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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that no Return Orders have been issued in 2021 and no Return Orders have been issued to date in 2022, under the relevant Section of the International Protection Act 2015 (as amended). The 2015 Act was amended by Part 18 of the Brexit Omnibus Act 2020, and the relevant provisions came into effect from 1 January 2021. The amendments do not apply to people whose applications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The International Protection Act 2015, recognises, in accordance with international and EU law, that international protection ends under certain clearly defined conditions. Sections 9 and 11 of the 2015 Act set out the respective cessation provisions for both refugee status and subsidiary protection status and the situations where an international protection status that has been granted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The table below sets out the statistics sought by the Deputy in each of the years requested. Year Decision Made No. of People in Receipt of a Ministerial Decision to Refuse International Protection* 2016 2,029 2017 394 2018 537 2019 1,679 2020 936 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that they continue to review and modify Covid-19 restrictions which have been in place throughout the pandemic. Restrictive measures have been modified in line with the various announcements made by Government and in line with advice from Public Health/HSE and the Irish Prison Service National Infection Control team. I can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: In April 2021, I secured government agreement to publish the General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital recording) Bill 2021. The Bill has three key purposes: - To provide a legal basis for the deployment and use of body-worn cameras by An Garda Síochána. - To provide for the extension of the circumstances in which CCTV may be authorised, taking account of GDPR...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Legal Aid Board (“the Board”) is the statutory, independent body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to persons of modest means in the State, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (the “Act”) and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 1996 to 2021. Section 3(3) of the Act provides that the Board shall, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, but I have not received this information in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, 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 direct role in these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme opened for applications on 31 January 2022. Applications will be accepted for six months until 31 July 2022, when the scheme will close. This once-in-a-generation scheme is designed to give long-term undocumented people living in the State without a current permission to remain, the chance to regularise their status, access the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 30 November 2021 asked “if all Garda stations custody suites are covered by CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities; if not, the estimated cost of ensuring the remaining Garda stations custody suites are covered by CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities”. As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. This includes responsibility for decisions in relation to the allocation and control of Garda personnel and resources. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am advised by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible under the law for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the recruitment, training and appointment of its members. As Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I am very pleased that, as we celebrate 100 years of service from An Garda Síochána, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The pandemic has had a significant impact on our service delivery. However, at all times and during all levels of restrictions, my Department has continued to accept and process citizenship applications. Some cases are unfortunately taking more than 24 months to process. My Department's objective is to achieve a significantly improved decision making timeframe of 6-9 months for a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am committed to continue to work with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, An Garda Síochána and Tusla on examining the feasibility of introducing elements of the Operation Encompass approach to this jurisdiction. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is taking the lead role in examining this issue. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, and as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a search of the PULSE database was conducted on 10 February 2022 to identify any incident of type ‘Mental Health Act (detained under)’...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy was granted a Family Reunification permission to enable them to enter, remain and reside in the State on 22 May 2001. They last held a valid permission in the State in 2019 and therefore do not meet the published eligibility criteria for the Regularisation Scheme for Long-Term Undocumented Migrants living in the State. It is open to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department contracted an independent expert, Ms Maura Butler, to undertake the review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. The terms of reference for the review are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Terms_of_Reference_-_S7a_ReviewCJ(SO)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy has permission to remain in the State on stamp 3 conditions until 24 September 2022. It is open to them to attend at their local immigration office prior to the expiry of their current permission, in order to renew their permission to remain in the State.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: This application for naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, continues to be 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 in due course. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: This application for naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, continues to be 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 in due course. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain...