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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that persons seeking permission to remain in the State may do so for a number of reasons to various Divisions of the INIS under both statutory and non-statutory provisions.  As a result, as the Deputy would expect, every case is considered on its own merits in conjunction with the legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that funding under various headings (such as in respect of support for victims of crime, promotion of migrant integration etc) was provided to the organisations named below during the period of January 2016 to end October 2017, as follows: 2016 Funding Rape Crisis Network Ireland €85,000 2017 Funding Akidwa €5,000 Equality...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: An initiative, entitled Operation ‘Gull,’ between the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the UK Immigration Service was commenced in 2003 by the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the UK Immigration Service to combat immigration abuses within the Common Travel Area, with checks conducted at ports and airports in both jurisdictions.  These operations have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Probate Office is an office of the High Court 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 an application for a Grant of Probate has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my statement to the Dáil of 28 November where I addressed this issue in detail.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 to 230, inclusive, together. At end November 2017, there were 35 coroners operating in 39 districts. Of these coroners, 17 were registered medical practitioners and 18 were either solicitors or barristers. 3 of the coroners hold both medical and legal qualifications. Under the Coroners Act 1962, the coroner is an independent quasi-judicial official...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that it has instructed the Payroll Shared Service Centre to pay the relevant outstanding payroll monies due to the person in question. The payments relate to 3 days which are due to the Officer. Two days have been processed and I understand were due to be paid on 23 November.  An instruction to pay the third outstanding day has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Persons seeking international protection in Ireland are offered accommodation by my Department in one of a number of accommodation centres under contract to the Department.  Persons are normally only transferred from that accommodation centre for very specific reasons and where there is accommodation available in the centre to which they are seeking to be transferred. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Policy (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: On Tuesday 14th November, 2017, my colleague, the Minister for State with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton T.D., and I, announced a new family reunification scheme in support of refugees and their families as part of the Government’s commitments under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.  I will operate this humanitarian admission...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be 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 the General...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 11 September 2017, I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to was received in the Dublin Visa Office on 21 August 2017. While every effort is made to process these applications as soon as possible, processing times will vary having regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government is to support investment in CCTV systems at key locations along the road network and in urban centres. This commitment is being met by the  Community CCTV grant-aid scheme launched in April 2017. The intention is to support local communities who wish to install CCTV systems in their localities,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service assumed responsibility for immigration management in Terminal 2 on 2nd October 2017 and is now responsible for all frontline immigration controls in Dublin airport. There are currently 134 officers assigned to immigration control duties at Dublin airport (119 immigration control officers and 15 immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Discovery orders were issued by the Tribunal to my Department in February, April and September.  These orders were complied with fully and the relevant documents were forwarded to the Tribunal in February, May and September 2017. The discovery orders concerned records of the O’Higgins Commission of Investigation, documents related to two cases which had been considered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy is referring to the 320 cases which were considered by the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). The reports provided by counsel and containing their recommendations to the Minister in each case constitute legal advice and they are, accordingly, subject to legal professional privilege.  Issues of public policy arise here and I do not believe that it would be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The terms and conditions of the Garda Superannuation Schemes are set out in the Garda Síochána Pension Orders 1925 to 1981 and agreements under the Garda Síochána Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme. Membership of An Garda Síochána superannuation schemes is confined to serving attested members of An Garda Síochána. Membership of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I should say at the outset that the distribution of Garda personnel is exclusively the statutory responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's responsibility for the distribution of Gardaí, I have provided for the record a breakdown, in tabular form, of the detailed information requested by the Deputy as of 31 October 2017, the latest date for which...