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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that the number of prison places available in each prison is set out in the following table for Year 2016: Establishment Bed Capacity on 31st December 2016 Mountjoy Male 554 Mountjoy Female 105 Training Unit 96 St. Patrick's 34 Cloverhill 431 Wheatfield 550 Midlands 870 Portlaoise 291 Cork 296 Limerick Male 210 Limerick Female 28 Castlerea 340 Arbour...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the total gross exchequer allocation to provide prison placements in 2015 was €332.182m. The equivalent figure in 2005 was €353.557m and in 1995 was €127.638m (£100.502m).

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoners Temporary Release (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can advise the Deputy that the number of prisoners granted temporary release, by prison, for the years 2015 and to date in 2017 is set out in the following table. Establishment 2017 (Year to date) 2016 2015 Arbour Hill 13 26 16 Castlerea 136 912 989 Cloverhill 10 54 68 Cork 246 1,502 2,001 Dochas 244 1,165 1,354 Limerick Female 90 952 1,036 Limerick Male 179 1,143 1,053 Loughan...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that all prisoners who are sentenced to a term of imprisonment, with the exception of prisoners without a determined sentence eg. life sentence prisoners, qualify for one quarter remission on the basis of good behaviour. In addition, prisoners who have engaged in authorised structured activity may apply to receive enhanced remission of greater than...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand from the Garda authorities that the reference mentioned by the Deputy arose in relation to the issue that at the time in question there was no facility on the PULSE system to properly record the reason(s) why breath tests at Road Traffic Collisions may not have been taken. I am advised that the necessary facility was subsequently added to the PULSE system to enable reasons to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: On 23 February last, Minister Stanton and I published a report showing further significant progress in implementing the recommendations of the Report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process including Direct Provision and Other Supports for Asylum Seekers. Some 92% of the Report's 173 recommendations are now implemented, partially implemented or are in progress, a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that entitlement to Irish citizenship, as well as the conditions pertaining to a grant of citizenship through naturalisation, are governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship through...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing 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 1 April 2017, is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (30 Mar 2017)

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 persons concerned have not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the persons concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Mar 2017)

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 4 May 2010 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The person concerned had...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection in the State, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until they have fully completed the protection process. This is in accordance with Section 26 of the International Protection Act, 2015. As the Deputy may be aware, the Irish Naturalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they do not have any applications pending for the persons mentioned by the Deputy. I refer you to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 16 September 2016, wherein, it was suggested that the persons concerned should make an application, giving full details of their current circumstances...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (30 Mar 2017)

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 person concerned has not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that applications for residency for the persons mentioned by the Deputy are currently receiving attention. It is expected that decisions on their status will be made in the coming weeks. Might I remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (30 Mar 2017)

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), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the first named person. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person's permission to reside in this State expired on 21 February 2017. I understand that the person concerned made an application for a permanent residence card, under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, on 21 March 2017. I am further...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which...