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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I would like to assure the Deputy that it is a priority to ensure that international protection applications are processed efficiently and effectively, while ensuring the integrity of those processes is maintained at all times. Each application is examined individually on its own merits, in line with national and international asylum law. As such, my Department has taken a significant number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that an applicant wishing to stay in Ireland for longer than 90 days, as an elderly dependent relative, must first before travelling, apply for a Stamp 0 immigration permission. Stamp 0 may only be granted if the applicant can prove that their relative, in Ireland, can support them fully and completely. Further information is available on the Immigration Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, the Coroner Service comprises the network of Coroners located in districts throughout the country. All coronial districts, with the exception of Dublin, are the responsibility of the relevant local authority. Coroners are independent office holders whose core function is to investigate sudden and unexplained deaths so that a death certificate can be issued....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: Community safety is about people being safe and, importantly, feeling safe in their own communities. At the heart of this policy is the principle that every community has the right to be and feel safe in order to thrive and flourish. Our approach to community safety is a whole-of-Government one. We want to bring the relevant social service providers, including the Gardaí, together with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the application referred to was created on the 02 May 2024. Supporting documentation was received in the Abu Dhabi Visa Office on the 13 June 2024 where it awaits examination and processing. Long Stay Join Family visa applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Engagements (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that I have not attended any international events or engagements at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy held a Stamp 2 immigration permission which expired on 29 September 2024. A Stamp 2 immigration permission is granted to all international non-EEA students regardless of whether they are undertaking an English language course or a third level programme. For a person to be granted a Stamp 2 permission, the course they are enrolled in must be listed on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was refused by the Visa Office in Dublin on 19 December 2023. The reasons for this decision were set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicant at that time. An appeal of this decision was launched on 16 February 2024. All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their application as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to building stronger, safer communities, and strengthening An Garda Síochána, including the Garda Reserve, is at the core of that. We will continue to provide An Garda Síochána with the resources it needs to ensure communities around Ireland are safe and this is reflected in the unprecedented allocation of over €2.48 billion to An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy continues to be processed by my Department. I understand the extended wait times can be frustrating for applicants. I want to assure anyone who has an application for naturalisation submitted that the Citizenship Division of my Department is doing everything possible to progress applications as quickly as possible. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government agreed to close the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) to further applications from 15 February 2023. As Minister, I do not comment on individual IIP applications, however, my Department’s IIP Unit is committed to ensuring that all applications will be examined on their own merits and will endeavour to conclude all decisions in a timely...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the naturalisation application from the person referred to has been approved by my Department. A request for final documentation and a Certificate fee will issue directly to the person concerned. Last year, Citizenship Division more than doubled the number of ceremonies available to applicants with 15 held over the course of 2023. This was a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I refer to your Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 18 September 2024 asking about the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda National Protective Services Bureau as of 9 September 2024 and the corresponding figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form. As you will appreciate, the management of Garda resources is an operational matter for the Commissioner of An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including the provision of equipment and facilities, under section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). As Minister, I have no direct role in these processes. I am informed by Garda Authorities that they are not in a position at this time to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that I last met with Chief Superintendent McNulty in August 2023 during a visit to Blanchardstown Garda Station. I can assure the Deputy that I meet with the Garda Commissioner on a regular basis. I meet him formally on a quarterly basis and I also meet him to discuss matters as the need arises or on specific issues. In addition, given the nature of our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 551 and 553 together. I can assure the Deputy that the Government is committed to providing An Garda Síochána with the resources needed to Keep People Safe. This is reflected in the unprecedented allocation of €2.48 billion in Budget 2025. This represents a 27% increase in funding since 2020. The Garda Mounted Unit is based at Áras an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no role in these matters, nor can I direct the Commissioner with regard to them. I can, however, assure the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, and will contact him when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, each year in the run up to Halloween, additional efforts are made by An Garda Síochána to combat the illegal importation, sale and use of fireworks, under what is known as Operation Tombola. Operation Tombola is a national operation. Each Regional Assistant Commissioner ensures that appropriate measures are put in place in each Division to prevent and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the naturalisation application from the person referred to has been approved by my Department and an invitation for an upcoming ceremony will issue to the person concerned in due course. Last year, Citizenship Division more than doubled the number of ceremonies available to applicants with 15 held over the course of 2023. This was a significant...