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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regulation 10 of the Garda Admissions and Appointment Regulations 2013 provides that the Commissioner may, with the consent of the Minister, appoint and enrol any person as a member without regards to the requirements of the regulations if that person has at any previous time served as a member of An Garda Síochána. I am advised by the Commissioner that the application for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 26 February 2025. A letter of the same date issued to the person concerned granting them temporary permission to remain in the State on Stamp 1 immigration conditions for a period of 6 months. This permission was granted to enable the person concerned to make an application to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 15 January 2025. A letter of the same date issued to the person concerned granting them temporary permission to remain in the State on Stamp 1 immigration conditions for a period of 6 months. This permission was granted to enable the person concerned to make an application to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 15 January 2025. A letter of the same date issued to the person concerned granting them temporary permission to remain in the State on Stamp 1 immigration conditions for a period of 6 months. This permission was granted to enable the person concerned to make an application to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer, the visa application referred to was refused. A letter issued to the applicant on 12 March 2025 which outlines the reasons for this refusal. An appeals process is available which allows applicants, in the event of a refusal of the application at first instance, to address the factors which gave rise to that decision....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can advise the Deputy that the applications referred to were created on 10 December 2023. The applications together with supporting documentation were received in the Dublin Visa Office on the 21 December 2023 where they await examination and processing. My Departments business target for join family visa applications is 12 months. It must be made clear that these are business targets for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 25 March 2025. A letter of the same date issued to the person concerned granting them temporary permission to remain in the State on Stamp 2 immigration conditions for a period of 6 months. The person concerned should make arrangements to register their permission with the Registration Office as soon as possible if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can advise the Deputy that the applications referred to were created on 01 March 2025. The applications together with supporting documentation were received in the Dublin Visa Office on the 04 March 2025 where they await examination and processing. My Department's business target for join family visa applications is 12 months. The business target reflects the detailed and often complex...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The person referred to by the Deputy has filed Judicial Review proceedings in the High Court. As these Judicial Review proceedings remain on-going at present, and the matter is ‘sub judice’, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Prison Service. Regrettably, this was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Litter Pollution (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions. As Minister, I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and I am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the Director's work as a result. Additionally, management of the courts, along with related operational matters...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Litter Pollution (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions under Section 2(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended). As Minister, I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and I am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Road traffic legislation is enforced as part of the day-to-day duties of members of An Garda Síochána, as well as through a programme of high-visibility road safety and enforcement operations carried out in partnership with other state agencies, in order to make our roads safer for all. Gardaí continue to enforce road traffic legislation and detect dangerous use of scramblers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562, 563, 564 and 565 together. Prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions. As Minister, I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and I am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the Director's work as a result. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Programmes (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The EU Asylum and Migration Pact will significantly reform the approach to migration and asylum both in Ireland and across the EU by providing a faster, more streamlined, and fairer system for addressing the challenges faced in this area. The Pact will harmonise asylum procedures and processes across the EU and comes into effect in June 2026. Ireland, along with all the other Member...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: My Department’s records indicate that the Censorship of Publications Board held one meeting in January 2020, which was attended by all 4 members, and has not met since. Members did not receive any fees for their attendance, but were entitled to claim travel and subsistence payments, with a total of €179.09 paid. Administratively, secretariat support for the Censorship of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Gender Recognition Act comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection. I am advised by the Department of Social Protection that the report of the Review Group for the Gender Recognition Act under section 7 of the Act included, at recommendation 2A, that legal recognition should be made available to people who are non-binary. This recommendation will, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to fight crime and a strengthened, well-resourced Garda organisation is central to this policy. The Garda Vote in Budget 2025 saw unprecedented funding of over €2.48 billion for this year, a 27% increase since 2020 which is supporting the continued recruitment of Garda members and staff. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: A key principle of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is that community safety requires multi-agency cooperation working in partnership with An Garda Síochána and crucially with communities themselves. The Commission's report recommended the establishment of national and local structures to bring together Departments and State agencies involved in harm prevention to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Government is fully committed to reducing the harms caused to families and communities by illicit drug use. Three priority actions in this area are tackling organised crime, ensuring that we minimise the harms caused to those with addiction issues, and diverting people from involvement in crime and illicit drug related activity. The Dublin Drug Treatment Court (Dublin DTC) is a...