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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 to 603, inclusive, together. Under Section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004, an Immigration Officer must determine whether a non-EEA national should be granted leave to land and thus gain entry to the State. Over 99% of travellers are permitted leave to land under various legal mechanisms including the EU Free Movement Directive, their relationships to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The question of entry for any individual, whether visa or non-visa required, is determined by the Immigration Officer at the port of entry at the time the individual seeks entry into the State.  All relevant factors are taken into account with the principal ones being the purpose of the visit, the duration of stay, the ability of the individual to support themselves during...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As is made clear in the information made available on this visa, any person entering the State on foot of a volunteer visa cannot thereafter apply to change their permission while they are in the State.   A new Volunteering in Ireland preclearance process for non-EEA citizens was launched in April 2018. Under the terms of the volunteering immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The baseline funding for courthouse capital in 2020 is €4.88m. A 12% increase in 2021 equates to €0.59m, which would give a total of €5.47m for next year. The allocation for Courthouse Capital per the Revised Estimate Volume (REV) 2020 is €15.380m, which includes €10.5m of once off additional funding mainly provided under the National Development Plan.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, 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 provided the following update on this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department now rely on the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) arrivals figures as an indication of the number of passenger locator forms collected by the BMU officers less the exempt categories. Arrivals figures provided to the BMU from daa show that between 1 August 2020 and 14 September 2020 the number of arrivals was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department has responsibility for securing Ireland’s border at Dublin Airport in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Acts and Orders as they relate to entry and refusal of entry to the State. The BMU had also been collecting and checking Public Health Passenger Locator Forms at Dublin Airport, and undertaking follow-up phone...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy has been granted Stamp 4 permission as the dependent of an EEA national and is not, therefore, required to submit a letter from their employer when renewing their permission. The Immigration Service of my Department registers persons residing in the Dublin area only. The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) processes all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Currently, the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) is not accepting short stay visit family visa applications due to measures taken to combat the spread of COVID-19. The resumption of visa services will continue to be monitored and decided in accordance with Health Service Executive (HSE) guidelines. Any changes to the visas which are being processed will be announced on the Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda College (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. An Garda Síochána advise that there will be no further graduations of Probationer Gardaí from the Garda College in 2020. 125 probationer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána.  In addition, the allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Commissioner, in light of identified operational demands. This includes responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána including training and development of the Garda organisation.  As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters, or in the funding of such matters. I am advised by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 617 together. I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible in the timeframe available to collate the information sought, as this entails a manual check of individual records.  I will revert to the Deputy as soon as this information has been compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Immigration Service of my Department advises that the statistical information sought by the Deputy is not available. When a new immigration record is being created, the Immigration Service does not, as a matter of course, record the relevant applicant’s place of birth. As a result, there is no available record of the number of children born in Ireland who are in any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The relevant information requested by the Deputy is being collated and verified and I will respond directly to the Deputy when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy on the number and value of fireworks seized from An Garda Síochána. In addition, the information on the related advertising campaign is currently being collated and verified. I will write directly to the Deputy when this information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently no projects over €1 billion within the Justice sector.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Safety (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: An Garda Síochána is already undertaking a great deal of work. As we both said, this situation is happening much sooner than Hallowe'en and Operation Tombola has commenced and been in effect since 4 September. Perhaps that operation needs to start even sooner, but it is very early. This plan has many aspects directed against the sale of fireworks, including, to name just a few,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Safety (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The challenge here concerns situations, such as those we have seen recently, where there have been large gatherings of people into which fireworks have been thrown. When the police arrived and spoke to people, however, there did not seem to be an ability to identify who had thrown the fireworks. This seems to be a major problem where younger people are not willing to say who threw a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Data (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 191,193 and 194 together. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. As the Deputy is aware, the Central Statistics Office, CSO, as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and...