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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The visa sticker issued for the application referred to by the Deputy has a validity period from 21 October 2020 to 21 April 2021.In the normal course of events, the person concerned could travel to Ireland between the dates of validity, including the first and last dates on the visa, and travel outside of these dates would not be permitted. The travel restrictions and the measures...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will understand, prior to making an appointment to the position of recruit prison officer, the Irish Prison Service is obliged to make such inquires as are deemed necessary to determine the suitability of candidates. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed, a final determination as to the success of any candidate cannot be made, nor can it be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 724, 728 and 730 together. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the tables attached to this response. Statistics in respect of single adults, couples and couples with extended families are not readily available. However, to be of assistance to the Deputy we have provided the number of applicants who, at time of application, were over 18...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the tables attached to this response.The figures relate to the year in which the decision was made, not the year in which the application was made. Decisions on international protection are made by the Ministerial Decisions Unit (MDU) of my Department. MDU processes the recommendations received from the International Protection Office...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: There are two safe country concepts that can apply to applicants for international protection under EU law, namely Safe Country of Origin and Safe Third Country. Under section 72 of the International Protection Act 2015, and the International Protection Act 2015 (Safe Countries of Origin) Order 2018 (Statutory Instrument no 121 of 2018), the following countries were designated as safe...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that in line with the clear commitments that both I and the Taoiseach have given, the position remains that no further deportation orders are being enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic, except in circumstances where an individual may be a threat to national security, and whose presence in Ireland would be contrary to the public interest. The table below outlines the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, Coroners are independent in the conduct of their functions and neither I nor my Department have any role in the scheduling of inquests. Most coroners hold inquests in local court houses, and as a result of Covid-19 restrictions, activity in these facilities has unfortunately been severely curtailed. The Coroners Society of Ireland agreed that all inquests...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Ireland has opted-in to what is commonly referred to as the Dublin III Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013). The Dublin Regulation sets out the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection made in one of the Member States. The European Union (Dublin System) Regulations 2018 (SI No. 62 of 2018) came...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Advertising (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has been working closely with all government departments to support the national COVID-19 effort. My Department has contributed to, and participated in, the large scale cross-Government communications programme which has been running since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has involved supporting and amplifying Government and public...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (5 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I thank all of the Senators for their contributions, particularly Senator McDowell. I have reflected on the points from last week and I appreciate the spirit of co-operation there has been. Senator McDowell's amendment has not been put forward to change policy or the context but to change the form. I know there are merits to this approach and it is not that we just go with what the norm is...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (5 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I reassure the Senator there is flexibility. While I have said that subsection (a) does not apply where the child is deceased or where there is only one living child involved, a court may still apply a flexible approach where there is only one child living and it needs to give consideration to the impact on that child if their sibling is deceased. That flexibility remains within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Citizenship Division of the Immigration Service of my Department has corresponded with the person concerned on a number of occasions (by post on 13 September 2018 and again on 4 March 2019 and by email in January 2021). It should be noted that the address on record for the person concerned does not match the address provided in the details supplied by the Deputy. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (4 Mar 2021)

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: Parliamentary Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána including recruitment and human resources matters, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The Deputy has requested statistical information for each of the years 2018 to 2021 in relation to - 1. New recruits, actual and projected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including recruitment and human resources matters, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. As the Deputy will appreciate, recruitment to An Garda Síochána is governed by the Garda Síochána (Admissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a hugely important role to play in ensuring that public confidence in An Garda Síochána is safeguarded and, as such, it is an independent oversight body with extensive powers under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Government is committed to ensuring that GSOC has the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established as a statutorily independent body, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. I have no role or function in the processing or management of complaints which are made to GSOC for investigation. GSOC’s main area of responsibility is to deal with complaints concerning Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, decisions in relation to the introduction or extension of Garda CCTV systems are, by law, matters for the Garda Commissioner. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these decisions. Community-based CCTV is governed by Section 38(3)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order 2006 (SI 289 of 2006). This legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Land Ownership (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Statutory provisions concerning the registration of easements are contained in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, as amended by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. Part 8 (Chapter 1) of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 updated the law concerning the acquisition of easements, including rights of way, based on recommendations of the Law Reform Commission....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The provision of property services to consumers in Ireland is subject to a detailed legislative framework of licensing, regulation, monitoring and enforcement, under the Property Services Regulation Act 2011. The 2011 Act also established the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA), an independent statutory regulatory body specifically tasked with responsibility for licensing and...