Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Records from 01 October 2022 to 31 July 2023, relating to legislating against sex for rent in Ireland, including the decision to link it with part 4 review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, and the delays involved in the part 4 review of said legislation – to include correspondence to and from Department of Housing.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Minutes of meetings of the Department's inter Departmental anti-trafficking working group, between 01 October 2022 and 21 September 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I am requesting the release of a letter sent to the Minister by named NGO regarding antisemitic material being published in 'The Irish Light' newspaper (referenced on the Lobbying Register). I am also requesting the release of any correspondence sent from the Minister's office in reply to this request, as well as any records of meetings (minutes, notes) and briefings prepared for the Minister regarding the same.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

A list of all companies which were approved under the Immigrant Investor Programme between its inception and closure. A list of all Irish based companies which were involved in attracting such investors, or which were involved in joint ventures with overseas companies that were approved.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All Information and records relating to the revision of the District Court Schedule of Costs, SI17 of 2014 or otherwise relating to the amendment or revision of Order 53 of the District Court Rules.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I am submitting an FOI request under the Act for all records in your Department recording discussions by you with your political advisers, the Secretary General of the Department and other relevant senior officials of any duty of care on you as Justice Minister, or on Minister Simon Harris when he was operating as Minister for Justice in your absence, to reach out to, consult with and take cognisance of the views of political parties in Northern Ireland of the potential impact on human rights and free speech on all the island of Ireland.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Any record that indicates that the Minister has considered the implications of the supremacy of EU law over national law as laid down in Section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972, an enactment that was a prerequisite for our joining the EEC, and is also set out in Declaration 17 of The Lisbon Treaty “ in accordance with well settled case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States, under the conditions laid down by the said case law”? 2. Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (ex Article 249 TEC) states, - “To exercise the Union's competences, the institutions shall adopt regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions. A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Any record to indicate that the Minister is aware of Regulation (EEC, EURATOM) No 1182/71 of the Council of 03 June 1971 and of its effect as stated in Article 288 of TFEU? 3. Any record that indicates that the Minister is aware of the conflict of the Interpretation Act with Regulation 1182/71 and that because of this conflict that the Interpretation Act is unconstitutional under Article 29.6 of the Constitution? 4. Any record that indicates that the Minister has considered the implications of the denial of rights to citizens arising from the conflict of the Interpretation Act with EU law and also the liability for that state that is growing from this denial of rights? 5. Any record that indicates that the Minister, who admits of uncertainty regarding periods of time, has considered the difficulty for the citizen in assessing their position when faced with decisions with deadlines?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Amount of Irish Citizens whose partners applied for Join Family Visa Type D within last 12 months starting from 22 August 2022 via Dublin Visa Office. 2. How many applications for Join Family Visa type D have been processed in Visa Office in Dublin in the last 12 months starting from 22 August 2022? 3. Amount of Indian Citizens whose partners applied for Join Family Visa Type D in Visa Office branch New Delhi, India within last 12 months starting from 22 August 2022. 4. How many applications for Join Family Visa type D have been processed in Visa Office branch in New Delhi, India in the last 12 months, starting from 22 August 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Please send me details of the number of legal cases taken against An Garda Siochana/Department of Justice for unlawful arrest since January 2021 and date of request. Please also confirm how many have been settled and the average settlement amount.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. A database/spreadsheet/record of all complaints made about the IPO in the most recent twelve month period for which it is available. This record to include the date of the complaint, the categorisation of the complaint, a brief line description of the complaint, and the status of the complaint. 2. A copy of the actual complaints (anonymised) made in the most recent quarter of the above period.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any correspondence sent to the Minister/her adviser/Secretary General on the hate crime/hate speech legislation from 01 May 2023 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any correspondence between the Department and the Seanad on the order paper and what the Department would put on it on the final week of the term (this week starting the 10 July).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I wish to request the following: 1. The number of people who have arrived in Ireland between the 01 January 2021 to the 31 May 2023 claiming International Protection and Asylum. 2. For the figures above in point 1, what % of these applicants entered the country with no travel documents i.e., passport, national identification card etc.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of all completed audits – internal and external - conducted by or on behalf of the Department of Justice of all organisations that receive public funding from the Department. The time frame of this request is from 01 January 2022 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I would also like to receive a copy of all the information relevant to reasoning behind restricting to just 20 hours a week working hours for Stamp Two visa holders.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Records from 01 January 2022 to 01 August 2023, relating to the establishment of the missing persons database, and plans to further develop it.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Reports or records that Mr. John Guinane may have produced while inspecting any new shooting ranges in Wexford for the past three years? And any application for a new range that has made its way to the Department of Justice in the past three years?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I'm requesting data on the number of migrants who have overstayed their holiday visas in Ireland for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date of request. 2. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I'm requesting data on the total number of migrants who have come to Ireland in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date of request. 3. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I'm requesting data on the total number of migrants in Ireland who have been found to have a criminal record in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Please provide the record (and details/information therein) which relates to the most recent procurement of your IT Service Management solution. Please provide the record (and details/information therein) which relates to the most recent procurement of your IT Service Management solution. Along the same procurement records lines, please provide the record/s for contract award to whichever supplier is providing IT support and maintenance.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any correspondence, representations, or complaints received by the Department or the Minister's office with regard to Minister McEntee's visit to Talbot Street (and the north inner city) with Gardaí in late July.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All memos and notes from Minister McEntee’s office from 19 July 2023 to date of request in relation attacks and or violence in the city centre of Dublin. All memos and notes to Minister McEntee’s office from 19 July 2023 to date of request in relation attacks and or violence in the city centre of Dublin.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I wish to request copies of records relating to the following: 1. The Minister being advised by the Courts Service, or any other body, “that it would be an exhaustive, hugely time consuming and disproportionate exercise to examine the entire range of primary and secondary legislation in order to provide a complete list of all exceptions to the general position” ?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. A copy of any guidelines/policy/protocol/procedure or similar regarding age assessments and/or age re-assessments of applicants for international protection. 2. A copy of any assessment form/checklist regarding age assessments and/or age re-assessments of applicants for international protection. 3. A copy of any appeals procedure and/or policy/protocol/guidelines with respect of appeal or review procedures that apply to age assessments and/or age reassessments of applicants for international protection; and 4. A copy of any child protection policy and/or protocol regarding treatment and assessment of applicants for international protection whose age is in dispute.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I hereby request all correspondence and records of discussions both to and from the Data Protection Commission about the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022. For context, I am particularly interested in this matter https://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2023-06-21a.114#g166

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of all correspondence between the Commissioner's Office and the Department of Justice with regard to the following since the beginning of the year: (a) Garda recruitment; (b) the high number of Garda resignations, (c) levels of Garda retirement.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Details of records sought: There is a statutory function that can be exercised by the Minister for Justice to permit members of An Garda Siochana serve beyond their 60th birthday. I am seeking all records concerning the exercise of this function i.e. but not limited to ; (1) The dates of and all the records concerning the matters as submitted by the Police Authority and/or An Garda Siochana. (2) The dates such orders were granted by the Minister; (3) The ranks and station of each member of An Garda Siochana for whom the Minister has exercised her statutory functions to permit the member of An Garda Siochana to serve beyond their 60th birthday; (4) The duration of the periods granted by the Minister in each case and the age of each of the Garda at the end of the extensions (i.e. new compulsory retirement date) (5) The number of individuals and the duration of time of the extension. Duration of time covered by the request. 01 February 2022 through to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Records relating to legislation passed by the Department of Justice in the period 2000 to 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All records and correspondence relating to lobbying activities by named NGO in respect of the Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Ms Oonagh Phillips, or any other Department staff, from 01 January 2023 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I would kindly ask you to provide a copy of any record (including calendar entries, memos, meeting minutes, documents or other information) that relates to any activity on a proposed Section 26A to the Data Protection Act, as proposed under Amendment 9 to the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 This includes but is not limited to : - any communication with the Irish DPC on any proposals to deal with “confidential” information either in law or in any other form, - any communication with other third parties or stakeholders (such as companies, industry groups, lawyers, external council and alike), - any communication with other elements of the Irish Government and the Irish Parliament and - any internal records or information on the matter.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

In the decision letter for OCI 132886 V5B5Y4, it states the Department of Justice indicated that work has been undertaking in relation to the Civil Liability Act since the meeting in relation to it on the 04 February 2021. Could any records related to this work please be provided to me?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All correspondence, documents and records relating to the Immigrant Investor Programme since February 2020. This should include, but not be limited, to: Any internal correspondence relating to the matter. Related documents such, such as emails, memos. Any reports or audits produced, internal or external, in relation to the operation of the programme, or as to inform as to if the programme should continue. Any minutes, records or notes pertaining to any meeting at which this issue was discussed.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any record which is a formal delegation of a function or functions by the head of your body under section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and which is currently in force. I am not seeking past / revoked / lapsed instruments of delegation.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The application is for access to any external evaluations or audits of the Insolvency Service of Ireland conducted since 2020.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I would like to know how much your Department spent on advertising through the various forms of media available in the State in 2022 (or the closest previous, non-Covid year). I would like to see the total amount broken down by media type, i.e. Television, Radio, Print & Online. In relation to the total spend on radio advertising, I would like to know the breakdown of that figure by : RTE Radio, Other National Radio, Local Commercial Radio & Community Radio.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I'm requesting data on the total number of deportation orders issued in 2023 to date of request. 2. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I'm requesting data on the total number of deportations carried out from Ireland in 2023 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The number of people who have been deported from Ireland to Nigeria since 2000 for proven or suspected involvement in the activities of a named crime gang.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

List of all people subject to a deportation orders issued under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 between the dates of 01 January 2022 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Please provide any copies of any correspondence received by the Minister for Justice and/or the Department from any serving or recently retired judges from 01 January 2023, and more specifically, that correspondence in relation to childcare proceedings in the courts.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I wish to know the amount of times, if any, the Minister for Justice has used his/her power under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 since 2013. I wish to have a breakdown by year and month and if possible the exact dates of when an order under section 42 was made. I wish to have the terms of reference of each inquiry made available to me as well.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Correspondence between the Minister for Justice/Secretary General of the Department of Justice and the Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon, including any letters or emails, along with minutes of any meetings between the two sides since 01 January 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. The average number of persons per family reunification application last five years. 2. Any information in relation to age profile of family members approved. 3. The largest number of family members approved in one application last five years.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I am submitting an FOI request for a copy of the article written by and or published in the Sunday Times, under the name of Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice, on 25 June 2023, with the headline 'Hostility towards hate crime bill is misplaced'.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I wish to request records relating to: - The number of immigration permissions issued under the immigrant investor programme. - The nationalities of the successful applicants. - The monetary value of their contributions, and to whom the contribution(s) were made. - The number of unsuccessful applicants. - The nationalities of the unsuccessful applicants

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I am submitting an FOI request under the Act for records showing the names and titles of the Departmental officials who are on the panel of FOI Deciding Officers and records showing the names and titles of Departmental officials who fulfil the role of Internal Reviewers.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of minutes of all meetings held between the Minister of State at the Department of Justice Mr. John Browne T.D., and all interest groups and individuals prior to, and in connection with, the establishment of the Firearms Expert Group at the Department of Justice, including records of

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of all briefing material prepared for Minister Helen McEntee upon her return from maternity leave.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Correspondence from named company to the named individuals in the Department of Justice as noted in this lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/96154/flutter-entertainment-plc. 1. Any correspondence sent back to them by said individuals as a result of this lobbying. 2. Any meeting notes from meeting with named company that were created as a result of any meetings that occurred as a result of the initial correspondence. 3. Date to check from: February (or from date when correspondence was sent) to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any information, documents, or correspondence held by the Department of Justice, from 01 February 2022 to 01 June 2023, relating to Facial Recognition Technology.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of all internal audits completed in the period from 01 October 2022 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Following the publication of report / recommendations by the Firearms Expert Committee, Minister James Browne TD launched an online consultation on the future licensing and use of firearms in Ireland. The survey had seventy eight questions in total. To request 1: How many individual responses were received in total? 2: How many responses were received from current or former holders of a firearms certificate? 3: How many responses were received from current or former registered firearms dealers? 4: How many responses were received from person’s non-resident in Ireland? 5: For each of the questions posed in Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5, Report One, a breakdown of responses against each question (percentage Agree, percentage Disagree) 6: For each and every one of the questions posed in Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Report Two, a breakdown of responses against each question (percentage Agree, percentage Disagree).