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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the Deputy wants me to, I am happy to respond on the individual issue outside the committee. My understanding and advice is that this is either a matter for the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform or the Minister for Social Protection. It would be part of a general process of legislative change with respect to those issues as opposed to being dealt with...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I signal my intention to bring an amendment on Report Stage that will introduce a new section 9. The purpose of the amendment will be to remove the requirement for civil partners who have registered their civil partnership in Ireland to have to give the three-month notice when seeking to marry one another. This amendment is to reduce any unnecessary administrative burden on civil partners...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I signal my intention to bring a Report Stage amendment to section 20. It is technical in nature and corrects a typographical error. It will insert the word "by" at the beginning of subsection (b). If amended, the text would read "by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7)", so it is a minor correction.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: This is dealt with in the Civil Registration Act 2004, which provides for the categories of bodies and organisations that may apply for registration of persons on the register of solemnisers maintained by the Registrar General. Before changing those categories, which is what the Deputy suggests, we would have to consider implications and what it might mean. It is a matter for the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I addressed that when I was speaking on Second Stage. Civil partnerships that are legally entered into in other countries retain the recognition, up to the point of six months after the enactment of the Bill.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: At that point it ceases.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: If those people were applying in Ireland to have the civil partnership registered, they would now have the opportunity to be married. That is the logic behind the decision.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Yes, exactly.

EU Council Decisions on Measures in the Area of International Protection: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 of 14...

EU Council Decisions on Measures in the Area of International Protection: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank Deputies for their support. I note the unanimous support for the decisions the Government has taken in respect of the Irish refugee protection programme. I also thank Deputies for their principled support for the relocation of 4,000 refugees to Ireland over the next two years in line with our opt-in at recent Justice and Home Affairs Council meetings. There were some thoughtful...

EU Council Decisions on Measures in the Area of International Protection: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 of 22...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015 to this House. The Bill, on which I and the Department have been working for a number of months, is targeted at those repeat burglars who have previous convictions and are charged with multiple offences of residential burglary. It strengthens the provisions for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have asked the Garda authorities for the information requested and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as I have this information to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have asked the Garda authorities for the information requested and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as I have this information to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. As the Deputy is aware the principles governing the awarding of enhanced remission are contained under Rule 59 of the Prison Rules 2007 to 2014 (S.I. No. 252 of 2007 and S.I. No. 385 of 2014). In summary, prisoners sentenced to a term of imprisonment qualify for one quarter remission on the basis of good behaviour. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is my intention is to seek Government approval for Ireland to sign the Istanbul Convention in the coming weeks. The Deputy will be aware that the Convention has a very broad scope across a number of policy areas with potential policy and legislative implications. The provisions of the Convention and the legislative and administrative arrangements that would enable Ireland to ratify the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in my Department that no record of a visa application can be found based on the details supplied by the Deputy. If the Deputy is willing to provide further details, INIS will advise him of the position. It is, more generally, open to the applicant concerned to apply at any time for a visa to travel to Ireland for any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has been granted permission to remain in the State, on immigration Stamp 3 conditions, for the period to 1st October, 2015. The decision to grant such status was arrived at following the detailed consideration of the case of the person concerned, as well as the cases of all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (1 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that it was never the practice of the Irish Prison Service to deliberately record calls between prisoners and their solicitors. The inadvertent recording of a small number of phone calls between prisoners and their solicitors which came to light in April 2014 was the result of solicitors contacts being placed on phone lines outside of the designated solicitor...