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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department is unable to publish any information that would identify any person as being an international protection applicant. This is a separate matter to the law dealing with data protection matters more generally. My officials and I are legally obliged, under Section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015, to ensure that the identity of any person who applies for international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can assure the Deputy that the Citizenship Division of my Department is committed to providing as many opportunities as possible for applicants to complete the naturalisation process. Last year Citizenship Division more than doubled the number of ceremonies available to applicants with 15 held over the course of the year. These took place in the RDS, Dublin in March, in the INEC,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the Taoiseach recently established a Working Group on Conveyancing and Probate to carry out a review of current conveyancing and probate processes and identify scope for greater efficiency and streamlining. The group comprises various experts including a solicitor, an auctioneer, consumer advocates as well as officials from the Department of the Taoiseach, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: Community safety is a top priority for my Department and everyone has the right to be safe and feel safe in their communities. Community CCTV plays a vital role in achieving this goal. As the Deputy may be aware, since 2017 my Department has administered a grant-aid scheme supporting groups wishing to establish a community-based CCTV system in their area. The CCTV grant scheme was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 893 and 919 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Prison Service must accept into custody all people committed to prison by the Courts. As such, the Irish Prison Service has no control over the numbers committed to custody at any given time. The Irish Prison Service is working closely with my officials in the Department of Justice to take...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the decision to commit a person to custody is solely a matter for a judge and judges are independent in the exercise of their judicial functions. The decision to remand a person to prison in any particular case is solely a matter for the judge concerned based on the available facts. As the Deputy will also be aware, the Prison Service are, by law, required to admit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to created an on-line Join Family (Irish national) visa application on 25 March 2024. Upon creating an on-line visa application, the summary sheet must be printed and signed by the applicant and then submitted to the relevant Visa Office, along with supporting documentation & the relevant fee, within 30 days. Only upon receipt of the necessary documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Apr 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: Road Traffic Offences (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including all operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no role in how An Garda Síochána investigates any criminal activity or collects evidence. I am informed by Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: The sudden loss of Shane O'Farrell at such a young age, with his whole life ahead of him, is a desperate tragedy for all those who knew and loved him and one which will always be an immense source of grief in their lives. The report of Judge Gerard Haughton arising from the Scoping Exercise into the circumstances surrounding the death of Shane O'Farrell, aged 23 in August 2011 was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department has taken steps to bring the Irish prison system into line with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (known as ‘Mandela Rules’) in respect of solitary confinement. This included the introduction of Statutory Instrument (SI) 276 of 2017 which amended Rule 27 of the Prison Rules 2007 and which provides a statutory entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that an application was received for a transfer of sentence from the named person on 27 November 2023. As the Deputy will be aware, EU Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA on the mutual recognition of custodial sentences establishes the conditions and procedure for the transfer of a custodial sentence between EU member states. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to in the Deputy's query requested a review of the decision dated 06 August 2021 to revoke the residence card and permission granted to them under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, which was received by the Review Unit of the EU Treaty Rights Division on 27 August 2021. The review concerned relates to permission granted arising from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am informed by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the person referred to has had the credit that was outlined in the committal warrant taken into account when calculating the end date of his sentence. On the receipt of a previous query from this individual, the sentence calculation was rechecked and the final release date remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: At the outset, it is important to clarify that criminal legal aid and civil legal aid are separate services. Under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, it is the Courts, through the judiciary, that are responsible for the granting of legal aid. The Criminal Legal Aid Scheme is demand-led and the fees and expenses due to legal practitioners are paid in accordance with the terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recording of traffic offences. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there is no separate offence of ‘Driving While Disqualified’....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Apr 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Multi-Unit Developments (MUDs) Act 2011 was enacted with the primary purposes of reforming the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments, and facilitating the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). The Programme for Government contains a commitment to conduct a review of the MUDs Act, to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recording of traffic offences. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters. Road traffic legislation is enforced as part of the day-to-day duties of members of An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (9 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána including all operational policing matters. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that there is no specific incident type available in PULSE to capture such activity and that as a result, An Garda Síochána cannot provide any reliable response....