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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person in question entered the State on 1st November 2014 and was provided with permission to remain in the State on Stamp 2 student conditions between 5th December 2014 and 5th December 2016. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Residence Division of INIS does not currently have any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 27 October, 2016 on this matter as set out below. I am informed by INIS that the position remains unchanged. 'I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned made an application for a residence card, under the provisions of the European Communities (Free...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned arrived in the State on 22nd September 2008 and was registered as a student on Stamp 2 conditions between 4th November 2008 and 5th January 2015. At the present time, the person in question does not have any permission to remain in the State. On 8th May 2015, some five...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Nov 2016)

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 13th November, 2008 and, therefore, has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the personconcerned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended),...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (17 Nov 2016)

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: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I should inform the Deputy that the person in question has recently renewed his or her residency status and is fully aware of his or her position. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I should inform the Deputy that the person in question has recently renewed his or her residency status and is fully aware of his or her position. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned are a husband and wife who are the subject of deportation orders made on 11th March, 2005. Both persons were deported from the State some years ago; however, according to information received from their legal representatives, they returned to this State the year after they were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The primary purpose of the Garda National Vetting Bureau is to seek to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults. Vetting checks are conducted by the Garda vetting bureau for each new vetting application received to ensure that the most recent data available are taken into account. This is because once there has been any significant lapse of time between one employment and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: In accordance with Section 19(1) of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) I am specifically required to take all practicable steps to ensure that the identity of applicants is kept confidential. Accordingly, I am limited in what I can say in relation to individual cases. On a general note, deportation orders are not made in respect of applicants who are in the protection process, whether...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Nov 2016)

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 Deployment (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner, as accounting officer for An Garda Síochána, has responsibility for the allocation of Garda finances and resources, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in these matters. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the total expenditure in each of the three districts, over the period requested by the Deputy, is set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of the official recorded crime statistics, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have asked the CSO to forward the available statistics in relation to the information requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (17 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Policing Authority is an independent statutory body established on 1 January 2016 for the purpose of overseeing the performance by An Garda Síochána of its functions relating to policing services. Since its inception, the Policing Authority has been focussing, as a matter of priority, on its functions which have statutory deadlines and reform...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (16 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that Article 12 (Right of access) of the 1995 Data Protection Directive requires Member States to ensure that every data subject has the right to obtain from the data controller the communication to him or her of personal data undergoing processing in an intelligible form. The same Article provides that the data subject has the right to obtain the rectification, erasure or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application referred to was received in the Irish Visa Office in New Delhi on 28 October, 2016. The applicant has since been asked to supply additional documentation to support the application. A decision will be made on receipt of this documentation. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (16 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that Section 35 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009 as amended by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2011 provides for registration of easements (such as right of way) and profit á prendre acquired by prescription (long use) to be made directly to the Property Registration Authority under Section 49 (A) of the Registration of Title Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they have no record of the person in question entering or residing in the State. It is noted that the applicant's daughter was naturalized as an Irish citizen in May 2013, having been granted refugee status in the State in November 2000. As set out above, however, there is no record of the...