community and with members of the Garda Síochána. I have spoken directly today to the chief superintendent and I think it would be important to meet with the community. We have also engaged with Dublin City Council. I know a report had been done outlining how there can be greater development, not just in the Cherry Orchard area but in the larger...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 454 and 456 together. The scheme for the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants opened for applications on 31 January 2022 and closed on the 31 July 2022. The scheme was only open to those who did not have a current permission to reside in the State and who met the eligibility criteria. The scheme will  enable successful applicants to...