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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Certificates (26 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: I wish to advise the Deputy that, in 2009, major changes were introduced in the way firearms were licensed in the State. Key changes saw the introduction of a new three-year firearm certificate. The legislation also saw the introduction of a Firearms Training Certificate. In accordance with Section 2A of the Firearms Act, 1925, as amended, a person over 14 years of age can apply for a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (26 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 576 and 578 together. It is important to note that the Government has always been, and continues to be, supportive of the principle of parental leave. In fact, as part of Budget 2019, the Government announced the introduction of a new paid parental leave scheme which will commence later this year. This new scheme will initially provide two weeks of paid,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, I have strongly condemned the arson attacks on possible sites for direct provision centres which have damaged property and could have led to injury or loss of life for residents and staff.  Following the recent fires in Moville, Co. Donegal and Rooskey, Co. Leitrim, officials from the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) have been liaising with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: The improvements to living conditions for applicants for international protection have been significant over recent years. These include the implementation of self- or communal catering arrangements in a number of accommodation centres. As a result of this initiative, approximately 2,000 residents in nine centres have now moved to the independent living model.  In parallel with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: Following the completion of the assessment of tenders received following a public procurement process, the Department of Justice & Equality has formed a framework for centres within a 40km radius of Newbridge to provide accommodation and ancillary services for persons seeking protection through the international protection process.  The Hazel Hotel was one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, the Government has agreed to introduce two weeks of paid parental leave to support the parents of children under one year. Work is well advanced on the General Scheme of legislative proposals to provide for two weeks paid parental leave. These proposals will be brought to Government for approval shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: While the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 comes under the auspices of the Minister for Justice and Equality, the provisions in Part III of the Act relate wholly to the responsibility of a local authority, the District Court and the Revenue Commissioners to take certain actions or not with regard to the licensing of gaming machines. I have no role or responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: Through my previous responses to the Deputy on this matter, he will be aware of the work of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Future Licensing and Regulation of Gambling, established as a result of the Government Decision to review the 2013 General Scheme of the Gambling Control Bill and all relevant developments since.  The Group's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: On 10 September 2015, as part of Ireland's response to the migration crisis in central and southern Europe, the Government established the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). Under this programme, the Government committed to accepting up to 4,000 people into the State, primarily through a combination of the EU Relocation Programme and the UNHCR-led refugee Resettlement Programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Payments (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: In January and again in September of last year, the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department published a call for expressions of interest in the national press for premises to meet the increasing demand for accommodation for persons in the protection process.  This accommodation is for those seeking international protection, namely asylum seekers. This call...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: In January and again in September of last year, the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department published a call for expressions of interest in the national press for premises to meet the increasing demand for accommodation for persons in the protection process.  This accommodation is for those seeking international protection, namely asylum seekers. This call...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: In January and again in September of last year, the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department published a call for expressions of interest in the national press for premises to meet the increasing demand for accommodation for persons in the protection process.  This accommodation is for those seeking international protection, namely asylum seekers. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: The facility at St. Margaret's Road, Balseskin, County Dublin is a reception centre contracted by my Department to provide initial reception services to persons entering the state and seeking international protection. During their stay in Balseskin, protection applicants are offered health screening and are processed for PPS numbers and medical cards. The purpose of Balseskin is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: The facility at St. Margaret's Road, Balseskin, County Dublin is a reception centre contracted by my Department to provide initial reception services to persons entering the state and seeking international protection. During their stay in Balseskin, protection applicants are offered health screening and are processed for PPS numbers and medical cards. The purpose of Balseskin is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: Following the completion of the assessment of tenders received following a public procurement process, the Department of Justice & Equality has formed a framework for centres within a 40km radius of Newbridge to provide accommodation and ancillary services for persons seeking protection through the international protection process. Four bids were submitted and placed on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (6 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: I am happy to update the Deputy on my plans to update the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. I hope to publish the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill, early in the current Oireachtas session. This will be an interim reform measure, pending the bringing forward of comprehensive gambling control legislation.  The amendments proposed under the  Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (5 Mar 2019)

David Stanton: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department of Justice & Equality has no official role in the collation of statistics on deaths of asylum seekers living in State Provided Accommodation.  All records of deaths in Ireland are held in the General Register Office, which is the central civil repository for records relating to Births, Marriages...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (28 Feb 2019)

David Stanton: The statistical information requested by the Deputy is available in the table. Total number of persons: Total number of households: Total number of Adults: Total number of Children: Total number with status/permission to remain: Total number in the International Protection Process: 245 152 167 78 70 175 In relation to the information the Deputy requires on the procurement process for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Status (27 Feb 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, who is appearing before a committee this morning, sends his apologies. I welcome the opportunity to address the position regarding the recent special scheme for non-EEA national students. In October 2018, a new scheme to allow certain non-EEA nationals to apply for permission to remain in the State was launched, as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Status (27 Feb 2019)

David Stanton: There are a number of ways in which people can regularise their status. I will arrange for those methods to be transmitted to the Senator so that she can ascertain if there is a way for this person to receive status. I repeat that students who came to Ireland prior to 2005 have already had access to a scheme to regularise their immigration status. That has been done. I understand that...