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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The ongoing migration crisis is a serious and extremely complex challenge facing the EU with numerous pressure points and it is important that there be a coherent and coordinated response. Persons who are currently in another EU Member State, including those in the camps in Calais, and who are in need of international protection, are entitled to make an application for asylum in that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for the provision of equipment for An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Garda authorities that they are currently engaged in a procurement process for the acquisition of defibrillators and the provision of training in the use of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Currently there are 124 cases being assessed by my Department under the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945. An assessment of an application is made based on all medical reports submitted by the applicant, together with a report on the incident by the Garda Commissioner and a report on the injury by the Garda Chief Medical Officer. At present, my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Currently there are 124 cases being assessed by my Department under the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945. An assessment of an application is made based on all medical reports submitted by the applicant, together with a report on the incident by the Garda Commissioner and a report on the injury by the Garda Chief Medical Officer. At present, my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: One of the primary functions of the Garda Commissioner under the Garda Síochána Acts is to direct and control An Garda Síochána, including the Garda Reserve. Deployment of a reserve member is governed by the Garda Síochána (Reserve Members) Regulations 2006 which states that a Reserve member shall be placed on duty under the supervision of a member of another...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (4 Oct 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 a decision is expected to issue in the coming days. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84, 97 and 120 together. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 was introduced in September 2015 and completed all stages in Seanad Éireann in January of this year. The Bill is scheduled to begin second stage in Dáil Éireann on 5 October. I am committed to the passage and enactment of this Bill as a matter of priority.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Co-operation (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 to 89, inclusive, together. I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 23 (and related Questions) of 16 September 2016 which dealt at some length with issues arising in this regard. I would reiterate for the Deputy that these are entirely operational matters for the Garda Authorities, to be carried out in accordance with their functions as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on parentage of an Irish citizen child in December, 2015. Further information and clarification has been requested by correspondence issued from the INIS, on 23 September, 2016. A reply to that letter is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State, on a stamp 4 basis, on 11 October, 2011. This permission was subsequently renewed, with the latest permission granted up to 12 August 2016. An application for a renewal of permission to remain was received in the INIS on 18 July,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application referred to by the Deputy was received by the Visa Office on 26 January 2016 and is currently under consideration. The sponsor has been contacted twice via email in relation to the provision of supporting documentation, and a response is awaited. I am further advised by INIS that,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned currently has permission to remain in the State until 20th February, 2017. It will be open to the person concerned to apply for the renewal of that permission in advance of its expiry date. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy. Section 15 of the Act provides that the Minister may, in her absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his recent Parliamentary Question No. 70 of Friday 16th September 2016. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that reply. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 27 May 2016. This Order requires the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are already a number of offences under Irish law which address the trafficking of persons for the purpose of exploitation (including sexual exploitation) and which can attract significant penalties. Under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008, any person found guilty of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation shall be liable to imprisonment for a period up to life....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Oct 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 in 2013 and was registered as a student to 01 October 2016. I wish to draw the Deputy's attention to the document 'Guidelines for non EEA national students registered in Ireland before 1 January, 2011'which is available on the INIS website at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (4 Oct 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 ongoing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy may be aware the processing of asylum applications is carried out within the framework of the Refugee Act 1996 under which every asylum applicant is guaranteed an investigation and determination of his or her claim at first instance by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC). In endeavouring to establish the veracity of applications, ORAC has availed of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this person arrived in the State on 18 March 2009 and has remained in the State ever since, without the permission of the Minister. This person wrote to the Minister on 29 September 2015 outlining their circumstances. If this person leaves the State voluntarily, then it would be open...