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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (2 Feb 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the person referred to in the question has been previously advised, my Department will be reviewing this case. In the light of an overall review currently underway of the practices and procedures of this form of immigration permission.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (2 Feb 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda Stations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner in conjunction with the newly established Policing Authority, in the context of annual policing plans, as provided for in section 20 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Garda District and Station Rationalisation Programme implemented in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (2 Feb 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources and for the day to day management of An Garda Síochána. The Deputy should be aware of two relatively recent initiatives regarding the Garda station network. The Garda Síochána 2008 Policing Plan set out realigned Garda Divisional boundaries to make them coterminous with local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (2 Feb 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of resources. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the total...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Feb 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the publication of recorded crime statistics. In relation to the matters referred to, I have requested the CSO to provide the available statistical information directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: This material has now been compiled by my Department.  As the information requested by the Deputy is voluminous in nature I will be forwarding same to her directly this week.

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank and congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on a job well done and a terrific electoral record.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present this Bill. Many Members on all sides of the Houses have been following its progress since its publication in September, as have many groups and organisations, some of which are joining us in the Gallery. Not only have they an interest in the Bill, but they worked with the justice committee and made substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Schengen Agreement (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand the Deputy is referring to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 which establishes the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States and which is commonly referred to as the Dublin III Regulation. I consider a well functioning Dublin System to be essential to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The particular case to which the Deputy refers is amongst those considered under the mechanism established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations, which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality, or the Taoiseach with a view to determining to what extent and in what manner further...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the notification placed on the INIS website www.inis.gov.ie in March of 2015 was aimed at clarifying and standardising the terms and conditions in respect of applications from retired foreign nationals seeking to come and live in Ireland. Prior to that more ad hoc arrangements were applied in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that a contract for a Courts Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project was signed recently in December 2015 which will see the construction or redevelopment of seven regional Courthouses at a total project cost of around €135 million. This Courts PPP Bundle includes a courthouse to be built inDrogheda. The intention is that construction will start early in 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the provision of accommodation and related services for asylum seekers who avail of those services while their protection application is being processed. On 17/01/2016, there were 4,650 persons accommodated by RIA in accommodation centres located in 17 counties throughout the State. The contract for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that a total of 6 life sentenced prisoners were released into the community in 2015. The average length of sentence served in custody by these six prisoners prior to release was approximately 17 and a half years. No life sentenced prisoner was recalled to prison in 2015. Life sentenced prisoners who are released into the community continue to serve their sentences...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (28 Jan 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 the case 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons referred to are the subject of Deportation Orders and therefore have no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the persons concerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Orders. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Commissioner that the Garda Station in Santry is a fully functional station which is in use and there are no plans to alter its status. The formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda Stations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner in conjunction with the newly established Policing Authority, in the context of annual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I might clarify that the figures for trends in burglary crime to which I referred recently, including in response to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of yesterday's date, were provided to me on a provisional basis by the Garda authorities, in the context of an overall update on the progress being made under Operation Thor. As the Deputy is aware the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, the person concerned has not made contact with INIS and that the last contact was during 2012. However, INIS will now contact the person in question at the address supplied by the Deputy to assess the up-to-date position on their circumstances in the State. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (28 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that detailed annual statistics in respect of the information requested by the Deputy for 2014 is published in the annual report of the Office of the Refugee Information Commissioner (ORAC). This information is available on the ORAC website www.orac.ie. While the data for 2015 is not yet finalised,...