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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: 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 their designated legal advisor should contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone to the IPO Customer Service Centre at 01 6028008 or in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an offer of temporary and limited immigration permission (Stamp 0 status) issued to the person concerned by registered post on 26 September 2017, and again on 23 November 2017; no reply has been received to date. The person's request for Stamp 4 permission is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: 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 their designated legal advisor should contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone to the IPO Customer Service Centre at 01 6028008 or in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Dec 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 valid Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002. The Deputy might wish to note that persons subject of a Deportation Order are obliged to remove themselves from the State and to remain out of the State. Representations were received from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 05 December 2017, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of them. They were given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The enforcement of deportation orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are in contact with the GNIB on the matter and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.  

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the above grounds under section 4(3) of the Immigration Act 2004 (as inserted by section 81(b) of the International Protection Act 2015) has not been invoked to date. The provision was created as a response to strong evidence that persons who had prior legal residence or permission to enter another territory of the Common Travel Area (CTA) were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 225 of 5 December 2017. I am advised by An Garda Síochána that it is not possible in the time available to provide the details requested by the Deputy beyond those supplied in my reply of 5 December 2017, and that efforts to do so would require the expenditure of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 225 of 5 December 2017. I am advised by An Garda Síochána that it is not possible in the time available to provide the details requested by the Deputy beyond those supplied in my reply of 5 December 2017, and that efforts to do so would require the expenditure of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the information requested in relation to the number and nationality of persons detained in prison for immigration-deportation reasons in each of the past five years is set out in the following table. Nationality Yr 2017 to date Yr 2016 Yr 2015 Yr 2014 Yr 2013 Yr 2012 Afghanistan 14 22 13 17 14 13 Albanian 34 67 48 70 36 25 Algerian 7 10 3 6 4 4 American 3 4...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: In relation to information on the detention of persons refused leave to land, section 5 of the Immigration Act 2003 (as amended by the International Protection Act 2015), contains the main provisions dealing with the removal from the State of persons refused leave to land. It specifies that a person to whom this section applies may be arrested by an immigration officer or a member...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy posed a number of questions. In respect of the bail laws, I remind Members of the recent introduction of the Criminal Justice Act 2017, which, again, has broadened the factors the court will be required to take into account before the granting of bail and which is already having an effect. I believe it is fair to say that all of the cases cited by the Deputy happened prior to the...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: His Department and mine will work together to ensure that over the next few months we set about a long-awaited consolidation of road traffic legislation going back to the 1960s and even before that. There are a number of loopholes. As far as last night's programme is concerned, I am very concerned at the operation of the court poor box, which is inconsistent. I assure the House I will bring...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Work on it is at an advanced stage. I do not expect its publication this side of Christmas but certainly during the course of the spring.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I acknowledge the separation of powers and the fact that the matter of sentencing is exclusively one for the courts and the Judiciary. However, I wish to advise the House that I recently met the President of the District Court and the Attorney General. I acknowledge certain pressures on the District Court system, which, by and large, has remained unreformed since the 1920s. I am looking...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Financial Resolution (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I move:THAT provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging, levying and paying in accordance with the Act of a duty of excise in relation to a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor at breweries, distilleries and similar premises.”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of Way Registration (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that there are two systems of registration in Ireland managed and controlled by the Property Registration Authority (PRA). Where the property affected by the right of way is unregistered land, the process for registering a deed of Grant of Right of Way is set out in the PRA’s  Practice Direction “Registry of Deeds Procedures” available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The arrangements governing the recovery of maintenance within the EU are contained in Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations which has applied in full since 18 June 2011. Denmark participates in the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Terrorism Measures (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The draft agenda for this week's meeting of the European Council sets out a number of broad areas for discussion by the Heads of State and Government - defence; social issues, education and culture; migration; external relations; and the Brexit negotiations. The EU's actions to counter terrorism are a consistent aspect of the agenda of the Council of Justice and Home Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (12 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Complaints against members of the Gardaí can be made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) in accordance with the provisions of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Oireachtas enacted the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 to reform, strengthen and clarify the remit and operation of the GSOC. One of the changes was to allow GSOC to...