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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Please see the table which outlines the State agencies and bodies under the remit of my Department; the location of each such body by county; and the  number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. Where the Irish Prison Service and An Garda Síochána are concerned, the location given is for Headquarters, while for certain organisations, for example, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 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 from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 25 March 2021. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for a certificate of naturalisation if and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the  person's most recent permission to reside in the State expired on 7 January, 2019.  The Deputy will appreciate that, under the relevant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2004, a non-national may not be in the State other than within the terms of a permission from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. The records indicate that the current permission to reside in the State granted to the person concerned expired on 28 March 2019.  It is up to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2019)

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 submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Wills (18 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that the views of the Law Society on the desirability of establishing a registration of wills system were sought in 2005.  The Society's Probate, Administration and Trusts Committee subsequently informed the Department that it did not favour the establishment of a Register of Wills for a number of reasons.  Firstly, since the registration would be voluntary,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined below in the table. The data is from 1st January in each year. The numbers below include all staff, including those who were off pay at the time, e.g. career break, unpaid leave, etc.   2016 Female Male Total SEC 0 1 1 DS 0 1 1 ASC 4 10 14 PO 26 58 84 AP 71 87 158 HEO 149 97 246 AO 17 8 25 EO 230 136 366 SO 19...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (18 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy was invited to attend a citizenship ceremony which took place on 26 November 2018 in The Killarney Convention Centre, Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry but failed to attend. The person concerned is now due to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The issue of the introduction of legislation for the purpose of capping the damages which a court may award in respect of personal injuries is among those being considered by the Cost of Insurance Working Group (CIWG) established by the Minister for Finance in July 2016 and chaired by Minister of State, Michael D'Arcy TD. The objective of the Working Group is to identify and examine the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Government takes the issue of sexual exploitation of children very seriously and there is comprehensive legislation in place to deal with these offences. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act was enacted in early 2017. It is a wide-ranging piece of legislation, which significantly enhances laws to combat the sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. Specific offences have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned made an application for permission to reside as the de facto partner of an Irish National under the INIS Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. That application was refused on 25 April, 2019 as she did not meet the relevant criteria.In line with the policy document,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision Making (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 451 together. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The Act was signed into law on 30 December 2015 but has not yet been fully commenced. The Act provides for the establishment of new administrative processes and support measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Applications (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 to 439, inclusive, together. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the Special Scheme for Students closed to new applications on 20th January, 2019. The scheme applies to students who were registered between 1st January 2005 and 31st December 2010 when new immigration arrangements for students...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. On completion of the necessary processing the application will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. Should further documentation be required it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have asked for a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the specific issue raised by the Deputy and I will be in contact directly when the report is received. I would also remind the Deputy that An Garda Síochána have a number of intelligence led operations to tackle drugs and other criminal activity in our communities. Responses include the deployment of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 442 to 444, inclusive, together. Arrangements may be put in place, in accordance with the law, whereby members of services from outside the State may be licensed to carry firearms for the purposes of providing close personal protection. Under Section 2 the Firearms (Firearms Certificate for Non- Residents) Act 2000, the Minister for Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Certificates (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Firstly, I assume the Deputy is primarily referring to official foreign security personnel who accompany certain persons, such as visiting dignitaries and others, when travelling to this State. The general legal position is that under Section 2(2)(b) of the Firearms (Firearms Certificate for Non-Residents) Act 2000, the Minister for Justice and Equality has a power to grant firearms...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware, in April 2018 the Department convened the cross-agency meeting of all relevant stakeholders to discuss how to address the issue of the antisocial use of scramblers/quad bikes. It was agreed that this group would meet on-demand depending on the direction of work. As I have outlined previously in this House, the main outcome of the initial meeting was to seek...