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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together. The Deputy will recall that I obtained Government approval to introduce legislation if required and depending on the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Appeal.  The Court handed down its decision on Thursday, 14 November and, while my officials and I will need to study the judgement in its entirety over the coming...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I would like to begin by stating clearly that my officials, alongside their colleagues in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and An Garda Síochána, are striving to find solutions to this complex policing issue. As I have outlined in previous Parliamentary responses, a cross-agency group has been examining the misuse of scramblers. This process has involved my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. As a result, all works to the Garda estate involve close cooperation between the OPW and the Garda authorities Major investment is being made in the Garda estate, to provide fit-for-purpose facilities for Garda members and staff, as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the person referred to was awarded permission to reside in the State as a dependent person.  Dependent status permission is issued as a Stamp 3 residence permission and therefore the person referred to does not appear to currently meet the criteria for a stamp 4 permission.   However, if the circumstances of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that an application for a visa, for the purpose of joining with an Irish national spouse, was received in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy on 16 July, 2019. The Policy Document on Family Reunification first published in December 2013 states that the business target for visa applications to join Irish citizens is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that all persons making an application for a certificate of naturalisation are required to provide satisfactory documentary evidence of their identity and nationality. This is usually in the form of a current valid passport and may include other original supporting documents, such as a previously held or out of date passport, birth certificate or register of birth and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, for reasons of maintaining full confidentiality, it is not my Department's practice to comment on whether an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State.   An applicant for such protection status, or their legal representative, should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed that the person in question was granted a visit visa on the 27 September 2019, permitting them to travel to the State between the dates of 27 September 2019 and 26 December 2019.  I can advise the Deputy that non-EEA nationals who visit the State may be granted a maximum of 90 days visitor permission by an immigration officer when they enter...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I must again inform the Deputy  that, based on the information provided and after a thorough search of our systems, there is no record to be found of an immigration application from the person referred to.  The Deputy might also note that it is the responsibility of all persons with an immigration permission in the State, or an application for an immigration permission, to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The primary purpose of Garda vetting for employment purposes is to support protection for children and vulnerable adults.  It is carried out by the Garda National Vetting Bureau in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 and other relevant laws.  Neither I nor my Department has any role in the processing of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Appeals Tribunal Decisions (21 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I must inform the Deputy that any international protection applicant who receives an adverse determination or decision from one of the State’s international protection determining bodies may apply to the High Court for a judicial review of that determination or decision within a specified period of time. The same position applied to determinations or decisions made in 2002 by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Dealing (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I mentioned the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and its importance. I will not repeat my comments in that regard but I will add that the divisional drugs units, to which more than 220 Garda personnel are currently assigned, are also tackling drug-related crime on a local basis throughout the country, supported, as needed, by the national bureau. Targeted intelligence-led...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wards of Court (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wards of Court (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am very conscious of the point raised by the Deputy and I am also very conscious of her interest and that of others in this House in this area of law over several years. I am very keen to see progress on the implementation of the legislation as enacted. The commencement of Part 8 of the Act, which provides for a legislative framework for advanced healthcare directives, is a matter for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wards of Court (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am sure the Deputy will agree that it is necessary that all the appropriate administrative processes and support measures including the setting up of the DSS within the Mental Health Commission are put in place before the substantive provisions of the 2015 Act can be brought into operation. Indeed the substantive provisions will be commenced when the director of the DSS is ready to roll...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Dealing (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I share the Deputy's concern about the destructive impact which anti-social behaviour and drug-dealing can have on communities and the importance of tackling such behaviour effectively, both for the communities and for those involved in drug taking which leads to so many drug-related deaths in our communities. Government policy is guided by the national drugs strategy "Reducing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Dealing (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The House will appreciate that my responsibility is within the criminal justice area. I remind the House of the work of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, a body that is having significant success in disrupting drug trafficking and the supply of illicit drugs in Ireland as well as organised crime groups. Since its establishment in March 2015, the bureau, which now has 105...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I will do it within the time provided. I welcome the recent publication of this very comprehensive report of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, of which the Deputy is a member and which is chaired by Deputy Ó Caoláin. I acknowledge the importance of the committee's work and congratulate the committee on the important level of public engagement that has taken place in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The development of sensible, comprehensive and sensitive family law procedures, particularly for vulnerable families, will be central to the new system. I will be proposing to Government within coming weeks that these procedures should encompass access to appropriate information and advice regarding the law and the important matter of alternative dispute resolution services such as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I want to see the Hammond Lane project started and completed at the earliest opportunity. I met people from the Courts Service about this last week. Deputy O'Callaghan will understand that there are a number of interested parties, including the Office of Public Works, the National Development Finance Agency, the Courts Service and my own Department. I am keen to ensure that we see progress...