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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 4 permission, which has been extended until 31 May 2022, under the automatic extension of immigration permissions I announced on 17 December 2021. All permissions are extended on the same terms and conditions to the permission already held. It is open to the person concerned to contact their local Immigration Office before 31 May 2022 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the visa applications referred to were granted on 13 December 2021. It is important to note that any non EU/EEA nationals who wish to remain for longer than 90 days must register with their local immigration office and apply for further permission to remain before their initial permission to remain expires. Full details of the Registration process...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the citizenship application of the person referred to was approved and their Certificate of Naturalisation was issued by my Department on 2 February 2022. 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 INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As advised to the Deputy in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 3 February 2022, the citizenship application of the person referred to was approved and their Certificate of Naturalisation was issued by my Department on 10 December 2021. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the citizenship application of the person referred to was approved and their Certificate of Naturalisation was issued by my Department on 11 January 2022. 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 INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: A proposal to grant the application of a certificate of naturalisation in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy was issued by my Department on 8 March 2022. This is subject to the completion and submission of the Declaration of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the Stateand the statutory fee and other required documents. Upon receipt of this, the application will be finalised....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 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 soon as possible. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the person referred to was granted leave to remain by my Department under Stamp 1 conditions up to 5 January 2024. 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 (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie), which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the citizenship application of the person referred to was approved and their Certificate of Naturalisation was issued by my Department on 8 November 2021. 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 INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Minister of Religion scheme allows qualifying religious personnel to remain in the State for up to three years, where there is a demonstrated need for their services and subject to compliance with all other immigration requirements that apply in individual cases. In the normal course, a Minister of Religion may be eligible for three further one year extensions of this permission and each...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for a EU1 - Residence card with the EU Treaty Rights Division of my Department on 17 October 2019. Processing of this application is ongoing with a decision expected to issue on this application within the next few weeks. The decision will be communicated in writing to the person concerned. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has had a total of eleven supply agreements with the company named to provide either translation or interpretation services, at a total cost of €6,294,250 from 2011 to date in 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the identification, tracing, freezing, and ultimate confiscation of criminal assets does not rest with a single organisation in Ireland and is spread across a number of different agencies and statutory bodies, not all of which are the responsibility of my Department. These include An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target a person's assets, wherever situated, which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. Since its inception, the Bureau has been at the forefront of fighting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, registrations for people living outside of the Dublin area are processed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) through the Garda Station network. The Deputy will appreciate that the processing of these registrations is an operational matter for An Garda Síochána. The Garda authorities have advised me that in 2021 between Navan and Trim...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, registrations for people living outside of the Dublin area are processed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) through the Garda Station network. The Deputy will appreciate that the processing of these registrations is an operational matter for An Garda Síochána. The Garda authorities have advised me that in 2021, in Ashbourne immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The applications for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy are currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as soon as possible. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the EU Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC) has been activated in response to the Ukraine crisis. Ireland participates in this measure, which is given legal effect under Section 60 of the International Protection Act 2015. Those eligible for Temporary Protection (granted initially for one year, but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that the Citizenship Division of my Department will make contact with the person concerned shortly, regarding their application for a certificate of naturalisation. 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 (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie), which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (23 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has no contracts with the company named.