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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities working in close cooperation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. This includes identifying and progressing any necessary remedial or refurbishment works required at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a limited internal review of the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP)  was concluded in Q3 2017. It was highlighted that as applications to the IIP had only gained momentum in the second half of 2016,  it would be difficult to carry out an in depth evaluation and draw useful conclusions at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy is resident here on the basis of an extension of student permission, as an exceptional measure, to allow the person to seek an employment permit-based permission. This temporary permission is due to come to an end in January 2018. There is no family reunification...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy married an Irish National in January 2017 and in March 2017 made an application to INIS for permission to remain in the State, as the spouse of an Irish National. I understand that a request for documentation issued to the person concerned on 09 October...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the first person referred to by the Deputy was granted Long Term Residency (stamp 4) on 03 February 2009 for five years. INIS did not receive an application for renewal of this Long Term Residency permission (stamp 4). This person, however, currently holds a Stamp 1 permission to remain in the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that in respect of the first person mentioned by the Deputy, their last immigration permission expired on 28 June 2013. Subsequent to this date, there is no further immigration record of them residing in the State. Regarding the second person mentioned by the Deputy, INIS advise me that their last...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for the Reactivation of Employment Permit Permission for the person concerned remains under consideration. INIS will be in contact with the person concerned in due course. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they received a request from the person concerned, in January 2015, to regularise their residency status in the State. INIS wrote directly to them, at their last known address, on three separate occasions. No response was received to these requests. INIS will issue a further letter to this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 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 one year period to 14 December 2017. This decision was conveyed in writing to the persons concerned by letters dated 13 December 2016. This permission was renewed to enable the persons concerned to obtain a valid...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for residence permission and a right to work based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child on 03 October 2017. The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in chronological order. If further information or documentation is required, the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his/her legal representative should contact the International Protection Office (IPO) or International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly. The IPO may be contacted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 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 is on-going, with a view to establishing whether the conditions for naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence, are satisfied. On completion of the necessary processing the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware from the previous response to this question on 12 October last, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his legal representative should contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion, but I understand however that the case is due to be submitted for decision in the near future. As the Deputy will appreciate,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (26 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...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I assure the Deputy that Operation Thor is continuing unabated. I advise the Deputy that the sum of €3 million is available over a period of three years, €1 million per annum, to increase CCTV presence across the country. Applications are open. I advise communities that they should consider making appropriate application to my Department. I am anxious to ensure that this...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: -----all of whom have been allocated to stations around the country. The next attestation of 200 new gardaí will take place on 8 December. Full and detailed consideration is being given by An Garda Síochána to dealing with the issues, as mentioned by the Deputy.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I expect the general scheme of the Bill to be published at the end of the year.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: All Stages of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill have been completed by the House and we are awaiting the imminent enactment of the legislation. On the matter of a commencement order for a recent Criminal Justice Act, I will communicate with the Deputy on that.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am not aware of Garda cars being parked in County Offaly-----