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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Part 3 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended, sets out the requirements for the registration of births. Section 19 of the Act sets out the duties on parents (or others in the absence of the parents) to register a birth. The requirements are that parents, within three months of the date of birth, attend before a registrar to provide the required particulars of the birth and to sign...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Enhanced Illness Benefit (EIB) was a form of Illness Benefit that is payable to self-employed persons or an employee who is told to self-isolate or has been diagnosed with Covid-19. The enhanced rate of Illness Benefit came to an end on Friday 30 September 2022. It is important to note that a person may have received Enhanced Illness Benefit on more than one occasion since the payment was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: There are currently 32 Medical Assessors working in my Department. The numbers in situ at the end of 2019 to 2021 inclusive and at the end of November 2022 are outlined below in tabular form. It is intended to run a recruitment competition for Medical Assessors in early 2023 to form a panel from which any future vacancies will be filled. Year People Posts ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I understand my officials have spoken with the Deputy to clarify the information sought in this question. Pension entitlement can only be assessed on the basis of the eligibility conditions applicable on the date an individual reaches State Pension age. A pro-rata State Pension (Contributory) pension for an applicant with mixed insurance can be calculated on an interim TCA basis (with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care. An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 15 September 2022. CA was awarded on 12 December 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned reached pension age on 09 May 2019. According to the records of my department an application for State Pension (contributory) was received on 12 July 2022. The person concerned has a total of 694 reckonable paid and credited social insurance contributions from 14 September 1970 to the end of December 2018. This equates to a yearly average of 14 contributions giving an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: State pension (non-contributory) is a means-tested payment for people aged 66 and over, habitually residing in the State, who do not qualify for a state pension contributory, or who only qualify for a reduced rate contributory pension based on their social insurance record. An application for state pension (non-contributory) was received from the person concerned on 4 August 2022. The case...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17 if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. Child benefit has been awarded to the named person with effect from August 2022. Payment, including arrears, will issue via...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware that the UK have very recently lifted the visa requirement on Colombia for short visits and that this arrangement also applies in the Schengen area. The Deputy will also be aware that both the UK and Schengen States intend to introduce in the near future an Electronic Travel Authorisation System for certain non-visa required countries. It is the case that Colombia remains on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that a number of steps have been taken in recent years to upgrade the visa processing system to make it more efficient and easier for visitors from abroad to submit their visa applications for travel to Ireland; this has included the availability of services provided by VFS Global at their Visa Application Centres (VACs). It is important to state that the services provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Applications for the renewal of immigration permissions are dealt with by the Registration Unit of my Department in chronological order that they are received. The current processing times for online renewals is 6 weeks. The online renewal facility was launched in July 2020 to process renewals and there has been approximately 186,000 registrations renewed online since the facility was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am informed by the Immigration Service Delivery unit (ISD) of my Department that the person concerned was the holder of an immigration permission valid until 19 February 2019. Unit 1 of Domestic Residence and Permissions division granted the person a permission to remain as an exceptional measure on two separate occasions up to 19 February 2019. However, that permission to remain in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the procurement of protective equipment such as ballistic vests. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I am however informed by An Garda Síochána that a tender...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, management of the courts, including 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. As Minister, I have no role in these matters, it is the function of the Courts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Prison Service must accept all prisoners committed by the Courts and does not have the option of refusing to take prisoners into custody. The numbers in prison is, of course, subject to peaks and troughs. I am advised by my officials in the Prison Service that data in relation to the number of prisoners who are being held purely on remand for between four and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: All non-EEA persons over the age of 16 are required by Section 9 of the Immigration Act 2004, as amended, to register their permission to be in the State and are issued with an Irish Residence Permit (IRP) Card which displays details of the permission granted, the conditions attaching and the expiry date of the permission. The period of permission in the majority of cases is for a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Prison Service is responsible for the safe and secure custody of all those committed to prison by the courts. The Irish Prison Service is committed to ensuring that those deprived of their liberty are treated with dignity and respect. In accordance with Rule 6 of the Prison Rules, 2007, as amended, a full-body search shall be conducted when a prisoner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: It is a matter for the applicant to determine if they meet the eligibility criteria including reckonable residency prior to submitting an application for naturalisation. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, and all applications are processed in line with the eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy; regretfully, this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.