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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it wrote to the persons concerned to acknowledge receipt of documentation on 04 August 2015. The case is under consideration and a decision will issue shortly. Queries in relation to the Status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that their records show that the person mentioned by the Deputy was first registered in the State in February 2012 with an immigration permission which expired in January 2014. I understand that the individual in question has not renewed their permission since that date nor have they made an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for the period to 30 October, 2018. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 29 October, 2015. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 9 December 2010. Representations were received from the person's legal representative, to request the Minister to use her discretion, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: New trainee Gardaí receive a basic allowance of €184 per week plus a living allowance of €77.92. After 32 weeks of training, Garda recruits are attested and move on to the first point of the Garda pay scale €23,171 rising to a maximum of €45,793 per annum after 19 years. The Garda pay scale does not include any allowances and does not reflect the full...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: A composite estimate of the overall economic cost of crime, or how it might be attributed according to crime category along the lines sought by the Deputy, is not readily available. Insofar as my Department is concerned, however, I can inform the Deputy that the gross expenditure associated with the operation of An Garda Síochána, the Prisons and Courts Services as well as other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information requested in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Location of Victims' Remains (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) was established by the Irish and British Governments in 1999 as one among the actions taken to acknowledge and address the suffering of the victims of violence as a necessary element of reconciliation in the context of the Peace Process. The task of the ICLVR is to facilitate the location of the remains of a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the publication of recorded crime statistics. In relation to the matters referred to, I have requested the CSO to provide the available statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of resources. The area referred to by the Deputy is covered by two...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The information sought by the Deputy cuts across areas of the youth justice system for which my Department is responsible and the area of children’s detention for which my colleague Dr. James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is responsible. As the Deputy may be aware, the Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS), which is composed of officials from both Department’s,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Station Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016-2021 which I announced recently with my colleague the Minister of State at the Office of Public Works is based on agreed priorities which are established by An Garda Síochána. Over thirty locations around the country will benefit from the Programme which includes major refurbishment of stations/facilities including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides a statutory basis for the Garda Commissioner, as Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote, to charge for police services on a non-public duty basis for commercial events such as sports fixtures and concerts. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the cost to the event holder is determined by the number of Garda personnel deployed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware a number of serious incidents occurred during the period in question and I wish to recognise the dedication of An Garda Síochána and other emergency services personnel in their response to these incidents and to express my sympathies to the families of those affected. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the number of calls received at the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Workers (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I requested a report on these matters from the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána on 3 November 2015. Any suspicion of human trafficking that comes to the attention of An Garda Síochána is the subject of a comprehensive investigation.As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has established a Taskforce on allegations regarding the treatment of workers on Irish Fishing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Bureau (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned had, until 1 November 2015, Stamp 1 permission to remain in the State on a Dependant Work Permit. As mentioned in Parliamentary Question No. 415, the issuing of work permits is a matter for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Depending on the individual's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rehabilitation Services (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it provides a wide range of rehabilitative programmes to those in custody that include education, vocational training, healthcare, psychiatric, psychological, counselling, welfare and spiritual services. These programmes offer purposeful activity to those in custody while serving their sentences and encourage them to lead law abiding lives on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the allocation of Garda resources, including personnel, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, and that I as Minister have no direct role in the matter. Garda management will continue to keep this allocation of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends, demographics and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best use is made of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Numbers (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government has committed to accepting up to 4,000 persons overall under the EU Resettlement and EU Relocation programmes. The overall numbers involved in the Relocation Programme which amount to 160,000 across the EU are set-out in the EU legal instruments. Ireland has decided to opt into these measures and the EU Commission is currently finalising Ireland's contribution to this number...