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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: If an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or their designated legal advisor should contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone to the IPO Customer Service Centre at 01 6028008 or in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: If an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or their designated legal advisor should contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone to the IPO Customer Service Centre at 01 6028008 or in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an offer of temporary and limited immigration permission (Stamp 0 status) issued to the person concerned by registered post on 26 September 2017, and again on 23 November 2017; no reply has been received to date. The person's request for Stamp 4 permission is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: If an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or their designated legal advisor should contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone to the IPO Customer Service Centre at 01 6028008 or in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a valid Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002. The Deputy might wish to note that persons subject of a Deportation Order are obliged to remove themselves from the State and to remain out of the State. Representations were received from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 05 December 2017, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of them. They were given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The enforcement of deportation orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are in contact with the GNIB on the matter and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.  

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the above grounds under section 4(3) of the Immigration Act 2004 (as inserted by section 81(b) of the International Protection Act 2015) has not been invoked to date. The provision was created as a response to strong evidence that persons who had prior legal residence or permission to enter another territory of the Common Travel Area (CTA) were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 225 of 5 December 2017. I am advised by An Garda Síochána that it is not possible in the time available to provide the details requested by the Deputy beyond those supplied in my reply of 5 December 2017, and that efforts to do so would require the expenditure of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 225 of 5 December 2017. I am advised by An Garda Síochána that it is not possible in the time available to provide the details requested by the Deputy beyond those supplied in my reply of 5 December 2017, and that efforts to do so would require the expenditure of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the information requested in relation to the number and nationality of persons detained in prison for immigration-deportation reasons in each of the past five years is set out in the following table. Nationality Yr 2017 to date Yr 2016 Yr 2015 Yr 2014 Yr 2013 Yr 2012 Afghanistan 14 22 13 17 14 13 Albanian 34 67 48 70 36 25 Algerian 7 10 3 6 4 4 American 3 4...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (7 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: In relation to information on the detention of persons refused leave to land, section 5 of the Immigration Act 2003 (as amended by the International Protection Act 2015), contains the main provisions dealing with the removal from the State of persons refused leave to land. It specifies that a person to whom this section applies may be arrested by an immigration officer or a member...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Dec 2017)

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: Public Sector Pensions Levy (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the public service Pension-Related Deduction (PRD), which applies to the pay of all pensionable public servants including members of An Garda Síochána, under the terms of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009, as amended. It is also assumed that the Deputy is referring to a scenario in which a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 152 together. In the past, the pensions of  retired members of An Garda Síochána were generally adjusted in line with changes in the wages or salary of the Garda member’s grade at retirement. Sometimes referred to as "pay parity", this non-statutory linkage lapsed in 2010, when the values of pensions in payment were left...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Discovery orders were issued by the Tribunal to my Department in February, April and September. These orders were complied with fully and the relevant documents were forwarded to the Tribunal in February, May and September 2017. In the course of making discovery, affidavits of discovery were requested by the Tribunal in respect of two of those orders, those in April and September. An official...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to supporting investment in CCTV systems and, in this context, my Department launched the Community-based CCTV Grant-aid Scheme in April 2017 as the vehicle to provide financial assistance to community groups looking to establish CCTV systems in their local areas. Under the Scheme, eligible community groups can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that  processing of both the applications for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy, is ongoing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The information sought is being complied and verified and will be provided to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (6 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy is referring to the 320 cases which were considered by the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). The reports provided by counsel and containing their recommendations to the Minister in each case constitute legal advice and they are, accordingly, subject to legal professional privilege.  Issues of public policy arise here and I do not believe that it would be...