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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that from the limited information provided, it is not possible to identify the person concerned. In this regard and to allow full examination of their circumstances, the person concerned should be advised to write directly to Unit 2, Residence Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, 13-14...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that from the limited information provided, it is not possible to identify the person concerned. In this regard and to allow full examination of their circumstances, the person concerned should be advised to write directly to Unit 2, Residence Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, 13-14...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As previously indicated in my response to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 19 April 2018 (ref. 17378/18), I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they do not offer specific advice to individuals on immigration pathways. In this regard the person concerned should be advised to write to Unit 2, Residence Division, Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the applicant can expect to hear from us shortly in regards to their residency status. It can be also noted that the applicant would have received notification of their appeal on 25 April 2018 and would be aware of the outcome. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 11 March 2005. This order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this case relates to a person who brought a Judicial Review to the High Court. As the case is still sub judiceI do not propose to comment further at this time. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by e-mail using the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Senator James Reilly for raising this important issue. The Senator will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to supporting investment in CCTV systems. In pursuance of this commitment, a new community-based CCTV grant-aid scheme was launched by my Department in April 2017 to assist groups in the setting up of community-based CCTV systems in their local...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter in the Seanad this morning. I reiterate that a long-standing statutory requirement for community CCTV systems is that the proposal must have, inter alia, the prior support of the appropriate and relevant local authority. That local authority must, in accordance with the law, act as data controller. That is set out in the 2006 order and...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: What, with the Deputy?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Is that the amendment?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: From the debate this evening, rather than from any previous Stage at which this legislation was subjected to scrutiny, there appears to be some contagion from the Road Traffic Bill. That contagion appears to be directed towards my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. I will not apologise for the Minister, I do not have instructions to apologise for him and I do not have...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ----more about the Road Traffic Bill than the Judicial Appointments Bill. It is very clear from the contributions.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I want to acknowledge Deputy Clare Daly's point on the Judicial Council Bill. She is correct and I agree with her. Unfortunately, progress with the package of amendments to which she referred has been slower than I would have wished. However, it is my intention to bring an appropriate number of amendments to the legislation aimed, for instance, at approving the transparency in the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: No, that is not true.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In response to the issue of costs, it will not be anything like €1 million. In fact, it will be more like half that sum. In response to Deputy Wallace's amendment No. 7a, which I have not had the opportunity to address, a fundamental flaw in the amendment is that he does not include any reference to the Attorney General or to a practising barrister. It seems to me to be...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 8:In page 10, line 20, to delete “13 members” and substitute “17 members”.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 10:In page 10, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“(d) the President of the Circuit Court, (e) the President of the District Court, (f) the Attorney General,”.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Dáil has voted to have a commission of 13 members, including the five presidents of the courts.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: This is dependent on a number of other amendments that have been debated but which have not yet been put. Deputy Ryan is right. As of now we have agreed a 13-member commission, and of those 13 members we have the President of the High Court, the Chief Justice, the President of the Circuit Court, the President of the District Court and the Attorney General. The balance can be made up of lay...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 12:In page 10, to delete line 24 and substitute the following:"(g) a member, being a person who is—(i) a lay person, and (ii) a member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, nominated by that Commission under section 12,".