Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 3,015 records (page 36 of 61)
- Received —Decided 29 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Minutes of all meetings that have taken place between David Staunton, Minister of State for Justice at the Department of Justice and Equality, and a named person. • Minutes of all meetings that have taken place between the aforementioned David Staunton and representatives of named company.
- Received —Decided 24 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Precise numbers indicating the number of Administrative Officers who have been recruited by the Department of Justice and Equality since 2010, and the numbers retained.
- Received —Decided 24 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Final reports for investigations/inquiries conducted by the Department into allegations against staff of abuse or mistreatment of residents living in direct provision centres for the 2016 and 2017 calendar years.
- Received —Decided 24 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All records held by the Department of Justice relating to the murder of named person. I am seeking records generated or received in the period 1 April 2017 to 20 April 2018.
- Received —Decided 24 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• A record of correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, reports, draft reports, memos and text messages between the named organisation and Minister Stanton's office about visa processing, policies, employment permit schemes, named organisation’s inclusion agenda and it’s member companies’ experiences in dealing with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. • A record of meetings between the named organisation and Minister Stanton's office about visa processing, policies, employment permit schemes, the named organisation’s inclusion agenda and its member companies experiences in dealing with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. This should include correspondence about meetings, meeting notes, draft meeting notes, and similar documents. Between March 1, 2019 and 26 September 2019.
- Received —Decided 22 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Copies of all requests for confidential waste disposal within the Department since the beginning of the year. • Copies of any guidance/advices issued to staff about shredding, filing, and ensuring records are not lost. • Copies of any guidance/advices issued to staff about ensuring that personal email accounts are not being used to store official records. • Copy of the contract for shredding.
- Received —Decided 22 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence/data either written or electronic held by the Department of Justice in relation to the Cedars Hotel ROSSLARE owned by a named company and in particular all correspondence written or electronic between the Department and named company from June 2016 to 24 September 2019.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The current number of Indian origin students registered in Ireland on a Stamp 2.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All internal and external records during 2019 regarding plans by a named person to speak in Ireland in May 2019. Please include any records used by the Minister to inform his decision to sign an exclusion order banning the named person from Ireland.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records relating to the exclusion of named pastor under the Immigration Act 1999. I am seeking the release of internal correspondence relating to the use of the Immigration Act to prevent named person from entering Ireland, any legal advice received by the Department in relation to the use of an exclusion act to prevent named person from entering Ireland, any correspondence between the Department and named person regarding their exclusion from Ireland, and any correspondence to the Department from politicians, lobby groups or members of the public regarding them.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• All documents relating to the question of which body within the State is or has been legally entitled or required to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013. • All documents relating to the basis on which any body within the State is legally entitled or required to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013. • All documents in relation to or containing any guidelines, form or procedure for applying to the relevant body within the State which is legally entitled or required to consider the exercise of and/ or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013. • All documents relating to or indicating the following (we are especially interested in statistics in relation to the categories below): • The number of times State (Ireland) or any emanation of the State been asked to consider the exercise of and/ or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013; • The number of times the State (Ireland) or any emanation of the State has considered the exercise of and/ or exercised the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013; • The length of time it has taken for the State (Ireland) or any emanation of the State to consider the exercise of and/ or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 in cases falling under (i) and/or (ii) above. • All correspondence between the Minister and/or any other organ or emanation of the State and/or the European Commission in relation to Article 17 - this category should include all information and updates in relation to the way in which the Dublin III Regulation is being implemented. It should include but not be limited to communications pursuant to Article 35 of the Dublin Ill Regulation; documentation in relation to monitoring and evaluation for the purpose Article 46 of Dublin Ill and statistics under Article 47 of the Dublin Ill Regulation.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• All documents relating to the question of which body within the State is or has been legally entitled or required to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article l 7(l) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 • All documents relating to the basis on which any body within the State is legally entitled or required to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 • All documents in relation to or containing any guidelines, form or procedure for applying to the relevant body within the State which is legally entitled or required to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 • All documents relating to or indicating the following (we are especially interested in statistics in relation to the categories below): • The number of times State (Ireland) or any emanation of the State been asked to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013; • The number of times the State (Ireland) or any emanation of the State has considered the exercise of and/or exercised the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013; • The length of time it has taken for the State (Ireland) or any emanation of the State to consider the exercise of and/or to exercise the discretion of the State pursuant to Article 17( 1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 in cases falling under (i) and/or (ii) above. • All correspondence between the Minister and/or any other organ or emanation of the State and/or the European Commission in relation to Article 17 - this category should include all information and updates in relation to the way in which the Dublin III Regulation is being implemented. It should include but not be limited to communications pursuant to Article 35 of the Dublin III Regulation; documentation in relation to monitoring and evaluation for the purpose Article 46 of Dublin III and statistics under Article 47 of the Dublin III Regulation.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Payments made under the legal aid scheme to a named person, classified by year. • All correspondence sent and received between the above individual and the Department of Justice.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All documents held by the Department, and the immigration and naturalisation service, about the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) and the making of payments to third parties linked to the proposed making of donations to a charity under the IPP. Request to include any documents dealing with communications with the Charities Regulator in relation to this issue created in the period 1 January 2017 to 11 September 2019.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to correspondence between named company and Brendan MacNamara, Principal Officer with responsibility for gambling policy, during 2019.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The emails referred to in this lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/50361/david-sweeney-consulting-limited
- Received —Decided 21 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence, including emails, within and to and from the Department of Justice and Equality relating to the drafting and approval of Terms of Reference [k] of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures that was established by the Minister for Justice and Equality on 17 February 2017.
- Received —Decided 17 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence between the Council of the Bar of Ireland and Oonagh Buckley since the start of 2019.
- Received —Decided 17 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Copies of all correspondence from the Minister and/or the Department to the Bar of Ireland relating to remuneration rates for barristers since 1 January 2019. • Copies of all correspondence from the Bar of Ireland to the Minister and/or the Department relating to remuneration rates for barristers since 1 January 2019.
- Received —Decided 17 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Documents relating to submissions and draft submissions sent to DPER with regards to the formation of the Border Management Unit (BMU) from the period 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015.
- Received —Decided 17 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Memos, briefings and documents - excluding personal information of third parties - relating to all applications for Stamp 1G visa since 2017.
- Received —Decided 16 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any reports, submissions, memos, or other such review or explanatory documents prepared or submitted to the Minister's office relating to proposals for seasonal clock change. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to 22 August 2019.
- Received —Decided 15 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Any contact in 2019 between the Department and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission regarding the reappointment of Commissioners. • Any internal communication in the Department regarding the reappointment of IHREC Commissioners. • Any briefing notes done up for the Minister on the reappointment of IHREC Commissioners.
- Received —Decided 15 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Data for the outcome of adult naturalisation applications (i.e. those submitted on Form 8) for certificates of naturalisation issued under (a) Section 15, (b)
- Received —Decided 15 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Any correspondence between the Department of Justice and Equality and a named person during the period January 2018 to 14 September 2019. • Any correspondence between the Department and a named person of the National Party during the same time period. • Any correspondence between the Department and the National Party and its representatives during the same time period.
- Received —Decided 15 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence and internal documentation (minutes, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes etc.) from 1 April 2019 to 12 September 2019, in respect of Section 26 and Section 27 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015.
- Received —Decided 15 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence between a named company and Minister Stanton.
- Received —Decided 15 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• The amount of money spent across your Department on hosting Christmas parties between November and December 2018. • The items that were presented by your Department to state, semi-state and foreign bodies as Christmas gifts between November and December 2018.
- Received —Decided 14 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All internal documents, from 1 January 2019 to 12 September 2019 relating to the work of the Effectiveness and Renewal Group(s), named consultants and the new Governance Unit(s).
- Received —Decided 10 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The details of all post-mortem reported incidents recorded by the Coroner's Office since 1 January 2014. For each incident I wish to have the submitted description and the date is was submitted.
- Received —Decided 10 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All of the documents held by the Department relating to the possibility of decriminalisation of drugs. I would like to access all of the documents relating to the last year.
- Received —Decided 10 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Details of all meetings held by the Minister Charlie Flanagan with private individuals regarding Justice Matters from March 2019 to 6 September 2019. • The time taken from request by a private individual to the holding of a meeting.
- Received —Decided 9 October 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• All correspondence, including emails, handwritten letters, memos, post-its, minutes of meetings and any other forms of communication, received from The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, and sent by reply from the Department of Justice & Equality, from 2014 to 16 May 2019, which reference requests to enhance its remit/powers to ensure the greater safeguarding of children.
- Received —Decided 9 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
According to and having regard to the following EU law; - 1. Framework decision 2009/315/JHA, 26-02-2009, Document No: 32009F0315 (still in force) Art 3: Member State to designate a central authority. Art 13: Member State to notify Council and the Commission regarding obligations imposed by this decision, implementation date 27-04-2012. 2. Council decision 2009/316/JHA, 06-04-2009, Document No: 32009D0316 (still in force) Art 5: Member States are obliged to notify the Council regarding national laws in Annex A which includes perjury code offence 121200 and non- admittance as a witness in court due to violation of oath, code offence 3010 Annex B. Also Member States shall notify Council regarding penalties and measures in relation to those offences. Implementation date 07-04-2012. 3. Directive of Parliament and Council 19-01-2016, Document No: 52016PC0007. In accordance with paragraph (19) has Ireland notified the EU that it wishes to take part in this Directive in relation to amendments of decision 2009/315/JHA? 4. It might also help to read the attached EU Law listing. What I require to know is what information this State supplied to the Council and Commission in regard to No. 2 above, referring to national laws on the offence of perjury and non-acceptance in court as witness due to violation of
- Received —Decided 3 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am requesting the release of meeting logs or minutes of any meetings attended by the Minister, his secretary or the Secretary General of the Department, since May, concerning proposals to introduce legislation or regulations dealing with online pornography. I am also requesting any correspondence sent from the Minister, his secretary, or his office regarding the same, as well as any correspondence to the Minister or his office from the cross-government committee on policy development to ensure online safety or the Law Reform Commission, also regarding the same.
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence between the Minister for Justice and the State Claims Agency from March 2019 until 9 July 2019.
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The following documents under the FOI Act 2014: • The Interdepartmental Committee on Guidelines on the procedures for the reception of asylum applicants in its report dated January, 1996 (this is mentioned by former Minister O'Donoghue at p.49 of Integration: A Two Way Process). • The Interdepartmental Committee on Immigration, Asylum and related matters report on State services for asylum seekers issued in February 1998 (mentioned by Minister O'Donoghue at p.6 of Integration). • Any reports pertaining to State supports (be it called direct provision or otherwise) for asylum seekers emanating from the Interdepartmental Working Group on asylum etc. established in December 1998.
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of asylum-seekers who have applied for permission to work since they were allowed to do so on 2 July 2018 - along with a breakdown by gender and by the number of applications which have been (a) granted and (b) rejected.
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• The number of Full Time Employees in your Department and the number of holiday allowance they are allocated/entitled too excluding bank holidays for 2018 and 2019? • The number of sick days incurred by your Department for all Full Time employees for 2017 and 2018?
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence up to 14 August 2019 between the Department of Justice & Equality and the four religious orders who ran the Magdalene Laundries, (the Good Shepherd Sisters, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Charity) and the Conference of Religious in Ireland in relation to the establishment and funding of the Magdalen Restorative Justice ex gratia Scheme.
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All records relating to the cryptocurrency “Libra”, to include but not limited to correspondence sent or received by the Department, briefing notes, policy documents, text and WhatsApp messages etc. Request to cover the period from 1 August 2018 – 27 August 2019.
- Received —Decided 2 October 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Information regarding the village of Newtowncunningham and the Refugee Resettlement Program and all available records regarding Newtowncunningham and the Refugee Resettlement Program.
- Received —Decided 1 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all internal audit reports carried out by or on behalf of the Department in the period from 1 January 2019 to 16 July 2019.
- Received —Decided 1 October 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any records held by the Department relating to a discrepancy between figures on asylum applications and grants of asylum held by Eurostat and those held by the UNHCR. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to 16 July 2019.
- Received —Decided 30 September 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence in paper and digital form and records of all phone calls between named persons or a named company with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding a property in Galway, including all correspondence regarding the property formerly known as the Connemara Gateway Hotel H91 DV56.
- Received —Decided 27 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A spreadsheet/table/database of costs relating to the following activities undertaken as part of the Department's transformation programme. • Consultancy. • Facilitated or off-site meetings. • Advertising, including internal advertising. • Training of staff for new roles. • Promotional services. • Analysis of work flows and processes. • Implementation of consultants' recommendations. • Any other transformation related costs.
- Received —Decided 27 September 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any consultancy reports commissioned by the Department in relation to its transformation programme.
- Received —Decided 26 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All documents concerning amendment (no 144) to the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 made at Committee Stage on 19 January 2009 [no. 31b of 2006].
- Received —Decided 25 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• A review of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 which was carried out by the Department of Justice and submitted to the Department of Finance; • All briefing notes made for the Minister for Justice on the establishment of a Register of personal injuries actions in accordance with section 30 of the Civil Liability and Court Act 2004, since January 2018; • All correspondence made between the Department of Justice and Department of Finance on the establishment of a Register of personal injuries actions in accordance with section 30 of the Civil Liability and Court Act 2004, since January 2018.
- Received —Decided 25 September 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Correspondence between the Association of Judges of Ireland and the Department in the last 12 months.