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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Workers (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána; I will contact the Deputy when the information is provided. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has established a Taskforce on allegations regarding the treatment of workers on Irish Fishing Trawlers. This Taskforce is chaired by the Minister for Agriculture and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Lansdowne Road Agreement (LRA) represents Government policy in relation to industrial relations until 2018. As the Deputy will be aware my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, has brought forward the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015 to give effect to the Lansdowne Road Agreement. The Bill starts the process of the phased restoration of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation around the country is progressed by the Garda Authorities working in close co-operation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), who have the responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. I am informed by the Garda authorities that following OPW advice regarding the condition of the station it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that in respect of any offers of shelter from individual families to orphaned children from the Syrian crisis, the Child and Family Agency, Túsla, has primary responsibility under the Child Care Act, 1991 for the care of separated/orphaned or unaccompanied children (i.e. those under 18 years of age) seeking asylum in the State. In that regard, any persons...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is responsible for the administration of the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted. Under the terms of paragraph 6 of the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted the Tribunal is obliged to determine applications and to award ex-gratia compensation “on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can advise the Deputy that I recently announced a series of changes to the licensing of firearms. My announcement followed an extensive consultation process with key stakeholders and hearings by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence on a report from a Joint Garda Síochána/Department of Justice and Equality Working Group published in November 2014. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a decision was made on this visa application on 4th November 2015. The Irish Embassy in Madrid has issued a letter to the applicant informing him of the decision. Queries in relation to general immigration matters may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will share my view that the bombing at Belturbet on 28 December 1972 which took two innocent young lives was a tragic and unjustifiable act of brutality. There are no words to describe the suffering and grief that the families have endured. The bombing and two murders in Belturbet were the subject of a thorough investigation at the time by An Garda Síochána, with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: An analysis, based on observations received from the relevant Departments and agencies, of the recommendations contained in the Report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers has been prepared for the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Sector Reform. One of the key recommendations in the report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 153 together. An employment vetting service is currently provided by An Garda Síochána to a range of public and non-public sector bodies in respect of persons seeking employment in Ireland where that employment involves substantial, unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults. The vetting service is provided by the Garda Central...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Tackling organised crime is a priority for both the Government and the Garda and other law enforcement authorities. It is a shared priority with the authorities in Northern Ireland and there is extensive cross-border co-operation in place to tackle smuggling and other border-focused criminal activities. This work involves the police and customs services and other law enforcement agencies...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Article 38 3. (1) of the Constitution allows for the establishment of special courts in accordance with the law in cases where it is considered that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice. Section 38 of the Offences against the State Act 1939 provides for the establishment of Special Criminal Courts. Section 38 of the 1939 Act as amended also...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Relocation (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Human Resources Division of my Department manage a very substantial number of requests for staff transfers both across my Department and other Civil Service Departments and Offices each year. There are a range of different reasons for such a transfer request, one of which is based on geographic location. I have set out information below on how staff of my Department can seek transfers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2015)

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, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 9 May 2016, is well advanced and the case will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 25 November 2008. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the state and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it wrote to the persons concerned to acknowledge receipt of documentation on 04 August 2015. The case is under consideration and a decision will issue shortly. Queries in relation to the Status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that their records show that the person mentioned by the Deputy was first registered in the State in February 2012 with an immigration permission which expired in January 2014. I understand that the individual in question has not renewed their permission since that date nor have they made an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for the period to 30 October, 2018. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 29 October, 2015. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 9 December 2010. Representations were received from the person's legal representative, to request the Minister to use her discretion, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (5 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: New trainee Gardaí receive a basic allowance of €184 per week plus a living allowance of €77.92. After 32 weeks of training, Garda recruits are attested and move on to the first point of the Garda pay scale €23,171 rising to a maximum of €45,793 per annum after 19 years. The Garda pay scale does not include any allowances and does not reflect the full...