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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal administers the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted. Under the terms of the Scheme, the Tribunal is entirely independent in the matter of individual decisions on applications for compensation under the Scheme. The Deputy will appreciate that in these circumstances I cannot comment on individual cases. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that registration and renewal of immigration permissions for Dublin City and County is carried out at its Burgh Quay Offices. To ensure customers do not have to queue for services, an online appointment booking system has been put in place. Appointments are released Monday – Friday...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Suicides (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that strategies and plans are in place in all institutions for the prevention of suicide and self-harm. Special arrangements are in place for prisoners who have been identified as being at risk, whereby they are placed on special observation and checked every 15 minutes. All prisoners on committal to prison receive a comprehensive...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that officials in the Prison Service have advised me that the Officer concerned was absent from rostered duty on the 25th, 26th and 27th of May 2018. I am further advised that this was an unauthorised absence and as such the Officer was not entitled to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Service Regulations Acts and was removed from payroll for that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that his question primarily concerns the issue of eligible and ineligible categories of employment for employment permit purposes, which is a policy matter for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. My Department has no function in the matter. However, I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that his question primarily concerns the issue of eligible and ineligible categories of employment for employment permit purposes, which is a policy matter for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. My Department has no function in the matter. However, I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 to 241, inclusive, together. The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions Order) 2016 (S.I. No. 12 of 2016) commenced the bulk of the Act with effect from 18 January 2016. That Commencement Order brought provisions of Parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of the Act into operation. The Children and Family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that his question primarily concerns the issue of eligible and ineligible categories of employment for employment permit purposes, which is a policy matter for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.  My Department has no function in the matter. However, I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Private Security Authority, established under the Private Security Services Act 2004 (as amended), is the statutory body with responsibility for the licensing and regulation of the private security industry in the State.  The Authority is an independent body under the aegis of my Department and I have no involvement in its day to day operations. As indicated in my reply to your...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an acknowledgement to the request referred to by the Deputy was issued on 18 May 2018. This request is currently under consideration and INIS expects to be in a position to write to the person concerned in due course. All such requests are dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is here on a Working Holiday Authorisation and has permission to remain until 15 July 2018. In relation to the Working Holiday Authorisation, I wish to draw your attention to its Terms and Conditions as published on www.dfa.iewhich states that '...Permission to those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the spouse of the person referred to is the subject of a valid Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002. Representations were received, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked. Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government responded to the views of members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, members of the Justice McMahon Group and from NGOs and civil society organisations by deciding to opt-into the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU). The views of all relevant stakeholders were therefore well-known. To facilitate the practical arrangements for the opt-in and the compliance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that it considers the renewal of an immigration permission of a person who does not hold a valid passport, if that person can give a satisfactory explanation of any circumstances that may prevent them from producing a valid passport, subject of course to all other aspects being in order. Each...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the primary purpose of Garda vetting for employment purposes is to support protection for children and vulnerable adults.  It is carried out by the Garda National Vetting Bureau in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 and other relevant laws.  Neither I nor my Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been received and acknowledged on behalf of the person concerned.  These representations, together with all other information and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (26 Jun 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 23 April 2009.  The statutory criteria which must be considered in relation to a decision to make a deportation order under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 include national security and public policy,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Foireann Roinne (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Tá post lánaimseartha amháin ag mo Roinn, post Aistritheora, a bhfuil sé riachtanach go mbeadh an sealbhóir dátheangach go feidhmiúil sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla. Tá an post sin coibhéiseach le grád an Phríomhoifigigh Chúnta. Cuidíonn an tAistritheoir, a mbaineann a phríomhról le Rialacha Cúirte a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is open to any individual to lodge an application for a certificate of naturalisation if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. I can only make a determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation after an application for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (26 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned have requested permission to remain in the State.  These applications are currently under consideration and it is anticipated that decisions on these cases will issue shortly. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the...