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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that I recently issued a press release seeking expressions of interest from suitably-qualified persons who wish to be considered for appointment as members to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal. Full details are available on the web site of the Department of Justice and Equality and can be accessed via the link below: Closing date for receipt of expressions of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for the period to 11th April, 2012. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 12th August, 2011. While this decision letter was issued by registered post, and was not returned undelivered, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter has issued to the person referred to by the Deputy asking her to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. When the fee and documentation has been received, the person concerned will be invited in due course to attend a citizenship ceremony, at which she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application was received from the person on 02/12/2013. Applications are dealt with in chronological order and this application will receive attention shortly. It is noted that this person's permission as a student in the State expired on 14 November 2012. It would therefore appear that this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the type of letter referred to by the Deputy will issue to the person mentioned within the coming days. Queries in relation to general immigration matters may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy is currently registered in the State under Stamp 3 conditions valid until 13 August, 2014 which is renewable directly with their local immigration officer shortly before its expiry date. It remains open to the person concerned to make a written application to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is managing the recruitment process for the Garda Commissioner and I have no direct involvement in the matter. I have, however, been informed that some 25,000 applications were received for the current competition. It is understood that around 18,000 candidates completed stage 1 tests, and of these approximately 13,000 reached a satisfactory standard....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Refuges (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy is attached in the tabular statement below. Funding was provided by Cosc, The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, towards awareness-raising activities and by the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime, towards court accompaniment services. The Deputy may be aware that core funding for Women's Aid is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 2011 set out the prescribed fees to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of naturalisation. An application fee of €175 is payable on application for a certificate of naturalisation and a fee is payable by applicants on the issue of a certificate of naturalisation. The standard certification fee is €950, while a reduced fee...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has no regulatory power over the level of fees that a Personal Insolvency Practitioner may charge; therefore it does not prescribe the Practitioner’s fees. Fees are negotiated by the Practitioner with the debtor on a case by case basis in advance of a case proceeding and those fees are deducted from the amount of money an individual debtor is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: It is intended that the first intake of new Garda trainees who have successfully completed all stages of the recruitment process will enter the Garda College in the middle of this year. They will participate in the new training programme over the remainder of 2014 and it is expected that they will attest in early 2015. At that stage they will be assigned to Garda stations throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees Remit (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, I initiated a review of the operation of Joint Policing Committees in the context of the commitment in the Programme for Government to build on existing community policing partnerships. My Department, together with the Garda authorities and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has examined the feedback obtained during the review...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy is currently registered in the State under Stamp 3 conditions having renewed their registration on 01 April, 2014. This permission is valid until 01 April, 2015 and is renewable directly with their local immigration officer shortly before its expiry date. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. Section 15 of the Act provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation if satisfied certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the parents of the person concerned were granted permission to remain in the State in 2001 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for one year, on a stamp 4 basis on 23...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State for a period of five years on the 20 January, 2009 on the basis that she was the spouse of an EU citizen who was residing and in exercise of his EU Treaty Rights in the State in accordance with the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 25 January 2004 and claimed asylum the following day. His application to the Office of the Refugee Appeals Commissioner was unsuccessful and the person concerned was notified of this decision on 26 May 2005. An appeal was submitted to the Refugee Appeal Tribunal. The Refugee Appeal Tribunal upheld the decision of the Commissioner and the decision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Significant protest activity over a number of years has occurred in the North Mayo area connected with the development of a very important natural resource. This has necessitated the temporary redeployment of large numbers of Gardaí, including specially trained personnel, from throughout the Western Region into the Belmullet District. It is deeply regrettable that so much Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The second National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat the Trafficking of Human Beings in Ireland is currently at an advanced stage of drafting in my Department. In line with the approach taken to the development of the first National Action Plan, there will be a process of consultation in relation to the second Plan with relevant State, Non-governmental and International organisations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Trafficking of Human Beings in Ireland identified the need to establish links with airlines to develop awareness among staff of the issue of human trafficking. In 2012 the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of my Department, in consultation with their counterparts in the United Kingdom, developed a training resource for airline staff and this is...

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