Results 1-20 of 1,098 for does speaker:Helen McEntee

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (30 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the holder, who would currently have permission to live in the country but not to work, to take up employment without the need to obtain a separate employment permit of their own. This change does not apply to spouses and de-facto partners who are residing in the State on other permissions such as visitors or for study, or Stamp 3 holders who have been issued Stamp 3 permission for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Service website at www.irishimmigration.ie/attention-eligible-spouses-and-partn ers-of-general-employment-permit-and-intra-corporate-transfe ree-irish-employment-permit-holders/. This change does not apply to spouses and de facto partners who are residing in the State on other permissions such as visitors or for study, or Stamp 3 holders, who have been issued Stamp 3 permission for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (28 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the holder, who would currently have permission to live in the country but not to work, to take up employment without the need to obtain a separate employment permit of their own. This change does not apply to spouses and de-facto partners who are residing in the State on other permissions such as visitors or for study, or Stamp 3 holders who have been issued Stamp 3 permission for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (28 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...option to refuse a committal and must accept all people committed by the courts. I am advised that the question of a Governor being held personally liable for complying with an order of the Court does not arise. Each prison’s operational bed capacity is certified individually and notified to Governors in accordance with Rule 18 of the Prison Rules 2007. Any permanent or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (23 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...at a future point, their application will be assessed on its own merits taking all relevant information into consideration at that time. Their prior immigration history is a matter of record but does not preclude them from seeking a visa in the future. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...essential. Formal mental health training is provided through the core placements within the postgraduate clinical and counselling psychology training programmes. Forensic psychology training does not provide core mental health training as part of its programme at the current time. When clinical and counselling psychologists begin working in the Irish Prison Service they are provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...protection, contact is made via email, phone and where applicable via their legal representative to inform them of their interview date. In rare cases where contact is made and the applicant does not provide an address, the IPO can arrange for applicants to pick up their letter of invitation in person. Invitations to interview are scheduled on the basis of oldest cases first. From...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ombudsman for Children (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...process. Resourcing of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and my Department does not have a role. While the previous implementation plan for the Strategy, which ran to the end of 2023, envisaged that the Office of the Ombudsman for Children would use their expertise to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, under Irish legislation it is not an offence, in and of itself, to beg. However, Irish legislation does contain a number of targeted measures to deal with certain public order offences indirectly connected with some aspects of begging. These are contained in the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a search of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I again thank the Deputy for raising this. The most important thing here is that it makes sense. Sometimes we just have to apply common sense to a situation that clearly does not work. It might be a small number but there are thousands of people living here who want to work but cannot and there are people here whose spouses or partners have not come with them because of the fact they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Tolerance,' the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV), sets out an ambitious whole of government five-year programme of reform to achieve a society which does not accept DSGBV or the attitudes which underpin these crimes. The Strategy, which was co-designed with the sector, also has a significant focus on improving the system for victims of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...in the administering state;(v) The sentenced person must consent to the transfer;(vi) and both the sentencing state and the administering state must consent to the transfer. The Convention does not confer an automatic right to transfer, nor does it impose an obligation on either state to agree to a transfer request. All requests are decided upon following preparation of reports from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (9 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...apart from one another if the court is satisfied that, while so living in the same dwelling, the spouses do not live together as a couple in an intimate and committed relationship. A relationship does not cease to be intimate merely because the relationship is no longer sexual in nature. While all legislation is always kept under review I have no plans at present to alter the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...includes ensuring their Temporary Residence Card is in date and their address is up-to-date with the International Protection Office (IPO). While the IPO records each applicant’s address, this does not include categorising their specific accommodation type, whether private or rented.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ..., or other interested parties. Information on the number of Inquests heard in each Coronial district can be found at www.gov.ie/en/collection/4dc84-coroners-annual-returns-2018- 2020/ The Department does not collate data in respect of the waiting periods for Inquests within coronial districts. The number of coroners, per county, is set out in the table below: Table 1: Number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (2 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...is life imprisonment then the term imposed must be a minimum of 10 years. This can be disregarded where the court feels it would be disproportionate in all the circumstances of the case; it also does not apply to child offenders. It is important to emphasise that, under the Constitution and the law, the courts are independent in their functions. The conduct of any court case is a matter...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...benefits of working together at a European level. European countries will be working together to implement a new, enhanced and better system than the one we have now. There is nothing in this pact that does not benefit Ireland. I am absolutely steadfast in that view. From faster processing and appeals, enhanced data-sharing, new rules and responsibilities and a greater emphasis on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (1 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Reform report ‘’Mental Health Services and Supports in Prisons: Service Mapping and Reflections from Lived Experiences’’ was published on Tuesday 23rd April 2024. I welcome this report as does the Irish Prison Service, particularly considering its focus on broader mental health services and supports in prisons. The Deputy will be aware that our prisons...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...family member in Ireland, it may be open to them to apply for permission to reside under Stamp 0 immigration permission. Stamp 0 is subject to several conditions and limitations. For example, it does not allow the holder to access any public services, such as health services or public hospitals. Stamp 0 may only be granted if the person can demonstrate that their relative, in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (30 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise that the person referred to by the Deputy does not hold an immigration permission to remain or work in the State at present. When a non-EEA national comes to Ireland to undertake a course of study, be that an English language course or a course at level 6 or above on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), a Stamp 2 student immigration permission will be granted. The...