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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the officials of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that registration for people living outside Dublin city and county is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. In the case of the individual referred to by the Deputy, they must apply to Leixlip Garda station for renewal of their Stamp 4 status. Might I remind the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (11 May 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 11 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). The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this person's request for immigration permission is currently under consideration and INIS will be writing to the person concerned very shortly. Might I remind the Deputy, that queries in relation to individual cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was refused a residence card on 14 November 2016 under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. I am further informed that INIS only received an application for review of that decision very recently. I understand that INIS will write to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned have had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period to 11th and 23rd March 2019 respectively. This decision was conveyed in writing to the persons concerned by registered post dated 23rd March 2016. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 May 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 20th June, 2002. As the Deputy will be aware, the effect of a Deportation Order is that the person named on the Order must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The person concerned made a request, pursuant to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was deemed ineligible for reasons provided to the person concerned in a letter issued on 4 May 2017. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an appeal was received by the Visa Office in Dublin on 3 May, 2017 and is now awaiting examination by a Visa Appeals Officer. All documentation submitted with the original application and any additional information will be considered by the Appeals Officer. As with all visa application processes,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy made an application to INIS, at the beginning of February 2017, for permission to remain in the State, as the spouse of an Irish National and that this application is currently being processed. All applications are dealt with in strict chronological order; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a final decision on the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy has been deferred until November 2019. The person concerned was notified of this decision and the reasons for it in a letter issued on 14 March 2017. As the Deputy will appreciate,...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Public hearings.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Independent appointments and a Policing Authority.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 2 May 2017, in which I outlined that a Working Group was established by the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality in January 2015, to examine options for the future use of the Thornton Hall site. This group, comprising of officials from the Department of Justice and Equality, the Office of Public Works...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Negligence Cases (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The main purposes of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 are to empower the courts to make awards of damages by way of periodic payments orders in cases of catastrophic personal injury, including catastrophic injury resulting from medical negligence, and to provide for open disclosure of patient safety incidents. The Bill, which has already been passed by the Seanad, commenced Second...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Education Policy (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 10 May 2017 which also concerned this matter. As I stated on that occasion, I intend to jointly announce, with my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills, the details for an approved updated Third Level Graduate Programme in the coming weeks. I can, however, say that the revised programme will not be retrospective.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Calculations (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Valuation Office is responsible for the provision of valuations on which commercial rates are based. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the exercise of his statutory functions and I as Minister for Justice and Equality have no role in the matter. Regarding the valuation for rating of bar areas in sporting complexes, historically the premises...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Minister that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are already a number of offences under Irish law which address the trafficking of persons for the purpose of exploitation (including sexual exploitation) and which can attract significant penalties. Under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008, any person found guilty of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation shall be liable to imprisonment for a period up to life....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner 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 made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Recommendations (16 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that section 96(2) of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 provides that a mortgagee's right to foreclosure is abolished. This implements the recommendation of the Law Reform Commission in its 2004 Consultation Paper "Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law" (paragraph 9.16) that foreclosure be abolished on the ground that it was not an appropriate...