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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy submitted an application Residence card with the EU Treaty Rights Division of my Department on the 25 March 2024. Processing of this application is ongoing at present. A letter requesting further documentation was issued to the applicant on 08 May 2024. The applicant should submit the requested documents within the timeframe provided in the letter. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise you that all Certificates of naturalisation for the February Ceremony have been printed and issued via registered post. The delay in issuing certificates is regretted and was the result of unforeseen issues with printing. This issue has been resolved and certs will be issued within a matter of weeks in future. In a little over two years the Citizenship Division of my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: 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. I can advise the Deputy, there are no plans provide an additional pathway to naturalisation to benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy was received on 3 May 2023 and continues to be processed by my Department. The median processing time for Naturalisation applications is currently 19 months. It is recognised that all applicants for citizenship would wish to have a decision on their application without delay. However, the nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 implements the 1983 Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons in Ireland. The Convention provides the current mechanism through which non-nationals serving sentences in Ireland may apply to serve the remainder of their sentences in their own countries, where those countries are party to the Council...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: It has not been possible to collate and examine all the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: It has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As you may be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing matters. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions. In March of this year, there were 631 Gardai assigned to roads policing. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As you may be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing matters. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions. In March of this year, there were 631 Gardai assigned to roads policing. I am...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. He has been raising it for some time, for all the reasons that he outlined and the particular cases he just mentioned in respect of people working in the State already whose spouses or partners who want to work unfortunately cannot. Some spouses and partners want to be here and some of them are not with them here because they cannot work. As the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I again thank the Deputy for raising this. The most important thing here is that it makes sense. Sometimes we just have to apply common sense to a situation that clearly does not work. It might be a small number but there are thousands of people living here who want to work but cannot and there are people here whose spouses or partners have not come with them because of the fact they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, as Minister, I have no role in such matters. As set out in the Garda Síochána Act 2005, and in accordance with the procedures and requirements of the Statistics Act, 1993, there is a statutory obligation for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: A deportation order is a legal order to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 provides that a deportation order may be revoked. The Department receives submissions from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to provide the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that there were no publicly funded contracts awarded to the company in question by my Department during the specified period.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department has responsibility for immigration-related matters, including the entry and residence conditions of non-EU/EEA/UK/Swiss nationals wishing to pursue a course of education in the State. Such students, subject to certain conditions, are granted a Stamp 2 immigration permission typically for 1 year but can vary depending on course. Such permission may be renewed provided the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise that officials from my Department have emailed the person referred to regarding this matter on Friday 10 May 2024. They are awaiting a response before this matter can be considered any further. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at:...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise you that all Certificates of naturalisation for the February Ceremony have been printed and issued via registered post. The delay in issuing certificates is regretted and was the result of unforeseen issues with printing. This issue has been resolved and certs will be issued within a matter of weeks in future. In a little over two years the Citizenship Division of my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 to 81, inclusive, together. My officials in the Irish Prison Service have advised that the information requested by the Deputy is not recorded centrally and a manual examination of each individuals record would be required. Such an examination would be voluminous in nature, require a significant amount of staff time and resources and could not be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: The State has a duty to protect its borders and following examination, ensure that all arriving passengers are entitled to enter the State. This is a fundamental exercise of State sovereignty, which is necessary to protect the security of the State and to prevent illegal immigration. The exercise of powers in this area is at all times subject to the law and to respect for individual rights. ...