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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Under Section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004, an Immigration Officer must determine whether a non-EEA national should be granted leave to land and gain entry to the State. In performing their duties, an Officer is required to consider all of the circumstances of the individual at the time of entry. Section 4(3) of that Act sets out the full range of grounds on which a passenger may be refused....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to fight crime. An Garda Síochána has been allocated unprecedented funding of over €2.35 billion for 2024 – this is a 25% increase since 2020. This funding will allow for the continued recruitment of Garda members and staff. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Fraud is a crime which can affect anybody but which particularly targets vulnerable people and businesses who may not be aware of or vigilant to the risks of online and telephone fraud in particular. The proposed shared fraud information database for the banking sector is an initiative brought forward by the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, who have engaged with my Department and with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the application referred to was created on the 09 May 2023. Supporting documentation was received in the Athens office on the 30 May 2023. The application was received in the Dublin Visa Office on the 16 June 2023 where it awaits examination and processing. Long Stay Join Family visa applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that there are currently seven overseas Visa Offices in addition to the Visa Office in Dublin. They are located in Abuja, Beijing, London, Moscow, Ankara, Abu Dhabi and New Delhi. As of Close of Business (COB) on 31/01/2024 there were 997 Type D long stay applications awaiting a first instance decision. The table below provides the average time that a Type D long stay...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Unfortunately, it has not been possible to collate complete information as requested by the Deputy in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly in the coming days when the information is to hand

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 to 260, inclusive, together. I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that I have received a copy of a report entitled “The human and financial cost of clinical negligence claims: The case for pre-action protocols" (January 2024), and I have asked my Department to examine it. My Department is developing draft pre-action protocol regulations the purpose of which will be to encourage early resolution of clinical negligence actions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Coroner Service comprises of a network of coroners located in districts throughout the country. Coroners are independent office holders whose function under the Coroners Act 1962, as amended is to investigate sudden and unexplained deaths so that a death certificate can issue. The Coroners Act 1962 confers on a Coroner a general duty to hold an inquest where a body is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department's Registration Office in Burgh Quay is responsible for registering immigration permissions for customers residing in the Dublin area only. An Garda Síochána has oversight of the first registration and renewal of immigration residence permissions for non-EU/EEA nationals residing outside of the Dublin area. I have no role in regard to the scheduling of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (8 Feb 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). Well-functioning OMCs are key to maintaining and sustaining higher-density residential developments, such...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: John Bruton will always be the defining figure of the Fine Gael Party in County Meath. In his 35 years as a Meath TD, he provided leadership on every single issue. His impact will continue because Bruton values will always be at the heart of Fine Gael. He knew every inch of County Meath, and it seems he knew every family - or, indeed, every family knew him personally. He combined an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, earlier this year the Government established Cuan, a new statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The agency has a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Applications for temporary protection are dealt with by officials of my Department who assess applications under the criteria outlined in the temporary protection directive (2001/55), available at the link below, which was activated by EU Council decision of 4 March 2022. eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2022/382/oj. Registration of persons granted temporary protection are processed on a Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The entitlements of the Single Scheme are clearly set out in law and were enacted on 28 July 2012. All new entrant public servants, including members of An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed in line with the eligibility criteria as set out under this Act. The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy was not progressed due to lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Under section 72 of the International Protection Act 2015 the Minister for Justice may make an order designating a country as a safe country of origin. A country may only be designated as a safe country of origin where satisfied that, on the basis of the legal situation, the application of the law within a democratic system and the general political circumstances, it can be shown that there:...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Where a child is born to an Irish citizen either in Ireland or abroad then that child is an Irish Citizen...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Programmes (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government agreed to close the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) to further applications from 15 February 2023. There has been an unprecedented level of applications to the Programme in recent years and it is hoped in the coming months that we will be in a better position to understand the impact this will have on the likely timeframes within which final...