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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned entered the State on 5th June 2011 and was registered as a student on Stamp 2 conditions between 22nd June 2011 and 8th August 2013 and has remained illegally in the State since this date. On 27th July 2016, the person concerned made an application to INIS for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his recent Parliamentary Question No. 60 of Thursday 20th October 2016. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 23 December 2013 and therefore has no entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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), the first-named person concerned has submitted written representations. In accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 the second-named person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 29 July 2016. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Queries...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. The application was received in the relevant section of the INIS on 27 October, 2016. The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Nov 2016)

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 11th March 2005 following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claim and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 03 February 2010. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has, to date, not made an application for residency based on being the dependent of an Irish citizen. If she wishes to make such application she may do so by writing to the Family Dependent Unit, Residence Division Unit 5, PO Box 12695, Dublin 2. The Family Dependent Unit will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: There is no record of the property in question having ever been owned by my Department and so there are no plans to use it in relation to former prisoners.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (10 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions, and I as Minister have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, following intensive negotiations between the Government, the GRA and the AGSI, facilitated by the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court issued a recommendation. In the case of individual members, the recommendation for the GRA and AGSI would provide extra remuneration of approximately €4,000 on average to a member of the service over the next 12...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: It would be misleading to talk about cutting back on investment in resources. We have to await the outcome of the ballots. When that is known, if the proposals are accepted the cost of the proposed settlement will be addressed in discussions between the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Deputy will agree that as Minister for Justice...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I have said, it is important to allow the process that has been put in place to run its course. I believe that is the priority right now. I want to ensure every member of the Garda is aware of the details of the recommendations that have been made by the Labour Court. The associations will make sure of this. It is very important that those details are circulated so that members of An...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is in committee this week so it depends on the progress within the committee. I would certainly share the Deputy's wish it is completed as quickly as possible but that will be up to the members of the committee in the first instance. It has already been through the Seanad and, if there are amendments, it will have to return to the Seanad. I hope we can make speedy progress. It is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Judicial Council (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government and I continue to be committed to progressing that legislation as speedily as possible. While it has been regarded by Governments, including the previous Fianna Fáil Government, as a priority, over time it gave way to other pressing and urgent legislative requirements, some of which arose from our troika commitments and some of which concerned important social and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Judicial Council (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Let me reassure the Deputy I continue to work on all of the issues of relevance that are central to the Department of Justice and Equality. I have already said I believe this country has been very well served by the Judiciary and that has been recognised internationally in GRECO report after GRECO report. It is my own belief and it is certainly the belief of the Government that we have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Judicial Council (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Let us be very clear. This legislation will be published shortly. The Government is committed to it and, as the Deputy said, the Judiciary wants to see a judicial council. There are issues that can be dealt with in terms of the performance of judges and continuing the work judges do to make sure they have a judicial council that will be a support to that work. As I said, we have made it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda College (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware the Garda College was re-opened following the lifting of the moratorium on Garda recruitment. Since then, 1,200 trainee gardaí have passed through the college and it is envisaged, as the Deputy said, that 800 new recruits will enter in 2017. Since the college re-opened, 534 recruits have been attested as members of An Garda Síochána and have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda College (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: There is a budget in place to continue the fire safety work and the upgrading of accommodation in five of the seven blocks. There is further work to be done on the additional classrooms and I envisage that this will go ahead. In respect of the long-term training needs and the improvements that need to be made within the existing campus boundary, in the first instance we must work with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for the distribution of Garda resources in the State and, as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I have, however, been informed by the Garda authorities that Garda personnel assigned throughout the country, together with overall policing arrangements and operational strategy, are continually...