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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Stamp 0 retirement permission provides a means by which non-nationals, of independent means, may retire to Ireland, subject to certain requirements. These requirements are designed to ensure that such people have the means to support themselves while living here; they are not entitled to access State benefits while resident here on a retirement permission. People of independent means...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can inform the Deputy that it is open to any person to apply for a change of immigration status if they meet the criteria for doing so. Detailed information on how to change immigration status is available on my Departments Immigration Service website at: The holder of a Stamp 3 immigration permission may be eligible to apply to change to a Stamp 4 immigration permission:If they become...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1152 and 1153 together. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer, the Visa for the person concerned was granted on 13 March 2025. Entry into the State is solely at the discretion of the Immigration Officer at the port of entry. The onus is on the individuals to have all documentation relating to their reasons...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prisoners Abroad (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the processing of the application from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. The Irish Prison Service is liaising with the French authorities, the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, and officials in my Department to gather the necessary information to progress the matter. As the Deputy will be aware, EU Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1156 and 1188 together. I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not operate a system for the issuing of visas to missionaries who wish to come to Ireland to proselytise. However, my Department does operate a Minister of Religion (MOR) scheme which allows MORs to travel to Ireland and remain here under certain conditions. A MOR may be granted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. This includes the distribution of resources, including the Garda fleet, across the various Garda Divisions and National/Specialist Units. As Minister, I have no direct role in this matter. An allocation of €2.48 billion was provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I understand that extended processing times can be frustrating for applicants and I want to assure anyone who has made an application for a join family visa that my Department is doing everything possible to progress these applications as quickly as possible. My Department aims to process join family visas applications within 12 months. The business target reflects the detailed and often...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria for naturalisation can only be made after an application is received. Applicants are required to have 5 years reckonable residence in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 3 October 2024. I understand my Department's Immigration Oireachtas service arranged for this decision letter to re-issue recently. A request for final documentation and a Certificate fee is included in this approval letter. Once provided and accepted, the person cited by the Deputy will be added to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The information sought by the Deputy is detailed and I regret that it has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time frame available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Appointments of special advisers are made in line with the Public Service Management Act, 1997 and subject to Government approval - the formal appointment of a Special Adviser requires a Government Order and a copies of which are available in the Statutory Instruments section of the Irish Statute Book website at www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/statutory.html More information on the appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can confirm that none of the buildings my Department owns or leases in Dublin 8, 10, or 12 have been identified as surplus to requirements or are underutilised.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Government respects the strongly and sincerely held but widely differing views of stakeholders on this issue. High Court defamation cases are part of a small minority of civil cases in which juries are still used. Juries have already been abolished in almost every other type of civil proceedings, most recently under the Courts Act 1988, and juries have already been abolished in Circuit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that information regarding prison capacity and the numbers of prisoners in custody is collated daily by the Irish Prison Service Statistics Unit and published on its website (www.irishprisons.ie). This information can be found in the Information Centre under Statistics & Information, Daily Prisoner Population. The direct link is: The capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can inform the Deputy that the person concerned created a Join Family Visa application on 29 November 2023. Supporting documentation was received in the Bangkok office and the application was subsequently received in the Dublin Visa Office on 09 January 2024, where it awaits examination and processing. My Departments business target for join family visa applications is 12 months. It must...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Road safety is a shared responsibility, and while the whole of Government response is led by the Department of Transport, it is one which is taken very seriously across Government. Road traffic laws are enforced by both Roads Policing Gardaí and as part of the day-to-day duties of uniformed Gardaí nationwide. This includes a programme of high-visibility road safety and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The naturalisation certificate for the person cited by the Deputy has been reissued by registered post. As an Oireachtas member, you can also request the status of individual immigration cases by e-mail, using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The number and percentage of the overall prison population who are serving a sentence of less than three months; three months to less than six months; and six months to less than 12 months, by gender and category of offence is taken from the most recent snapshot of the prison population conducted on 27 February 2025 and is outlined in the table below. The Irish Prison Service publishes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), including the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. Under Section 33 of the Act, the Commissioner is responsible for the distribution and stationing of Gardaí throughout the State. As Minister, I play no role...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Mar 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to fight crime and a strengthened, well-resourced Garda organisation is central to this policy. An Garda Síochána's budget allocation is over €2.48 billion for this year, a 27% increase since 2020 which is supporting the continued recruitment of Garda members and staff. While...