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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I recently advised the Deputy, I can assure him that I am in ongoing contact with the Garda Commissioner in relation to a wide range of crime and policing concerns, including knife and other violent crime. A comprehensive and robust legal framework is in place with respect to knife crime including heavy penalties for breaches of the laws concerned. In recent years the maximum penalty for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received on 19 August 2014 from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fuel Laundering (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been advised by the Garda authorities that An Garda Siochána's Mayo Division has received eighty six complaints of petrol stretching in the past four months. These complaints, details of the numbers of which are shown in the table below, have been received by the Garda Divisions in Claremorris and Ballina. I am further informed that these complaints are currently under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy applied for a change of immigration status on 10 February 2014. This application will shortly receive attention and a reply will duly issue to his legal representative. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for the two year period ending 16th November, 2014. It will be open to the person concerned to apply in writing for the renewal of this permission one month before their current permission expires. Queries in relation to the status...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be 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 remain in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The question of residency status does not arise at this time in the case of the person whose details were supplied. As the Deputy will be aware, if the person 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 remain in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The question of residency status does not arise at this time in the case of the person whose details were supplied. As the Deputy will be aware, if the person 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 remain in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. While the person concerned has submitted some of the required documentation, other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, made on 25th May, 2011. Representations have been received on behalf of the person concerned, requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended)....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question or her mother. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in her absolute discretion,...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: My apologies, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: My apologies.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 creates an obligation for relevant organisations to conduct vetting of persons working with or providing relevant services to children. Such services include "the provision by a person, whether or not for commercial or other consideration, of accomodation in his or her own home." Consequently, language schools which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government intends to proceed to ratification of the Convention as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to ensure all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under the Convention are met. As the Deputy is aware, Ireland has a dualist legal system and therefore does not become party to treaties until it is first in a position to comply with the obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Dublin visa office on 16 September 2014. The application is currently being examined and a decision will be issued shortly. It is open to a visa-required national to make a visa application for any purpose including for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter has issued to the person referred to by the Deputy asking her to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. When the fee and documentation has been received, the person concerned will be invited in due course to attend a citizenship ceremony, at which she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The matter referred to by the Deputy was brought to the attention of the Acting Garda Commissioner by way of a disclosure under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 alleging ongoing Garda misconduct in the cancellation of Fixed Charge Notices. The Acting Commissioner referred the matter to me with a request that I consider referring the allegations to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: In early February, the Government approved the drafting of a Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill to replace the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 with modern provisions dealing with community sanctions and the role of the Probation Service in the criminal justice system. The General Scheme of the Bill, which is available on my Department's website, has been submitted to the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department 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...