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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of the persons with the family name referred to by the Deputy. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application is received. The records indicate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: 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 3rd February 2010. Representations were received from the person's legal representative, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. All relevant aspects of the case will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person in question made an application for Family Reunification in respect of the individual concerned in December 2016. The case has recently been finalised and a decision letter issued to the applicant on 27 September 2017. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the situation remains as set out in my reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question 17334/17 of 06 April 2017 in relation to the person concerned. To-date, the person concerned has failed to submit supporting documentation requested by this office on 21 February 2017, 16 June 2017 and 29 September...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it is open to any visa required national to apply for a visa for any purpose. No such application has been made at the present time. The INIS website (www.inis.gov.ie) contains comprehensive guidelines to assist the applicant with the application process. The information contained on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware, the Programme for Government supports the expansion of Garda Youth Diversion Programmes for young people. This follows on from a recommendation of the Penal Policy Review Group that a programme similar to the existing Youth Diversion Programme be introduced for young people above the age of eighteen years, with an initial focus on eighteen to twenty-one year olds....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, judges are independent in the matter of sentencing, as in other matters concerning the exercise of judicial functions, subject only to the Constitution and the law. In regard to sentencing, the approach of the Oireachtas has generally been to specify in law a maximum penalty for an offence, so that a court, having considered all the circumstances of a case,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (11 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Officials in my Department inform me that all the 2016 Prison Visiting Committee reports are now collated and they will be submitting them to me this week. The reports will then be published as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (11 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The vetting application in the case to which the Deputy refers relates to a person who is in an ongoing process for recruitment to An Garda Síochána. As the Deputy will appreciate, in such cases the Garda Authorities liaise directly with the applicants in respect of the progress of the recruitment process given that An Garda Síochána is the potential employer. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (11 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational demands and the availability of resources and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The allocation of vehicles within a District is a matter for the Divisional Officer I am informed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (11 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the High Court has jurisdiction in wards of court matters and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998.  However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that when a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 18 March 2018, is ongoing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory (12 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The construction of the new Forensic Science Laboratory is being managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on behalf of my Department. I am informed by the OPW that, in accordance with normal procurement rules, expressions of interest from suitably qualified contractors were sought via eTenders and the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on 4th April 2017. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it is not possible to identify either of the persons concerned based on the limited details provided by the Deputy. If the Deputy can provide further details such as dates of birth, passport numbers, references such as the Person IDs...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (12 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it is open to any visa required national to apply for a visa for any purpose. If an applicant wishes to join a family member who is an Irish National in the State, they may make an application for a Join Family Visa. The INIS website () contains comprehensive guidelines to assist the applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period to 06 May 2018. The child of the persons concerned has been granted leave to remain in line with their mother. These decisions were conveyed in writing to the persons concerned by registered...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (12 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the persons concerned have not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the persons concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it is not possible to identify either of the persons concerned based on the limited details provided by the Deputy. If the Deputy can provide further details such as dates of birth, passport numbers, references such as the Person IDs...