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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Maintenance Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Central Authority for the Recovery of Maintenance from Abroad, which is in my Department, facilitates applications for the recovery of maintenance in other jurisdictions. Its role is to receive and transmit such applications to the relevant authorities abroad. The enforcement of such orders including the provision of legal aid in another State is a matter for the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that on the 31 August, 2016 there were 117 prisoners in custody as compared to a bed capacity of 140. This represents an occupancy level of 84%. The number of staff working in Loughan House is 49. The Offence Group of the 117 prisoners is set out in the following table. Offence Group Description Total Homicide Offences 20 Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Sep 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: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are not in receipt of any application from the person in question to upgrade their residency status. In the circumstances, I would suggest that the person make an application and give full details of their current circumstances in the State to enable a decision to be made in their case....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Terrorism (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The need to counter violent extremism is well recognised by the authorities here, particularly in the context of the current international terrorist threat environment. International best practice indicates that a multidimensional approach is required to address the potential for violent radicalisation and our policies concerned with integration, equality, combating discrimination and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned entered the State in 2009 and was registered as a student until 14 May 2016. All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under the "New immigration regime for full time non-EEA students" which was published in September 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department is consulting with the Office of the Attorney General on the implications of the judgment and assessing possible ways forward. The paramount objective of any future action to be taken to address the impact of the judgment will be to clarify the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court with a view to ensuring orderly management and discharge of court business.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has been granted permission to remain in the State, on immigration Stamp 2 conditions, for the period to 29th October 2016. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 17th November, 2015. The decision to grant such status was arrived at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) was established by Government Decision on 10 September 2015 as a direct response to the humanitarian crisis that developed in Southern Europe as a consequence of mass migration from areas of conflict in the Middle East and Africa. Under the programme the Government has pledged to accept a total of 4,000 migrants into the State by the end of 2017,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy was the subject of an application for Family Reunification which was approved on the 25th April 2012. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned entered the State on 25 September 2010. They were registered as a student on Stamp 2A conditions between 4 April 2013 and 21 October 2013. It should be noted that the person concerned should have sought an extension of their permission to remain in the State as a student upon...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa applications referred to were received in the Irish Visa Office in Abu Dhabi on 30 November 2015. I am also advised that there has been an exponential increase, since the second quarter of 2015, in the number of such applications. While every effort is made to process these applications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I indicated to the Deputy in my post-correspondence reply to his Parliamentary Question of 31 May 2016 referred to above, payments under the Safety Camera Contract from 2010 to end May 2016 are as follows: Payments to Go Safe 2010 € 2011 € 2012 € 2013 € 2014 € 2015 € 2016 to date € 228,494 15,842,378 15,613,641 17,036,733...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together. The current contract for the safety camera service is with Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited, a private limited company, trading as GoSafe. The members of the original consortium (now Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited) that tendered for the contract were Spectra, Egis Projects and Redflex Traffic Systems. The matter to which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that both individuals were registered in the State as students - one from 7 March 2007 to 13 July 2013 - who is now deemed to be a timed out student, while the other person was registered from 9 August 2011 to 11 November 2014 but failed to renew this permission upon expiration. Ireland has offered a generous immigration regime to foreign students, not only in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 8th April 2016. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is registered in the State as a student on Stamp 2A conditions until 9 December 2017. The person concerned made an application for a change of their immigration status on 16 February 2016. This application was considered, and it was decided that the person concerned was not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 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 submitted written representations. These representations, together with all other information on file, will be fully considered, under Section 3 (6) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are not in receipt of any application from the person in question to upgrade their residency status. In the circumstances, I would suggest that the person make an application and give full details of their current circumstances in the State to enable a decision to be made in their case....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of the person concerned. In the circumstances, I would suggest that the person make an application for residency and give full details of their current circumstances in the State to enable a decision to be made in her case. Queries in relation to the status of individual...