Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 3,015 records (page 17 of 61)
- Received —Decided 20 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any and all records relating to the applicability of the TRIS process (the (EU) 2015/1535 procedure) to the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 to include but not limited to any correspondence relating to or arising from communications between the Irish State and the European Commission on the topic of the bill. The temporal scope of this request is limited to records created in 2022.
- Received —Decided 20 December 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The Minister of Justice speaking in the Seanad Éireann debate Tuesday, 6 Mar 2018 stated: “The Data Protection Bill. These include, for example, the matter of Cabinet confidentiality, the independence of the Judiciary, and the matter of parliamentary privilege, which would be well known to us here in the Houses of the Oireachtas. In the case of parliamentary privilege, the right of a data subject named during debates in this House to have his or her personal data erased from the record of proceedings is restricted in section 54(3). The manner in which data subject rights could be exercised in respect of
- Received —Decided 20 December 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Stipend, salary, fees and/or allowances costs relating to coronial services in Dublin from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, including a breakdown of fees and allowances.
- Received —Decided 20 December 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The most up to date monthly figures for the year of the number of persons who arrived at Dublin Airport with false or no documentation who were initially refused to disembark but then went to claim asylum. 2. The breakdown of male and female of the above.
- Received —Decided 19 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. I am seeking copies of all correspondence, including emails and their attachments, meetings’ minutes and teleconference minutes, between the Department and the inspectorate of prisons with regard to the funding of the inspectorate, since January 2018. 2. I am seeking copies of all correspondence, including emails and their attachments, meetings’ minutes and teleconference minutes, between the Department and the inspectorate of prisons with regard to the failure of the
- Received —Decided 14 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records created on or after 1 January 2022 until 22 September 2022, relating to the research work led by the University of Limerick which resulted in the report “I Mus Be Some Person”, published in August 2022, to include records of correspondence and meetings regarding the scope, funding, authors and participants for the report, a the Department's response to the report.
- Received —Decided 14 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All information held pertaining to the initiative to expung previous convictions for ‘sale of sex’ announced in April 2021 (https://www.Justice.ie/en/jelr/pages/pr21000101) 2021 ( and in particular any communications regards this with a Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive, The Sexual Exploitation Research Programme (SERP) at the School O
- Received —Decided 12 December 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of applications to renounce Irish citizenship for each of the following years (1 January to 31 December)
- Received —Decided 12 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Correspondence between families and the Department of Justice, from 1 January 2022 to 2 November 2022, regarding complaints about inquests in Ireland.
- Received —Decided 12 December 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking the following anonymised records, from 1 January 2018 to present: Definition: a SOGI asylum application is any application for international protection on the basis of the applicant’s sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI). A summary of all SOGI asylum applications, - The professed identity of the applicant (gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender, or other), The year the application was made, The country of origin of the applicant, The outcome of the application (whether it was granted, refused, or is still pending), The grounds for the outcome (I.e. The grounds for rejecting or accepting the claim).
- Received —Decided 12 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of the diary for the Minister for Justice. I'm lookin for the diary for the period of 1 January 2022 to 10 November 2022 inclusive.
- Received —Decided 5 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All information held pertaining to the funding of named company by the Department of Justice from 2017 to 2022.
- Received —Decided 2 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
In connection with the third national strategy on domestic sexual and gender-based violence June 2022, under the FO Act 2014, I request the following documents (documents t mean written correspondence, emails, notes of telephone conversations etc):
- Received —Decided 30 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. Please confirm if your Minister uses WhatsApp for official government business and/or for exchanging messages with officials and colleagues.
- Received —Decided 30 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Agenda, minutes and actions from the meeting on 4 February 2021 that was held in relation to the Civil Liability Act 1961. - for each action coming out of the meeting could you also please provide an update on the progress to date. - the dates and times of any planned future meetings in relation to the ongoing examination of the Civil Liability Act 1961.
- Received —Decided 30 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All versions and drafts of the Irish naturalisation and immigration service “Victims of Domestic Violence Immigration Guidelines” between 2008 to its publication date in 2012, and, Records of submissions made to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in relation to the “Victims of Domestic Violence Immigration Guidelines” from 2008 to 2012.
- Received —Decided 24 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. Any internal memos or briefing documents the Department has produced in relation to far-right groups/individuals during the period January 2021 to present.
- Received —Decided 23 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Correspondence between the Office of the Cork City Coroner and the Department of Justice from 1 August 2022 to 14 October 2022.
- Received —Decided 23 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of the Departmental risk register.
- Received —Decided 18 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. A copy of the consultation documents submitted to the Department of Justice in the last two weeks examining how the state can overturn criminal convictions for historic "crimes" committed by gay and bisexual men. 2. Copies of any correspondence between the Department of Justice and a named network regarding this process. 3. A copy of any documents containing information/statistics on the number of prosecutions and convictions from 1953 to 1993.
- Received —Decided 18 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any documents (electronically held or physical copies) or correspondence (internal and external including emails ) related to the derogation from GDPR accorded to the DPC, OIC and auditor general in Article 60(3)c of the Data Protection Act 2018 (in the bill as initiated it was art 54 (3) c). Including but not limited to how only these organisations were found to carry out activities which would allow for the exceptions in art 23 of GDPR to be invoked without any restrictions and if any other organisations were considered to carry on “general public interest” activities too but were not granted the same exemption? Also if any documentation
- Received —Decided 17 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any internal memos/emails/ minutes of meetings discussing Ireland’s temporary exit from the council of Europe’s agreement on the abolishment of visas for refugees between March 2022 to the present.
- Received —Decided 17 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records of all correspondence and/or meetings with named companies so far in 2022, or any agents of those aforementioned companies. Records of all meetings and/or internal Department communications, reports, or briefing documents, or correspondence about named companies so far in 2022.
- Received —Decided 15 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A list of Peace Commissions for Tipperary Town and Cashel and the dates of their appointment to the role.
- Received —Decided 15 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of the following internal audit reports relating to the Irish Prison Service: "review of internal controls 2021(HQ/main report) and attendance management review"
- Received —Decided 10 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of Report No. 15 of the Garda Arbitration Board, dated 5 March 1983 and relating to claims by the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors to have allowances reckoned for pension purposes.
- Received —Decided 10 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1) Submissions and/or observations made to the cross-
- Received —Decided 9 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am requesting the release of any emails sent to the Minister or her office from Eugenie Houston between 1 May and 31 August of this year, as well as any responses by or on
- Received —Decided 9 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Under the Freedom Of Information Act 2014 can I request the following information. As of end of July I believe the number of people who arrived at Dublin Airport and were initially refused permission to land, was 2,930 passengers. Can you provide in tabular form, the source country from where these people boarded their flights to Ireland.
- Received —Decided 8 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any information pertaining to the decision not to prosecute named persons associated with this alleged organised crime group for crimes committed in Ireland including human trafficking, organised prostitution and murder.
- Received —Decided 7 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The number of applications under the international protection regularisation scheme. 2. The number of applications under the regularisation scheme for the long term undocumented.
- Received —Decided 7 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence between 1 May and 1 October between the Department of Justice and TUSLA with references to: - The arrival of unaccompanied Ukrainian children into Dublin Airport. - Concerns around the trafficking of children due to the war in Ukraine.
- Received —Decided 4 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
(I) The number of Deportation Orders made and effected (removed from State) by nationality by INIS from 2018 to date (by calendar year). (ii) EU removal orders made and effected by nationality by INIS from 2018 to date. (iii) Staff levels of Repatriation Unit in INIS by grade (and by calendar year) from 2018 to date. (iv) Any documentation setting out protocols for verifying the identity of applicants applying under the above Scheme and any documentation pertaining to criminal conviction checks. (v) Minutes of any meetings held by both Minister McEntee and Minister of State Browne with asylum and immigration NGOs in 2022 to date (Refugee Legal Council, Immigration Council of Ireland, Doras Luimni etc).
- Received —Decided 2 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to all records relating to the meeting with meta outlined in this lobbying return: Meta Platforms Ireland ltd (1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug., 2022, legislation) - lobbying.ie I wish to cover the period 1 May 2022 to 28 September 2022.
- Received —Decided 2 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am requesting information on the numbers of refugees coming into Ireland using the "the international protection act". I would like the monthly numbers since January and also the countries of origin.
- Received —Decided 1 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The IPO stats for July state there were 7,760 asylum applications can you provide
- Received —Decided 1 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to correspondence between Minister McEntee an named company during 2022 in relation to the Draft
- Received —Decided 1 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. How each counsel were picked to be part of the IRM and what influence the Department of Justice and the attorney general had in this process. 2. How Mr. Justice Roderick Murphy was picked to be part of the IRM and what influence the Department of Justice and the attorney general had in this process 3. How much each counsel were paid for ach individual case they reviewed during the independent review mechanism and how long each individual review took each counsel. 4. How much each senior counsel were paid for overseeing the operation of the mechanism and ensure consistency of approach across all the cases. 5. The retention fee each junior counsel were paid. 6. How much Mr Justice Roderick Murphy received in payments and how long he was involved in this process, I.e., how many hours in total broken down into how many days he worked as well. 7. The number of meetings that they then Minister for Justice or a representative for the Minister for Justice has had with any member the IRM. 8. The number of meetings that the then Minister for Justice legal team has had to be involved with the continued process of the IRM and the number of times, and length of times the IRM had to be stopped until each issue was resolved.
- Received —Decided 1 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to all records relating to the meeting with Flutter Entertainment outlined in this lobbying return: flutter entertainment plc (1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug., 2022, legislation) - lobbying.ie I wish to cover the period 1 May 2022 to 28 September 2022.
- Received —Decided 1 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of unclaimed bodies in mortuaries around the country, with a list showing how long each body has been unclaimed for.
- Received —Decided 28 October 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence between named person and the Justice Minister or the Secretary General on his appointment to the commercial court in Dubai between February and 31 July. Any correspondence between named person and the Justice Minister or the Secretary General on his appointment to the commercial court in Dubai between February and 31 July. The above should include all written forms of correspondence including, but not limited to emails, texts, WhatsApps, Signal and letters.
- Received —Decided 27 October 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The memorandum of understanding between Ireland and the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) courts which was approved by the Cabinet in 2018.
- Received —Decided 27 October 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to all correspondence or minutes of any meetings between named company and Minister McEntee and / or Patrick Cluskey in relation to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.
- Received —Decided 26 October 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Under the FOI Act I am requesting to have a full demographic breakdown of Ukrainian foreign nationals who have arrived in Ireland (breakdown provided) I would also like to know if the EU is providing the complete funding to process and provide welfare, housing, schooling, retraining, English classes etc. to insure a homogeneous
- Received —Decided 26 October 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any documents, notes, communications or briefings generated since January 2019 relating to the Crimestoppers initiative, its operations and its future.
- Received —Decided 26 October 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. Any and all records created from 1 January 2014 to 1 January 2016 including drafts thereof and all electronically stored information) generated by or held by the Department of Justice (the “Department”) or any employee or agent therefore, regarding the alleged illegal adoptions and alleged illegal birth registrations of children. 2. Any and all records created from 1 January 2014 to 1 January 2016 (including drafts thereof and all electronically stored information) generated by or held by the Department or any employee or agent therefore, regarding St. Patrick’s Guild. 3. Any and all minutes of meetings or notes of telephone calls (including drafts thereof), correspondence and accompanying documents (including electronic correspondence), created from 1 January 2014 to 1 January 2016; and exchanged between any employee or agent of the Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth (and its predecessor, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs), Tusla, the Department of Health (and its predecessor, the Department for Local Government and Public Health), the Department of Foreign Affairs (and its predecessor, the Department of External Affairs), and/or the Adoption Authority of Ireland in
- Received —Decided 25 October 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All documents containing any guidance to decision makers, officials or civil servants who are involved in making decisions to: on certificates of naturalisation and/ or any policy and/ or policies relating: A. What is meant by "good character" 1956; in section 15 and/ or part iii of the Irish nationality and citizenship act, 1956. B. The exercise of the Minister's discretion under section 15 and/ or part iii of the Irish nationality and citizenship act, 1956 and/ or the way in which it is to be or should be exercised.
- Received —Decided 20 October 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I respectfully request an overall schedule of records and detailed expenditure up to and including September 2022, pertaining to the €8m allocated to the Department of Justice for the Dublin coroner to carry out an inquest into the Stardust fire.
- Received —Decided 18 October 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. A copy of all documents, records, and correspondence relating to or which constitute inputs to the Department of Justice’s decision in relation to the governance structures of the office of the data protection commission, including the terms of reference and objectives of any review which was undertaken by the Department, any expert submissions which were relied upon in conducting any review. 2. A copy of all documents, records, and correspondence in relation to the scoping of the roles and responsibilities of any additional commissioners and the method for their appointment, and any documents relating to discussions with the DPC in respect of how the additional commissioners will be integrated into the operating structures and internal directorates in the DPC.
- Received —Decided 18 October 2022RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All records in the Department recording discussion by Minister Helen McEntee, Minister of State James Browne and the Department relating to the following : 1. The health and safety implications for women in women’s refuges ( emergency shelters ) that may arise from admitting males who take out gender identity certificates under the gender identity act 2015, changing their sex to female, and who are admitted as women to refuges. 2. The potential negative impact on the mental and psychological of women admitted to women’s refuges that