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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda equipment. As Minister I play no role in these independent functions. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 14 May 2024 refers to the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to the Public Service Vehicle Inspector Unit within Westmeath Division. I can advise that a response issued to the Deputy on 21 May 2024. I have attached the reply for the Deputy's information.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy continues to be processed by my Department. I understand the extended wait times can be frustrating for applicants and my Department has been working hard to clear backlogs. It is recognised that all applicants for citizenship would wish to have a decision on their application without delay. However, the nature...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have sought the information requested from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Road safety is a shared responsibility, and while led by the Department of Transport, it is one which is taken very seriously across Government. We have all been shocked by the recent loss of life on our roads, and concerned by the worrying increase in road fatalities after many years of progress in making our roads safer. I continue to engage with colleagues across Government, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Earlier this month, I updated the Government of my intention to reform the carrier liability provisions of the Immigration Act 2003. I will shortly bring this legislation to the Oireachtas as part of a forthcoming Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, which is planned for enactment by the Summer recess. I am proposing to increase the fines on carriers from the current maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: The coroners service comprises of a network of coroners located in districts throughout the country. All coronial districts, with the exception of Dublin, are the responsibility of the relevant Local Authority. Coroners are independent office holders whose core function is to investigate sudden and unexplained deaths so that a death certificate can be issued. Neither I, as Minister, nor my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I understand that the Deputy has further clarified that the persons referred to have been granted Temporary Protection in the State. EU Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 applied the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive to persons displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including persons recognised as refugees in Ukraine. At a meeting of EU Home Affairs Ministers on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the application referred to by the Deputy was refused. A letter issued to the applicant on 18 March 2024 which outlined the reasons for this refusal. The Dublin Visa Office have confirmed that a partial appeal was received on 7 May 2024, however, the appellant’s legal representative advised that further essential documentation, central to their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Combatting all forms of domestic, sexual and gender-based remains a priority for this Government, for my Department and for the Garda Commissioner. 'Zero Tolerance,' the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV), sets out an ambitious whole of government five-year programme of reform to achieve a society which does not accept DSGBV or the attitudes which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately the information was not received on time. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Parliamentary Question No.130 of 22 May 2024 refers to the Garda roads policing units (RPUs) that currently have a sheltered motorcycle shed; and if so, the capacity of each shed for each RPU, in tabular form. As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for managing and controlling...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately the information was not received on time. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: In its over forty years of operation, the Civil Legal Aid Scheme has been a significant and beneficial public service, providing legal aid and advice to people of limited means in civil disputes, including family law. However, since the Scheme was set up, Irish society has changed, and the demands on the service have grown. In June 2022, I established the Civil Legal Aid Review Group to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: The application by the person referred to by the Deputy was received by the Undocumented Unit of my Department on 23 February 2022 and continues to be processed. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a definitive timeframe for a decision to issue. The processing times of applications will vary depending on the complexity of the application, whether it is a single or family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Court of Justice (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that, since 2010, there has been one fine imposed on my Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This was in relation to a delay in transposing Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing. On July 16, 2020, the CJEU imposed a €2 million lump-sum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: EU Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 applied the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive to persons displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including persons recognised as refugees in Ukraine. At a meeting of EU Home Affairs Ministers on 13 June 2024, political agreement was reached to extend the Temporary Protection Directive until March 2026. I can advise the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy was refused permission to remain in the state at the end of May 2024. As the applicant has subsequently filed legal proceedings in the High Court challenging this decision it would not be appropriate to comment further on ongoing legal proceedings. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: On 17 February 2023, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice published its Report on An Examination of the Operation of the Coroner Service. I received a copy of the report and departmental officials have carefully examined its contents. On 20 October 2023, I launched a wide-ranging public consultation exercise to inform the development of proposals for comprehensive reform of the Coroner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (18 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department has responsibility for immigration-related matters, including the entry and residence conditions of non-EEA students, who are granted a Stamp 2 immigration permission, and engages on an ongoing basis with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, among other key sectoral stakeholders,...