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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the numbers of applications for naturalisation for the period from 2014 to date, broken down under the main categories referred to by the Deputy, are as provided in the following table: - 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*  EU/EEA (of which UK in brackets) 2,600 (50) 3,500 (70)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 192 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The most recent figure available in respect of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána indicates that there are 2,254 full-time equivalents in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further one year period to 19 March 2019 . This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by registered post dated 20 March 2018. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can advise the Deputy that my Department has not procured services from the company in question during the period referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including Garda training and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have sought a report from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the information requested by the Deputy and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Supreme Court Judgment acknowledges that a constitutional right to seek employment exists where no temporal limit is set for the processing of protection applications. The Government decided to utilise this opportunity to significantly broaden the scope of reform required by the judgement and  to ask the Oireachtas for permission to opt-in to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Supreme Court’s decision to remove the absolute prohibition on International Protection applicants seeking access to the labour market took effect on February 9thof this year. From that day it became possible for International Protection applicants or their prospective employers to apply for an employment permit on the same basis as any non-EEA national. My Department has no role...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by An Garda Síochána that it is not possible in the time available to provide the details requested by the Deputy and that efforts to do so would require the expenditure of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of Garda resources and time. However, the Garda National Immigration Bureau are examining what available information can be compiled and I will revert to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I note that the report to which the Deputy refers which was published on 14 March 2018. The report refers to an earlier report from 10 years ago and draws conclusions from sample cases over a two year period.  My officials will study its contents over the coming period. Indeed, I am happy to note that officials of my Department, the Prison Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the recruitment and training of the members of An Garda Síochána. I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have been informed by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. The Deputy will be aware that it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the recruitment and training of the members of An Garda Síochána. I, as Minister, have no direct role...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware in accordance with section 26(1)(b) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner has statutory responsibility for the recruitment of civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no role in the matter. Section 19 of the Act governs the sanctioning of additional civilian staff for An Garda Síochána and requires the approval of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207, 208 and 210 together. I am to advise the Deputy that Part 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 provides for the introduction of electronic monitoring. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that following a competitive tender in 2014, a contract was awarded for the supply of electronic monitoring of prisoners. Electronic monitoring is used to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In respect of the Deputy’s question please see the following table which outlines the EU directives that come within the remit of my Department which have not yet been transposed into law, the estimated date for transposition into law and the EU deadline for transposition of same. EU Directive Estimated Date for Transposition into Law EU Deadline for Transposition Directive...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 and 215 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the recruitment and training of the Garda Reserve and the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am advised by the Commissioner that the strength of the Reserve on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner 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 made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The most recent figure available in respect of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána indicates that there are 2,254 full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The table below details relevant expenditure in my Department since January 2017. The work contracted has allowed valuable public attention to be drawn to important issues such as human trafficking and domestic violence. DATE EXPENDITURE SERVICE COMPANY CONTRACTED 01/02/2017 €5,018 Media buying services for National Awareness Campaign on Domestic Violence PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 and 218 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for renewal for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. The application was received in the relevant section of INIS on 8 March 2018. INIS has been in contact with the person...