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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Shane O'Farrell have previously been addressed by me in both the Dáil and the Seanad and I have met with the O'Farrell family. As the Deputy will be aware, following the Dáil motion calling for a public inquiry last year, I sought the advice of the Attorney General on how best to proceed, given the fact that the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am fully cognisant of the fact that the recent judgment of the High Court relating to continuous residency under Section 15(1)(c) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 (as amended) has given cause for concern. The matter remains before the courts, with the Court of Appeal reserving judgement, and is therefore sub-judice. The outcome of the appeal will have a bearing on whether...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I, along with my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross TD, co-chair the Ministerial Committee on Road Safety. I meet regularly in that forum with some of the key stakeholders in the field of transport, including the Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Road Safety Authority, An Garda Síochána, the Health and Safety Authority, the Medical Bureau of Road...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 105 together. No deportation order has been issued by my Department to the person concerned. The person mentioned by the Deputy was issued with a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) on 21st October 2019, in response to this notification, the person concerned has not submitted written...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by my officials that the person's presence in the State may be unlawful as their most recent permission to remain in the State expired in June 2012. I am further advised that the Immigration Service has no record of an outstanding request from the person concerned for permission to remain in the State. The Deputy will appreciate that, under the relevant provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The person mentioned by the Deputy made an application for permission to remain in the State as a dependent of a non-EEA national in May 2018. The person concerned was informed in writing on 20 September 2019, that the case was fully considered. The outcome of this consideration is that I have decided to grant the person concerned temporary permission to remain in the State, on Stamp 3...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by my officials that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 11 March 2005. Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. Following the consideration of those representations, a decision was taken in July 2018 that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by my officials 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 considered, under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 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 International Protection Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed that my Department has no record of a request for permission to reside from the person concerned. It is open to the person mentioned by the Deputy to write to Unit 5, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division, Immigration Service, PO Box 12695, Dublin 2, setting out her current circumstances. Alternatively the person concerned may email INISdefacto@justice.ie for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by my officials that the Mother of the person referred to has a valid Stamp 4 permission and therefore they are free to make an application to the Immigration Service for a dependent permission. Please be advised, if successful in their application, the person referred to will received dependent permission on a Stamp 3 basis. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed by my officials that the person referred to by the Deputy has had all aspects of their international protection and related claims refused, they are given a short window of opportunity within which to exercise the option of voluntary return. Where this option is not exercised, and on the assumption that the relevant party has no separate basis to remain in the State,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by my officials that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 01/02/2019. Representations have been received on behalf of the person mentioned by the Deputy requesting that the deportation order be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This request will be considered as soon as possible. A...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed 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 considered, under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed that the passport from the person concerned was received and acknowledged on 1st November 2019. The person concerned was also informed in this acknowledgement letter that as they are in possession of a Travel Document, their passport will be retained securely on their file. A person may not be in possession of both a Travel Document and a National Passport at the same time. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed that the person concerned has not submitted representations to date under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) detailing why a deportation order should not be made in respect of him. If the person concerned fails to submit such representations then his case will fall to be considered under the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I must advise the Deputy that, based on the information provided, there is no immigration application currently with my Department in respect of the person referred to. While I am therefore unable to provide information on the specific case, I can advise that an application for a work permit must be made to my colleague the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I must inform the Deputy that, based on the information provided, my Department could find no immigration record of the person referred to. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service of my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed that the position in relation to the person referred to has remained unchanged since the last Parliamentary Question on the issue was asked on the 23 July, 2019. The person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that, based on the information provided, there is no record of an immigration application from the person referred to. However, 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 at the port of entry. This applies to both non-visa required nationals and visa...