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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this person arrived in the State on 31 May 2016 and registered as a student on 4 July 2016. This permission is valid until 4 July 2017. All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out clearly on the INIS website, and which were first...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 25th May 2011. Representations were received from the persons' legal representative pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy might wish to note that any such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy does not have an application pending with INIS for permission based on being the spouse of an Irish Citizen. The Deputy may wish to note that there are two routes by which a non EEA national can apply for permission to reside in the State on the basis of marriage...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person in question made an application for Family Reunification in respect of his mother in December 2016. The application is currently being processed. Cases are dealt with in strict chronological order by the Family Reunification section to ensure fairness to all applicants. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned submitted a De Facto Partner Permission application in August 2016. The application is currently under consideration and INIS will be in contact with the applicant in due course. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this matter was previously the subject of a query from the Deputy when a letter issued on 24th March 2014 from the Family Reunification Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service advising that the person concerned had not submitted an application for Family Reunification.There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Terrorism (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As an open and democratic society in the European Union, Ireland cannot consider itself immune from the current international terrorist threat. The assessment of the threat is that while an attack on Ireland is possible, it is not considered likely. Nor is there at present any specific information that an attack on Ireland is planned. The level of threat from this source is kept under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are no plans at this stage to amend the current laws relating to Citizenship arising from the UK decision to leave the EU, and which of course contain special provisions in relation to persons born in Northern Ireland. The entitlement to Irish citizenship, as well as the conditions pertaining to a grant of citizenship through naturalisation, are governed by the provisions of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 60 of 10 November, 2016 which I have reiterated below for convenience. This review is ongoing since the judgement in July, 2016 and as I have stated below it is not possible to indicate a time frame for its conclusion. The Irish Prison Service have informed me that there are currently 31 active cases on hold in relation to the transfer of sentenced...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department (INIS) that the visa application referred to is currently the subject of legal proceedings before the courts. The Deputy will appreciate therefore that I am limited in what I can say on the matter. There are very large number of applications waiting to be processed at present which gives rise to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, an extensive programme of engagement with other EU Governments and the EU institutions, including the Commission’s Brexit Negotiations Task Force, is under way across Government. Since 24 June 2016, I have attended two formal meetings and one informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of Ministers, during the course of which I took the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (18 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can assure the Deputy that I am very mindful of the serious impact of sexual crimes on victims and their families, particularly where young persons are involved. As I have previously advised the Deputy, I received a series of communications expressing concerns in relation to the case referred to and sought the views of the Garda Commissioner on the issues raised. As the Deputy is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to was refused by the Visa Office in Abu Dhabi on 8 September, 2016. The decision was communicated to the applicant who was advised that an appeal could be submitted up to two months following the visa refusal. No such appeal was submitted. It is open to the applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Jan 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (18 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of Gardaí is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors including crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (18 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that there is one ongoing investigation in my Department. The MacLochlainn Commission of Investigation was established under SI No. 346 of 2014 to conduct a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of Mr Ronan MacLochlainn by members of An Garda Síochána in May 1998 in Ashford, Co Wicklow. The final agreed reporting date for the Commission was 31 May...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Retirements (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that it is a matter for the Chief Medical Officer to determine whether or not a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is assumed from the details supplied that the Deputy's question relates to the liability for commercial rates of properties made available for short term lettings in general, including through the particular online service referred to by the Deputy. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the exercise of his functions and I am advised by him that, as a general principle, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 137 together. The Istanbul Convention is a significant legal instrument in combatting domestic violence and work is underway in implementing the remaining legislative and administrative actions required to enable Ireland to ratify the Convention. With regard to the Convention article which is the subject of the Deputy's question, Ireland is...