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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (13 Oct 2015)

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 the context of annual policing plans, as provided for in section 22 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Garda District and Station Rationalisation Programme was implemented in An Garda Síochána during 2012 and 2013....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have previously met with family members of the victim to whom the Deputy refers and their legal representatives at the time to hear their concerns about aspects of the Garda investigation of the murder of their loved one and their call for an inquiry. This case was one of those inquired into previously by the late Mr. Justice Henry Barron and examined subsequently by a sub-committee of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Payments (13 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The general position regarding ground rents is that section 2 of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1978 introduced a prohibition on the creation of new leases reserving ground rents on dwellings. As regards remaining ground rents, Part III of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No.2) Act 1978 contains a statutory scheme whereby the holder of a leasehold interest may, at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Law Society is the professional body for solicitors and exercises statutory functions under the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2013 in relation to the education, admission, enrolment, discipline and regulation of the solicitors' profession. In this capacity, the Law Society is not, as such, a directly State-funded organisation and levies fees on its own membership....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Oct 2015)

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 have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Redeployment (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that, in line with redeployment procedures provided for in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014, 9 members of staff were redeployed from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to my Department on the 1st July 2013. These staff were assigned to the Financial Shared Services Offices in Killarney, which was about to take responsibility for managing additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of an application for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by the right to work, based on parentage of an Irish citizen child in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy. I am also informed that INIS has recently developed a new application form for these type of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that an application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to and that it has entered the final stage of processing. A letter has issued to the person concerned advising that I intend to grant her application and asking her to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. When the fee and documentation has been received, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection in the State, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until they have fully completed the protection process. This is in accordance with Section 19 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) which provides for the protection of the identity of asylum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I advised the Deputy in my response to his Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 6 October 2015, a letter issued to the person concerned on 29th September 2015 requesting certain information in connection with her application for a certificate of naturalisation. If the person concerned requires additional time to obtain the requested information then this will of course be facilitated. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (8 Oct 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 is ongoing with a view to establishing whether the conditions for naturalisation, such as good character and residency are satisfied. When enquiries in this regard have been completed the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is managing the recruitment process for the Garda Commissioner and I have no direct involvement in the matter. I would advise any candidate who has any queries arising from their application to contact the Public Appointments Service.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Oct 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 12 November 2008. 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: Family Reunification (8 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no current application for family reunification in respect of the spouse of the person referred to by the Deputy. If the Deputy is willing to provide further details, INIS will advise him of the position. It is open to the person concerned to make an application for a visa at any time....

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Exactly.

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank the previous speakers for their thoughtful contributions. It is a day to thank the people for their vote on 22 May. Passing the Marriage Bill 2015 is a real marker of equality in this country. As other Deputies said, it is a privilege to be here today. We are taking a very important step today towards the enactment of the Bill. I look forward to moving the legislation through the...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Clearly the Report Stage debate on this Bill gives an opportunity for Deputies to raise these issues. They were also raised on Committee Stage and at that point I said that I would raise them with the Minister for Social Protection and I have done so. I will relay today's discussion to her again because I believe these are issues for consideration. I do not need to elaborate further on...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy can go ahead.

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: He is drawing up a list.

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 4:In page 12, line 12, before “the” where it firstly occurs, to insert “by”. This is a minor technical amendment to rectify the omission of the word "by" from an amending provision.