Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 3,015 records (page 3 of 61)
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of eSub DJE 01281-24 - IPS Incentivised Regimes Audit Report I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/9/2024 - 1/2/2025.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking the following information for the period between 1 July 2024, and 31 December 2024. This includes the September and January intake of 2024 and 2025 respectively. Reasons for Delays: Any internal reports, memos, or documents that outline the reasons for delays in issuing study visas to Pakistani students. Decision-Making Criteria: Any guidelines, policies, or criteria that affect the prioritization of study visa applications.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am requesting access to documents containing general information on the possible outcomes in general of a successful visa application regarding the validity period of Irish visas. It is my wish to understand if and when Irish visas are issued with validity periods of e.g. 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 year and 5 years or for other periods of validity.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking the following records: 1. For the last six months on record, the number of persons who presented at Dublin Airport with false or no documentation. Please specify number for each of the false and no documents cases. 2. The number of persons who presented with false or no documentation as above who went on to claim asylum for same time period. Once again outlining the number of persons in each case with false and no documents 3. The total number of persons who were refused entry for same time period.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking a copy of eSub: DJE 00077-25: Justice Input to Government Legislation Programme for Spring 2025. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/12/2024 - 10/3/2025.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking a copy of eSub: DJE 00014-25: Approval of Policing Plan and Policing Priorities for 2025. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/12/2024 - 10/3/2025.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking the minutes of all meetings of the working group on prison capacity and any correspondence shared with the group by outside stakeholders.
- Received —Decided 9 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request copies of any communications, guidance, or advice issued to international carriers, immigration authorities abroad, and foreign missions regarding the suspension of re-entry visa requirements for children under 16 from 1 May 2022. This includes correspondence, guidance, internal memos, meeting records, and responses.
- Received —Decided 9 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence dating from 1 January 2022 to 31 January 2025 that relate to: (i) named organisation - correspondence in relation to the progression of named organisation’s charity status application and (ii) Correspondence between the Department and named organisation in relation to the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill.
- Received —Decided 9 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence (sent and received) between the Department of Justice and the gardai in relation to the costs of IT consultants, the costs of consultants advising on transformation programmes and IT suppliers from January 2023 to date of request.
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I wish to submit a freedom of information request for: •Agendas and minutes of meetings since 1 July 2024 which relate to the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. •All reports received by the Minister under section 9 of the Act for 2023 and 2024. •Any documents, notes, reports or memos produced in relation to the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011, or it’s intended revision, since 1 July 2024. •All correspondence received by the Department since 1 January 2024 from named companies in relation to the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. •Any data produced for or provided to Minister O’Callaghan in relation to the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. In reference to the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011, this also encapsulates the Communications (Retention of Data) Amendment Act 2022, and any connected SIs or other amendments, in draft or otherwise.
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any discussions, proposals, guidance, or plans by the Department of Justice and Immigration Service Delivery regarding the standardisation of the online application portal for re-entry visas or electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for non-EU minors residing in Ireland from 1 May 2022. These include meeting records, internal memos, responses, or engagements with stakeholders including migrant support organizations.
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to the Ministerial brief received by the Minister for Justice (Jim O’Callaghan TD) upon his appointment to that role. That brief was referred to by the Minister in his response to Parliamentary Question 4096/2025.
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of the correspondence sent by Irish Bookmakers Association to Minister McEntee (while she was still in the role), as outlined here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/121987/irish-bookmakers-association I am also seeking any replies sent to IBA on behalf of the Minister or her then-Department, and any related records such as emails, WhatsApp or other messages, memos, briefing notes, and minutes of any related meetings.
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of any social media monitoring reports that are carried out by or on b ehalf of the Department. This request to cover the period 2024.
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records of meetings, reviews and debates held by members of the Department of Justice in which deposit limits were discussed in relation to the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 from 2 December 2022, to 23 October 2024 (the introduction of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 to its passing into law as the Gambling Regulation Act 2024).
- Received —Decided 7 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of eSub DJE 00147-25: Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Contact Centre I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/12/2024 - 10/3/2025.
- Received —Decided 4 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A full copy of the offer, including any appendices submitted by the provider, to the Department relating to the provision of accommodation at named location. A full copy of the contractual agreement between the accommodation provider and the Department for the provision of accommodation at named location.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of any records held by the Minister or any of his special advisers referring or relating to a proposal put further by Minister O'Callaghan of a publicly accessible database of sex offenders.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of any requests for furnishings, office alterations, artwork, electronic equipment or any other such requests made for changes/alterations/or improvements to office accommodation by the Minister or Minister of State, or any of their advisers in the period since they took up their roles. This request should include any follow-up correspondence generated on foot of these requests.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The release of any briefings or reports prepared for the Minister since 1 January regarding the introduction of a publicly accessible database of sex offenders. I am also requesting the release of any correspondence to or from the Minister's office over the same time period regarding the same.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request the following records for the period from 1 January 2020 to date of request: Any reports, memos, or correspondence regarding strategies to address teenage anti-social behaviour and public offenses in Dublin. Statistics on reported incidents of teenage anti-social behaviour, including egg-throwing, harassment, and property damage in Dublin. Records of communication between the Department and An Garda Síochána regarding increased police presence or initiatives to combat teenage anti- social behaviour in Dublin. Any policy documents or briefings prepared for Ministers or Junior Ministers concerning the issue of teenage anti-social behaviour in Dublin. Minutes of any meetings held with Dublin City Council or other stakeholders regarding this issue.
- Received —Decided 2 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I request details of the top 5 Nationalities who have acquired Irish Citizenship since 1993.
- Received —Decided 1 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I wish to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am looking for all Internal correspondence to and from the Minister for Justice that references either deportation orders or chartered flights for deportations, between 1 December 2024 until date of request.
- Received —Decided 31 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I wish to know of all meetings between the Minister for Integration and the Minister for Justice during 2024. I also wish to know of any meetings between the Secretary Generals of both Departments in 2024. I wish to know if there were any specific meetings on the issue of the far right and how to put a stop to them through joint collaboration of both Departments.
- Received —Decided 31 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all records, including emails, documents, minutes of meetings /engagements, Ministerial briefing notes etc, created by or received by the Department that references any of the following terms: “The 2 Johnnies”, “The two Johnnies”, “catfish”, “catfishing” or “GAA Catfish”. The timeframe for the above request is 1 April 2022 to date of receipt of r equest.
- Received —Decided 31 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I would like to put in a freedom of information request for the data below. 1. The total cost incurred by the Department related to placing advertisements in online and digital platforms and the names of the platforms involved for 2022, 2023, 2024 and so far in 2025. 2. The total advertising spend by the Department broken down by medium - online, print media, radio, TV and outdoor - for 2022, 2023, 2024 and so far in 2025.
- Received —Decided 31 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The total expenditure incurred by this Department on advertising in media outlets from January 2019 to January 2025. 2. A breakdown of the advertising expenditure for each media outlet, specifying: - The name of the media outlet (print, online, radio, television, social media, etc.). - The amount spent on advertising with each outlet per year. - A copy of each advertisement.
- Received —Decided 31 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of times in each of the last five years the BMU attempted and was unable to take a fingerprint from a person attempting to enter the country and the reason a fingerprint could not be obtained in each case (eg injury/damage to hands, person refusing to allow a fingerprint to be taken etc). refined January 2024 to February 2025
- Received —Decided 31 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
ALL RECORDS and INFORMATION, relating to the appointment of a Deputy Coroner by the Acting Coroner for the Coronial District of County Mayo, in whatsoever form held, in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister by Section 13 of the Coroners Acts 1962 to 2024 whereby the prior approval for the appointment of a Deputy Coroner for the Coronial District of County Mayo was sought, and if granted and approved of by the Minister, the date of such approval. All such records and information as to referred to and requested above to be for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 January 2025.
- Received —Decided 25 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A breakdown of numbers of applicants per "status upon arriving in the state" for these years (since 1 January 2014) based on: 1. Asylum Seeker. 2. Student. 3. De Facto Partner of Irish National/ (D-join visa). 4. Visitor/ (C-Visitor Visa). 5. Employment Permit or Green Card Permit. 6. Other.
- Received —Decided 24 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking a list of eSubmissions submitted to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-01-2025 - 31-01-2025.
- Received —Decided 24 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A list of any meetings – virtual or in-person – between the Department and representatives for the European Jewish Association, as well as who attended, and what date the meeting occurred. Any briefings for, or minutes from, said meetings.
- Received —Decided 24 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A list of eSubmissions submitted to the Minister for Justice through the e- submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-02-2025 - 28-02-2025.
- Received —Decided 24 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I would like to request access to records relating to interactions between the Department of Justice and representatives of the alcohol industry. Specifically, I am requesting: - A list of meetings between Department officials (including Ministers, advisors, and senior civil servants) and representatives from names companies and other alcohol industry stakeholders from 2017 onwards.
- Received —Decided 20 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The number of persons deported from Ireland in each of the following years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 2. The nationality (overall figures) of those persons. 3. The amount of money spent by the Department of Justice on deportation flights in each of the four years above, broken down according to commercial standard class travel, commercial business class travel, charter flights. 4. The number of persons deported from Ireland via Frontex chartered flights in each of the above years. 5. The amount of money contributed by the Department of Justice to Frontex for those flights.
- Received —Decided 20 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I would like, please, copies of all of the reports that were given to the Minister under the Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008 – from the Law Society and from the Honorable Society of King’s Inns.
- Received —Decided 20 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The amount of deportation orders revoked by the Minister of Justice Jim O'Callaghan from date of appointment 28 January 2025 to date of request.
- Received —Decided 20 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records of minutes taken during the ODI policy roundtable meeting held a 11.30am on 8 March 2024 at the Clayton Hotel Charlemont on Charlemont Street. Records of all correspondence between senior officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment between 1 March and 30 April 2024 regarding issues discussed during the ODI meeting and proposals made in the Decarbonising Ireland working paper.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I would be obliged if you could furnish me with the following information in relation to the operation of the Civil Service Code of Discipline Circular 19/2016 in the Department of Justice. 1. Total number of Civil Servants in your Department. 2. How many disciplinary meetings have taken place in your Department
- Received —Decided 19 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am interested in getting a breakdown under FOI of the number of 15 day letters (proposal to deport) issued by INIS to persons illegally in the State (following the expiry of their permission to remain) for each calendar month in 2024. I also wish to obtain the number of deportation orders made in such cases for each calendar month in 2024 and the number of such orders that were effected.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I request the following information regarding naturalisation applications processed by the Department of Justice from 1 January 2023 to 31 January 2025: 1. Number of applicants by nationality. The total number of individuals applying for naturalisation, broken down by their stated nationality. 2. Average processing time for each nationality. The average processing time (from the date of application submission to the date of final approval) for each of the nationalities identified in point 1.
- Received —Decided 18 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copy of submissions made by Department officials to the Government formation talks in January 2025 and/or briefing material drawn up for Department officials taking part in the Government formation talks in January 2025.
- Received —Decided 18 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All records and correspondence held by the Department relating to 2025 Government formation talks or programme for Government discussions. This should include any briefings, memos or presentations prepared by civil servants in your Departments and given to politicians or negotiators during these discussions, from 08 November 2024 until 22 January 2025.
- Received —Decided 18 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any and all records held by the Department of Justice, including but not limited to emails, letters, memos, meeting minutes, briefing documents, and written records of verbal communications, that make mention of: • Jim O’Callaghan • Any other potential candidates that were being considered for the role of Minister for Justice upon termination of Helen McEntee's term. This request specifically includes: 1. Records received by the Department of Justice from other Departments or officials (including, but not limited to, the Department of the Taoiseach). 2. Records generated by the Department of Justice, including but not limited to correspondence written by or received by the Minister for Justice. The purpose of this request is to identify records that discuss or make mention of the new Minister for Justice, including where specific names are mentioned in this context. The time period for this request is from September 2024 to the date of request.
- Received —Decided 18 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• A breakdown of the Department’s total annual spend (for each year from 1 January 2010 to date of request) on newspaper/paid media subscriptions. • A breakdown of the Department’s total annual spend (for each year from 1 January 2010 to date of request) on individual newspaper/paid media subscriptions for its employees, by newspaper/media outlet. • A breakdown of the Department’s total annual spend (for each year from 1 January 2010 to date of request) on corporate newspaper/paid media subscriptions, by newspaper/media outlet.
- Received —Decided 18 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I request a copy of the "online, self-completion survey for all members of the LCSP" administered to 34 LCSP members at end point, as part of this project please: https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/307039/2237b3d6-ab56- 4829-84b9-c484dc772be7.pdf#page=null
- Received —Decided 18 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Data from the Department on the numbers of applicants who applied for a Stamp 4 for both spouses and de facto partners separately from 2022 to 2024 and are citizens of Canada, USA and Mexico. • A breakdown of the number of submissions for each nationality and number of approvals and refusals stated for each of those 3 nationalities for each year 2022, 2023, 2024. • This is not a request for documentation on any individual. It’s a request for a set of data specific to the applicant stamp type and nationality Canada, USA and Mexico in data table may be easiest for you.
- Received —Decided 13 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Details of all expenditure incurred by DJUSTICE on cloud computing services in 2024. Cloud computing services should be taken to mean any cloud- related service provided to Department of Justice, either directly by cloud computing firms (such as, but not limited to, the following: list of named providers) or by third party-consultancies. “Expenditure on cloud computing services” should also include any expenditure incurred on cloud services via pre-existing enterprise, cloud solution provider (CSP), or other contractual agreements, even if those same enterprise or Department of Justice or contractual agreements were in respect of hardware, seat-based cloud subscriptions, or non-cloud based software.”
- Received —Decided 13 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence between Ed Honohan, the former Master of the High Court, and the Minister for Justice between 2020 and 2025.