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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Feb 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 23 May 2016. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. The application was received in the relevant Division of the INIS on 19 May 2015. After consideration of the case a decision letter to grant residency to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 168 which I answered on Tuesday, 17 January 2017. The person whose details were supplied was also the subject of that Question and I have included a copy of my response below. With regard to the residency status and naturalisation of the person whose details were supplied, you will be aware that applicants for international protection are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has made an application for immigration permission based on being a family dependent of an Irish National. Further documentation was requested from the applicant by letter dated 27 January 2017. On receipt of this documentation, the application will be considered further. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to this matter and I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Communications (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will wish to be aware that access for all staff to web based emails is restricted by security infrastructure deployed by the Department of Justice and Equality. The Department provides a secure remote access service to staff who require access to Departmental systems including emails outside of work hours. Both Minister of State Stanton and I use our Departmental email...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information required in the time available. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Policy (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the Family Reunification Policy document which was published in 2013 and amended in December 2016 sets out the reasons why the qualifying financial criteria is set at the current figures. The document sets out, among other things, the requirement that family reunification should not be an undue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda equipment and resources are a matter for the Garda Commissioner and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am, however, informed by the Garda authorities that there are 39 Garda Stations in the Donegal Division, 24 of which have access to the PULSE database system. However, members...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Judge Michael Reilly died suddenly on 26 November 2016 leaving the office of Inspector of Prisons vacant. The Inspector of Prisons is a statutory position governed by Part 5 of the Prisons Act 2007. Under that Act, I as Minister may appoint a person to be Inspector and the terms and conditions of the office are to be determined by me with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Deaths (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that all deaths in custody are the subject of a Garda investigation and an inquest held in the Coroner's Court. The cause of death is determined by a jury on the basis of the information presented to the Coroner’s Court. In addition, all deaths in custody are also subject to an independent investigation by the Inspector of Prisons. The investigation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Gratuity Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: For the purposes of this reply it is understood that by 'allowances' the Deputy is referring to the prison daily gratuity. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the Prison Rules, 2007, section 29, provides that each prisoner shall be eligible for a gratuity, and that different levels of gratuity may be fixed for different prisons, different classes of prisoners and different levels...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: On Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's point, the main concern I have is the exploitation of the exemption. I have very strong advice that there would be huge concerns over this and it would not be easy to disaggregate the money as she suggested. It would be fraught with difficulties and I would be very concerned about the exploitation of women in those circumstances. I am not in a position to accept...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is just the penalty that applies to the person purchasing the sex and it is related to the 1993 Act. It has been removed for the person-----

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is gone.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: It has been deleted from the Bill. It was removed on Committee Stage.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank Deputies for their contributions. I want to deal with those two technical points raised and provide factual information on them. The first relates to the public loitering section mentioned by Deputy Catherine Connolly. I removed that on Committee Stage so that is no longer in the Bill. Second, Deputy Ruth Coppinger is right. Deleting the entire section will reintroduce the...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: We are deleting the whole section, yes. That is what happens when we do that. I refer Deputies who have spoken to the most recent research that has been done regarding this issue. It is well worth reading. It has been done by the European Commission and the University of Lancaster. It was published in 2016. We have had a good deal of research quoted here. I can quote a good deal of...