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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 26th January 2017. The situation remains unchanged. The person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to enter and reside in the State in September 2011 pursuant to an application for family reunification made on her behalf by the person's family member who is a recognised refugee in the State. Family members...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my reply to his Parliamentary Question No. 95 of Thursday 16th February 2017. The situation remains unchanged. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for family reunification in respect of the person referred to was received in October 2016. All applications received are dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities on the matter raised by the Deputy and I will be in contact again when that report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that, in relation to my Department and the organisations under its aegis, there are 26 staff suspended from duty with full pay.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy is aware that a complaint made by the person referred to in the question was referred to the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). The IRM was established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality or the Taoiseach or other public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 69 together. I understand that the details supplied with this question refer to guidelines contained in a Tusla document entitled - Policy & Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect, dating from September 2014. While An Garda Síochána has a role in relation to certain aspects of these procedures, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Garda authorities that it is not possible, on the basis of the information provided, to make any substantive comment on the matters referred to by the Deputy. However, I am assured that any information provided to An Garda Síochána in relation to possible criminal actions, including suspected fraud, is thoroughly investigated.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. The statistics referred to by the Deputy in the 'Details Supplied' with these parliamentary questions were published in June 2016 by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) in its 'Fatal Collisions 2008 - 2012: Alcohol as a Factor'. I have been advised by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that, under the Road Safety Authority Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 76, inclusive, together. In general, a person may be refused leave to land on one, or more, of the grounds set out in Section 4(3) of the Immigration Act 2004 (as amended). Every person refused leave to land in the State is served with a notice in which the reason, or reasons, for refusing an application for permission to enter the State is set out....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by An Garda Síochána that the proposal for the redevelopment of Transair House at Dublin Airport to meet the requirements of both a Garda station and a facility for Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) have been agreed between Garda management and the Office of Public Works (OPW). The OPW is currently engaged with the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The frontline immigration checks in Terminal 1 and the Transit area of Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport are undertaken by civilian staff of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department. During the course of this year, INIS staff will take over these checks in Terminal 2 of the airport and the arrangements are in place for the deployment of the necessary additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that a competition for Recruit Prison Officer was advertised by the Public Appointments Service in 2016 with a closing date of 28 July 2016. The terms and conditions for this competition were set out in the booklet for the competition. Any person interested in the role of Recruit Prison Officer is required to go through the recruitment process which was provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Government has, in the Programme for a Partnership Government, recognised community policing as the embodiment of An Garda Síochána, providing a means of recognising that every community, both urban and rural, has its own concerns and expectations. It commits the Government to ensuring visible, effective and responsive policing in every community,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my responses to a number of recent Questions on this subject. As the Deputy is aware, when concerns were raised in 2011 with regard to allegations about the conduct of a UK police officer operating undercover in Ireland, a report on the issues arising was sought from An Garda Síochána. The report from the then Garda Commissioner was received in March 2011 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that Section 35 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009 as amended by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2011 provides for registration of easements (such as rights of way) and profits à prendre acquired by prescription (long use) to be made directly to the Property Registration Authority (PRA) under Section 49(A) of the Registration of Title...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that applications for registration based on possession are dealt with under Section 49 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964. The processing of Section 49 applications is not affected by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, as title to be shown is based on “adverse possession” under the Statute of Limitations 1957. These are complex legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I advised the Deputy in my response to question number 140 of the 12 July 2016, section 5(1) of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 states that the principle function of the Legal Aid Board is, inter alia, to provide legal aid and advice in civil cases to personswho satisfy the requirements of the Act. The Board has always interpreted the word ‘persons’ to mean natural persons only...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: By way of supplementing the important information set out in my earlier Written Reply to Question No.81 of 15 February 2016, I would like to reiterate that the current working focus remains very much on the phased commencement of the respective sections or Parts of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015. I would also like to assure the Deputy that the Chairperson and members of the Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The case to which the Deputy refers was a callous and unjustified act of violence carried out in the course of a robbery. I sympathise with the tragic bereavement that the family of the victim suffered. Indeed, this crime was an attack on the State itself. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the Serious Crime Review Team at the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 and 88 together. The Deputy will appreciate that I have no ministerial responsibility in relation to TUSLA. My Department was not consulted about nor informed in advance of the issuing of an apology by TUSLA to the person in question. Accordingly, there were no discussions of the kind referred to by the Deputy in advance of the issuing of an apology.