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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: Any non-EEA national who comes to the State as a visitor is expected to leave Ireland before the expiry of their visitor permission. Any Extension of Visitor Conditions (EVIC) application would only be granted where the circumstances have changed from the time the person was granted the original visa or from when they entered the State if they are not from a visa required country. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am deeply conscious of how important the granting of naturalisation is to those who apply for it and my Department continued to accept and process citizenship applications throughout the pandemic and during all levels of public health restrictions. The total number of applications received between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2022 is 3,706. Of these, 3 have been successful in their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Claims Agency (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 641, 642 and 643 together. I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service; however, the information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that authorisations for the interception of communications and surveillance are made under the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 and the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009. Interception is governed by the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill which has recently completed pre-legislative scrutiny, will, when enacted, deliver on the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.  The Bill will provide a new framework for policing, security and community safety aimed at improving the performance and accountability of our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 646 and 647 together. As the Deputy will be aware the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill, which has completed pre-legislative scrutiny, will, when enacted, deliver on the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI). CoFPI engaged in extensive consultations as part of the deliberations that informed its report and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am determined to overhaul the operation of the family justice system, to ensure we have a more efficient and user-friendly family court system that puts the family at the centre of its work. This is a key commitment in my Justice Plan 2022.  The Programme for Government contains a commitment to enact a Family Court Bill to create a new dedicated Family Court within the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm for the Deputy that I signed the Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2022 on Tuesday 12 July. The legal mechanism is therefore now in place for An Garda Síochána to cooperate with Operation Denton. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathology Service (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, the Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) is located together with the Dublin District Coroner on the site of the former Garda Station in Whitehall in Dublin. A recent independent report found that the current facility, completed in 2016, has provided a vastly improved standard of accommodation than what predated it, in which a substantially increased caseload has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that my Department does not have a record of any member of staff subject to abatement pursuant to the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. We issue new entrants with a declaration regarding any previous service that they may have in the public/civil service and request that they declare any applicable pension in payment.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Irish Prison Service Chaplaincy Service has a significant contribution to make as part of the multi-disciplinary team in a prison, addressing the physical, social and spiritual needs of prisoners in a holistic way.  Each Chaplain is required under Rule 119(1) of the Prison Rules to submit a report to the Director General and to the Governor on matters relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 653, 657 and 658 together. Based on legal advice received by my Department, it is not proposed to publish, at this time, a three day monitoring report (August 2020) or a section 31(2) (February 2022) report received from the Inspector of Prisons in relation to the Mountjoy Women’s Prison (Dóchas Centre). I have also now received a supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: Both the Government and the Garda Commissioner are committed to increasing diversity within An Garda Síochána and ensuring that all communities can see themselves reflected in our police service. The Deputy may be aware that the last Garda recruitment competition prior to the 2022 competition, was held in 2019.  I am advised by the Garda authorities that the below table...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 656 together. As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes decisions on the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The development of the Community Safety Innovation Fund is a key commitment under Justice Plan 2022 which will have a significant impact on the development of community safety projects throughout the country.   As the Deputy will be aware, my Department opened applications for the new Community Safety Innovation Fund on 11 April 2022. The new fund will use money seized from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes decisions on the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. For the Deputy's information the attached...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy, which regrettably was not available in the timeframe available. I will write to the Deputy when this information is to hand. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, which regrettably was not available in the timeframe available. I will write to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that there are currently 62 staff employed at Clerical Officer and Executive Officer level involved in the processing of entry visas and preclearance applications. This is made up of 39 staff in Dublin and the remainder are spread across the seven overseas visa offices. Visas are also processed at certain Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs which process...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of visa appeals are made in a number of Visa Offices overseas and in my Department's Dublin Visa Office. All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their application as they feel is necessary. Guidelines in this regard are posted on my Department's immigration website...