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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: Applications for naturalisation received by my Department are processed in chronological order. The application for the person referred to by the Deputy will be registered in the coming weeks. Following initial assessment of the application, an application reference number will be issued by my Department. It is open to the person concerned to contact the Citizenship Division of my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. During this time, it is important that the person maintains...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank all colleagues for their contributions and broad support for the motion. I said a lot in my introductory remarks but will make a few points that reflect so much of what has been said in the debate. First, there are people living in this country who are afraid. They are afraid to leave their houses, go on public transport and live their lives the way I and others here do. That...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: Copies were left outside.

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating the motion. I also thank the House. Yesterday, the Government approved my request to seek the House's approval to opt-in to this EU Commission proposal. The proposal seeks to extend the list of EU crimes under Article 83 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, TFEU, to include hate crime and hate speech by way of Council...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: For the Deputy's information, please find below a table provided to me by the Garda authorities that sets out the number of vehicles assigned to the Tipperary Division, including the Nenagh Garda District, as of 28 February 2022. The Deputy may also wish to be aware that An Garda Síochána publish information on Garda fleet, including a Divisional/District monthly breakdown, on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. The allocation of Garda resources, including the Garda fleet, is a matter for the Commissioner. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. I am assured,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The information requested is provided in the table below. As the Deputy may be aware, a number of functions in my Department were transferred to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in October 2020. Therefore, it is important to note that some funding provided by my Department transferred during 2020, in particular funding related to the integration and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions.  For the Deputy's information, and in the interest of transparency, most of the information sought by the Deputy is made publicly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 16 October 2019. Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). All relevant aspects of the case will be considered before a decision is made. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Engagements (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that I attended an extraordinary meeting of Interior/Home Affairs Ministers on 27 February 2022, which was called to discuss the escalating situation in Ukraine. The main focus of that meeting was on the activation of Council Directive 2001/55/EC (Temporary Protection Directive) to grant temporary protection to the mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Engagements (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: On 25 February, I announced the immediate lifting of visa requirements between Ukraine and Ireland. This has streamlined and supported the swift exit of both the Ukrainian family members of Irish citizens, and the family members of people from Ukraine who are resident in Ireland. It applies as an emergency measure to all Ukrainians travelling to Ireland and is a humanitarian response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that the application for the person referred to by the Deputy was approved on 2 March 2022. The Domestic Residence and Permissions Division of my Department has written to the person concerned. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.  All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act.  A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I start by wishing everyone, particularly my female colleagues, a happy International Women's Day. Over the past ten days or so, the images reaching us of the devastation from Ukraine have been shocking and almost incomprehensible. One of the dangers for us, at this remove, is that we become inured to the violence and suffering, that the repetition and relentlessness of these images and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business and employment opportunities in the State. The programme provides investors with the opportunity to invest in Ireland. Key to the programme is that the investments are beneficial for Ireland, generate or sustain employment and are generally in the public interest. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (8 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: On Friday the 25thof February I announced the immediate lifting of visa requirements between Ukraine and Ireland. This will streamline and support the swift exit of both the Ukrainian family members of Irish citizens, and the family members of people from Ukraine who are resident in Ireland. It will apply as an emergency measure to all Ukrainians travelling to Ireland. The Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: On 25 February, I announced the immediate lifting of visa requirements between Ukraine and Ireland. This has streamlined and supported the swift exit of both the Ukrainian family members of Irish citizens, and the family members of people from Ukraine who are resident in Ireland. It applies as an emergency measure to all Ukrainians travelling to Ireland and is a humanitarian...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the distribution and management of Garda resources between the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. I am assured that the Garda authorities keep this distribution under constant review, to ensure the optimum use of available Garda members. The budget provided by...