Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 3,015 records (page 40 of 61)
- Received —Decided 25 April 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• The guidance provided to those assessing eligibility for Naturalisation for those of Irish descent or has Irish Associations under section 16. • Precedent based scenarios where the Minister has excised discretion in applications for those of Irish Descent or has Irish Associations.
- Received —Decided 24 April 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence with the Irish Prison Service relating to allegations of inappropriate relationships between prison inmates and prison staff for the period 1 January 2016 to 25 March 2019 inclusive. Any reports provided to or produced by the Department relating to the above.
- Received —Decided 18 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Can I please request any internal reports; memos or briefing documents relating to a named person. These documents should include any information on Irish staff members from the Department in contact with Syrian or American authorities specifically in relation to the named person. These documents should also include any information on Irish staff members from the Department travelling to anywhere outside of Ireland in relation to the named person.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any correspondence from members of the public sent to Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan since 1 January 2017 raising complaints/paying compliments/making comments or suggestions on the topic of sentencing of convicted persons in the criminal courts.
- Received —Decided 15 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• All letters received by Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and the Department of Justice from a named person since 1 January, 2019. • Including the replies to those letters.
- Received —Decided 12 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence with named company and its representatives and the Department since 1 January.
- Received —Decided 12 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence with named companies and its representatives and the Department since 1 January.
- Received —Decided 12 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence with named company and its representatives and the Department since 1 January.
- Received —Decided 12 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence with named company and its representatives and the Department since 1 January.
- Received —Decided 12 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence with named company and its representatives and the Department since 1 January.
- Received —Decided 11 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All electronic correspondence including email, texts, WhatsApp messages and any other form of electronic communications between Ministers in the Department and the Secretary General of the Department between the period 1 December 2018 and 29 January 2019.
- Received —Decided 11 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Any correspondence regarding conditions of Direct Provision Centre’s between the Minister and his Ministers. • Minutes of the meeting in which conditions of the direct provision centres where discussed. • In excel the numbers of migrants placed in these centers, where they are and for how long. • In excel the Governments' expenditure in regards to this and who it is paid too • Any correspondence in regards to securing direct provision centers.
- Received —Decided 11 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of people arrested / charged / prosecuted under Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 from its inception in March 2017 until 5 March 2019.
- Received —Decided 11 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Please give us the criteria set out by INIS (Department of Justice) in relation to Pre-Master's Programmes? Plus locations on the website, where and since when available?
- Received —Decided 9 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of any material submitted to the Department during the period 1 January 2018 to 22 January 2019 relating to Tralee Courthouse, solely in relation to the area of a possible relocation. Any complaints received by the department relating to the condition of Tralee Courthouse during 2017 and 2018.
- Received —Decided 9 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of any Department notes, minutes, memos and follow-up communications in relation to the meeting(s) between Minister Charlie Flanagan and the Bar Council of Ireland in January 2019.
- Received —Decided 5 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Copy of contract of employment Commissioner Drew Harris An Garda Síochána. • Details of salary. • Details of other payments provided for in his contract of employment the OPW undertook works at a residential property in Dublin 8 which was made available to him. Please provide all information in your possession relative to this work, including but not limited to authorisation, cost both current and anticipated. Please indicate was this work carried out by OPW staff or on contract. • Please supply all details in your possession regarding the occupancy and tenancy of the property - including whether the residence is provided rent free or subject to charge. • Please specify any money paid to the Northern Ireland authorities in connection with his domiciliary visits to that place. • Please supply copies of all memos, correspondence, emails relating to this request.
- Received —Decided 5 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence and memos received and created by the Reception and Integration Agency in relation to the 2018 Christmas party hosted by the group "Our Table" for families in Direct Provision. Please include any correspondence from asylum seekers or DP centres in relation to whether families living in DP attended this event or not. I would like all records from December 2018 to 22 February 2019 on this subject.
- Received —Decided 5 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any Correspondence between the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána regarding funding for the purchase of additional vehicles for the Garda Fleet in the period of 2018 and to 1 March 2019.
- Received —Decided 5 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• All records which show air travel destinations, including individual cost, class and purpose of flights, for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for 2018. • All records which show air travel destinations, including individual cost, class and purpose of flights, for the Reception and Integration Agency for 2018.
- Received —Decided 5 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• The number of asylum seekers in direct provision who are currently working under the right to work in Ireland. • The number of applications made by asylum seekers living in direct provision centres for the right to work. • The number of complaints made to the Ombudsman by people living in direct provision, specifically about the right to work system.
- Received —Decided 5 April 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A record of all correspondence (internal and external) and documents, including but not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, memos meeting notes and other records associated with the following lobbying activity and meetings: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/37371/unicef-ireland.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Materials providing details on how many complaints were made against staff in direct provision centres in Cork to 19 November 2018; the nature of such complaints, and the outcome of such complaints i.e. sanctions taken, if any.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Materials providing details on how many assaults if any by residents of direct provision centres in Cork city; the actions taken regarding such incidents; whether such incidents were against other residents or against staff the nature of any injuries, and the outcome of such incidents - i.e. what sanctions.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Materials providing details on how many complaints were received from residents of direct provision centres in Cork this year to 19 November 2018, the nature of such complaints, and the outcomes of such complaints.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Copies of the 66 complaints by those in direct provision referred to the RIA by the Ombudsman • Follow up documentation/investigations arising from these complaints.
- Received —Decided 3 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all records held relating or referring to an incident at Mosney where a homeless charity tried to deliver items to asylum seekers but were refused access.
- Received —Decided 2 April 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence - including emails, letters, briefings, reports, memos dated between November 2018 and February 2019 - between the Department of Justice's Restorative Justice Unit and religious congregations/orders in relation to the Magdalene redress scheme.
- Received —Decided 29 March 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All records relating to the appointment of the Department's Data Protection Officer (DPO). This includes records relating to: • The job description for the DPO role; • The steps taken to advertise or recruit for the DPO role, including details of any internal or external competition; • The criteria for the appointment of the DPO; • The qualifications of the DPO; • Any guidance or training given to the DPO; • The reporting arrangements for the DPO to "directly report to the highest management level"; • The steps taken to ensure that the DPO is independent and does not have any conflict of interest; and • The staff/resources/budget given to the DPO.
- Received —Decided 29 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• All correspondence between the Department of Justice and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the subject categorising in- country refugee costs as Overseas Development Aid in line with revised OECD guidelines. • All internal records related to this subject. The timeframe on this request is January 2017 to the present.
- Received —Decided 29 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any reports, submissions, memos, or other such review or explanatory documents prepared for the Minister (or his private office) or the Secretary General (or his private office) relating to so-called paedophile hunting gangs i.e. public groups who try and entrap paedophiles through the internet and social media. This request to cover the period 1 January 2017 to 18 February 2019.
- Received —Decided 27 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• The number of years a legal foreigner can spend in Ireland to be granted citizenship. • The total number of international students from 2015-2019. • The estimated number of Nigerian students doing their degree here in Ireland 2018/2019.
- Received —Decided 27 March 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Document showing how many people have been refused entry into Ireland, and on what basis were they refused entry (were they refused based on possession of illegal drugs, fake ID? etc.) into Ireland over the period of 5 years. • Document stating how many Africans have been deported from 2010 till now and the reason for such deportation.
- Received —Decided 26 March 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence (internal and external) relating to the issue of members of An Garda Síochána taking drugs.
- Received —Decided 22 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence to and from the Department of Justice with external sources, relating to the Coroners Amendment Bill 2018, between 1 January 2018 and 5 February 2019.
- Received —Decided 22 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any records held by your Department relating or referring to the so- called 'Momo Challenge'. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 and 7 March 2019.
- Received —Decided 22 March 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Full disclosure regarding the responsibility of the Minister for Justice Charles Flanagan as to the Private Security Authority.
- Received —Decided 21 March 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All documents relating to the closure of the Ballaghaderreen refugee reception centre.
- Received —Decided 20 March 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Complaints to the Department from residents in Direct Provision regarding their accommodation, any aspect of their living situation, or other issues with the asylum process from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.
- Received —Decided 20 March 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any reports, briefings, submissions, recommendations, memoranda or other such documents discussing the issue of lack of capacity in direct provision centres. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to 18 February 2019. Copies of any reports, briefings, submissions, recommendations, memoranda, or other such documents discussing the issue of homelessness among asylum seekers. This request to cover same period as above.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Audits completed by the Internal Audit in the Department of Justice that pertain to the Irish Prison Service, for the years 2017 and 2018. These include: • 2017 Midlands Prison • 2017 Portlaoise Prison • 2017 Limerick Prison • 2017 Prison Service Headquarters audit. • 2017 Prison Service – Review of Fire Safety Assurance • 2017 Control Failures Report Prison Service • Audits Completed to Q2 2018 Prison Service HQ Audit. Financial management, operations, procurement, governance, overpayments, human resources.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence between the Department and any other individual/body in relation to: the expansion of pre-clearance facilities in Dublin and Shannon airports. The timespan for this should be from January 2018 to 15 January 2019.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence in relation to the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017 received by the Department since June 2018.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2019GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Details regarding expenses incurred by the Minister's visit abroad last year for St Patrick's Day, specifically: • The cost of travel and accommodation for the Minister. • The cost of travel and accommodation for any advisers or other staff. • The cost of any gifts (including shamrock) incurred by the Department for the trip. • Also, details regarding the same expenses incurred by the Junior Minister, associated staff and money spent on gifts to the above request.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All Departmental correspondence - including emails, letters, briefings, reports, memos dated between August 2018 and February 2019 - in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in the Cavan- Monaghan region.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Copies of all correspondence from the Minister for Justice and/or the Department of Justice to the named person, since 1 January 2019. • Copies of all correspondence from named person to the Minister for Justice and/or the Department of Justice since 1 January 2019.
- Received —Decided 14 March 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
How many citizenship applications to Ireland have there been in each of the last five years, from the Lothian region, in Scotland.
- Received —Decided 13 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Complaints to the Department or the Minister from members of the public regarding Direct Provision centres, from 1 January 2018 to the present date.
- Received —Decided 11 March 2019RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• Copies of correspondence between the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána following investigations into the fires at the Caiseal Mara hotel in Moville in November in 2018 and the Shannon Key West hotel in Rooskey in January 2019. • Report from investigators to the Department of Justice following fires in Moville and Rooskey • Copies of correspondence between Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána following second Rooskey fire on 12 February 2019. Briefing material for the Minister for Justice following the November/January/February fires and alternative proposals on where to house asylum seekers around the country. • Copies of responses from/correspondence with hotels and guest houses who have offered to provide emergency full-board accommodation for up to six months following call out in January. This request is for January to February 2019.
- Received —Decided 11 March 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The following records and documents relating to the Labour Market Access (LMA) program operated by INIS since July 2018. Where information is available in a monthly format (showing changes over time), please provide it in that manner: • The number of applications for Permission to Access the Labour Market by international protection applicants. Breakdown to include both the total, the number approved, and number rejected. The number of applicants under the above program who have commenced employment in total, for example, the number of people for whom LMA5 (Labour Market Access Declaration Form) forms have been completed. Further breakdown to include number of self-employed, and the category of work (for example, job title or trade/profession) if this is available. • Records which show the total number of people currently in employment under the program over time. For example, the numbers of international protection applicants who were in employment during each month since Labour Market Access was introduced. • Number of LMA workers who have been required to contribute to the cost of their accommodation.