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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Details are set out in the following table of primary legislation both enacted and published by my Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission (LRC) from 2008-2017. Year of publication of LRC report/work  2008 - 2017 Name of Law Reform Commission Report/Work Title of primary legislation or (part thereof) which resulted from LRC work. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The information sought by the Deputy cannot be provided in a single table or in a form that is readable in the response to the question. The information is provided in a series of tables in the attached file.  The tables are structured, as follows: Table 1: Number of persons by centre, age and gender. Table 2: Duration of Stay in months since entering accommodation Table 3: Number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a request for permission to remain in the State was received from the person concerned on 15 December 2017. INIS has recently issued a letter to the person concerned, through their legal representative, requesting further information and documentation.  The case will be examined further...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised that the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department has received a request for permission to remain in the State in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy. This case is among a number of such cases which are currently being held by my Department pending the outcome of the appeal to the Supreme Court of the Court of Appeal judgment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a request for permission to remain in the State was received from the person on 15 December 2017. INIS has recently issued a letter to the person concerned, through their legal representative, requesting further information and documentation.  The case will be examined further when the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The case to which the Deputy refers is being dealt with in accordance with the Prison Service Protected Disclosure policy in place. The policy provides for the Head of Internal Audit to assign an inquiry to a member of the Internal Audit Unit or to an appropriately qualified professional to carry out an investigation. The policy further provides that such an individual may be internal or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: 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 10 August 2018, is on-going. On completion of the necessary processing the application will be submitted to me for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Visits (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The organisation of State and official functions, including inward visits from the Heads of State or Government of other states are matters that fall under the responsibility of the Departments of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade, which lead on the management of incoming State visits. I am informed that five incoming State visits have taken place since 2014 from Mozambique,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by An Garda Síochána that the amount paid to Road Safety Operations Ireland, trading as GoSafe, for the provision and operation of safety cameras was €14.6m in 2017. The duration of the current contract is 6 years with effect from the Services Commencement Date (1 May 2017), with the option to extend the contract for an additional 12 months. The estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System Data (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the statistics sought by the Deputy and I will be in contact with the Deputy directly on receipt of a Garda report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have raised the matter referred to by the Deputy with the Garda Authorities and requested a report on the issue. I will reply to the Deputy when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Since 29 March 2017, when the UK notified the President of the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the European Union, there have been two meetings of the Common Travel Area Forum (CTAF), on 28 June and 12 October. A third meeting is to be held in Dublin on 19 April 2018. Meetings of the CTAF are jointly chaired by the Director General of the Irish Naturalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of information on the courts system, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the table...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of information on the courts system, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the table...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Extradition Arrangements (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that Europol has no function in the matter of issuing warrants for extradition. The European Arrest Warrant already provides a legal basis for the surrender of persons between EU States seeking individuals for prosecution or the service of prison sentences, including those who are suspected of, or who have committed, serious offences. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions, and this includes the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquiries with the Courts Service and they have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The general position is that the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 apply to personal images recorded by means of video cameras except where the recording activity relates to an individual's own personal, family or recreational activities. The recording of images in public places by means of CCTV systems is, therefore, a form of personal data processing that is covered...