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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illegal Moneylenders (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide the data sought in the time available for reply. However, I have requested the Garda authorities to provide the requested information and I will arrange for all available information to be forwarded to the Deputy upon receipt.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 583 and 584 together. As I set out in my reply to the Deputy's Question No 210 of 16 July 2014, there were 8,663 committals (69%) under sentence in 2013 for sentences of 12 weeks or less. This category includes those committed (7,940) as a consequence of the non-payment of a court ordered fine. A breakdown of the length of sentence as requested by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Expenditure on the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme for 2014 (January - August) is €33.3 million. Under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, the courts, through the judiciary, are responsible for the granting of legal aid. The nature of the Scheme is that it is demand-led, driven by the incidence of crime, detection rates and prosecutions of cases through the courts systems. This makes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was issued with a formal declaration of refugee status by letter dated 20 March 2002. This position still remains. The communication of 20 March 2002 advised the person concerned of the rights and entitlements accompanying refugee status in the State. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Asylum related legal costs incurred by my Department arise from the provision of legal services by the Refugee Legal Service to asylum seekers and judicial review proceedings taken against the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) which are determined by the courts in favour of applicants or settled by the State. Costs in these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Property Services Regulatory Authority was established on a statutory basis on 3 April 2012 under the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. A key role of the Authority is to set and enforce standards in the provision of property services by auctioneers, letting agents and property management agents and to provide redress mechanisms for consumers of those services. It should be noted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. Queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, if the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill currently before the Seanad at Committee Stage proposes to amend section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998. As announced previously, the Government accepts the principle of this Private Member's Bill to better balance the right of employees to protection from discrimination with the right of religious freedom. I will be tabling a number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Direct Provision system is managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. For the most part, this represents a cashless system with the State assuming responsibility for providing suitable accommodation for asylum seekers on a full board basis. RIA currently provides full board accommodation and ancillary services to just over 4,300 persons in 34 centres across...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that I met recently with representatives of the Stardust Victims Committee to hear their concerns first hand and am currently in correspondence with the Committee in relation to these issues, including the issues raised in the details supplied by him.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 595 to 597, inclusive, together. Entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. Where sections 6A and 6B of that Act are applicable, a child born in the island of Ireland on or after 1 January 2005 has an entitlement to Irish citizenship if, at the time of the birth of the child, one of his or her...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. On 14 August, 2014 a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. Transfers of residents...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, 4,311 persons are residing in 34 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of her identified operational demands and the availability of resources. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the number of Garda vehicles assigned by Division for the periods requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. DIVISION 2007 2011 2012 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 16 November, 2005 for 2 years under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission was renewed on a regular...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the subsidiary protection application made by the person concerned was refused on 31st July, 2014. Following that refusal decision, and in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has submitted written...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application was received on behalf of the person mentioned by the Deputy on 14 November 2013. This application was refused on 1 September 2014 and, as the person is unlawfully present in the State, they are now expected to leave the State. Queries in relation to the status of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to with the reference number provided by the Deputy first registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau on Stamp 3 conditions on 06 March 2013 as the dependent of a worker in the State. This permission has been renewed and is valid up to 23 August 2015. As far as INIS...