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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his legal representative should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly, as appropriate. The IPO may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to will be examined shortly, and a decision will issue directly to the applicant and sponsor. I am also advised that the Policy Document on Family Reunification contains a stated business target that such visa applications should be dealt with within twelve...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation on behalf of the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will be aware the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his legal representative should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly, as appropriate. The IPO may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State, on a stamp 4 basis, for one year on 19 July, 2017.  I understand that INIS received an application for renewal of this permission on 14 January, 2019. I am also advised that INIS wrote to the person...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I will not accept it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Yes.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: That does not usually stop the Senator.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Senators are at loggerheads again.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Teaching an old dog new tricks-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I will not accept the amendment. It runs counter to arrangements already set in the Bill and to which the House has agreed. I refer in particular to section 40. If the amendment were accepted, it would cause serious difficulty to the entire ranking arrangements. I do not agree with Senator Craughwell that once recommended, always recommended. I do not accept that. I am not sure from...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I will look at that. If a comma needs to be moved, I will certainly-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: -----give it consideration between now and Report Stage.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It is a different vacancy.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It is a new vacancy.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Seanad has been watching the House of Commons too much.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Operations (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Deputy Ó Caoláin will appreciate that the deployment of Garda resources, including personnel, and the deployment of specialist units such as the emergency response unit, ERU, are solely the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner and his management team. The emergency response unit is a highly-trained and well-equipped special intervention capability that is supported by a number...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Operations (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As I said, it is not the practice, nor would it be desirable, to disclose the details of the security arrangements in place for the deployment of the emergency response unit or the armed support unit. However, I impress upon the Deputy the independence and importance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is an independent body which was established to receive complaints...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Banking Sector (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 286 together. I share the Deputies' concern about the recent ATM robberies, on both sides of the Border. These are crimes that have a significant impact on both businesses and communities and I condemn the criminals behind them in the strongest terms. The Deputies will be aware that there is already strong ongoing co-operation between the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Inspection of Places of Detention Bill is the vehicle which the Government will use to implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). As I indicated in my response to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 4 April (last week) in relation to OPCAT, my Department are in the process of completing a draft scheme of this Bill which I intend to share...