Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 3,015 records (page 9 of 61)
- Received —Decided 22 March 2024GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A schedule of flights, both commercial and use of private aircraft, and costs of same taken by the Minister in 2023 A schedule of all hotels the Minister stayed in in 2023, including hotel name and cost per night while on official State business outside of the State. All discretionary spending (meals, transport etc.) by the Minister on each trip. The same information as above (flights, hotels, discretionary spending) in respect of all accompanying staff and advisers.
- Received —Decided 19 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any briefing notes sent to the Minister for Justice from 07 October 2023 up until 22 February 2024, relating to the potential for acts of terrorism being committed in Ireland that could or may be related to the current conflict in the Middle East.
- Received —Decided 15 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence/minutes of meetings/chain of emails between named college and Immigration Service Delivery (formerly INIS) discussing inclusion of irregularly staying/undocumented immigrants in named college's university of sanctuary programme between January 2018 to the end of 2019.
- Received —Decided 14 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A list of all pending cases of naturalised citizens who face revocation of citizenship, including the date the case was opened, the reason for the proposed revocation and the subject's country of origin.
- Received —Decided 14 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1.The date on which legal aid cases were capped at 18 hours for psychological assessments in criminal cases in 2023. 2.The date after which applications for legal aid psychological assessments applied the 18 hour rule.
- Received —Decided 13 March 2024Part-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 January 2024 - 31 January 2024.
- Received —Decided 13 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I request the following: 1) In 2023 how many inter-company transfer permit holders requested a visa in order to bring in / allow a spouse and / or partner to work in Ireland? 2) Of the requests made in 2023 relevant to the question / answer to (1): A) How many were made by someone who identified themselves as male in the own work permit application, in order for them to bring in a spouse / partner into the State / allow them to work here? B) How many inter-company transfer permit holders requests for a visa enabled someone who identified themselves as female in the application, to enter the State / allow them to work here?
- Received —Decided 13 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Requests access to all records (electronic copies) relating to the Sale of Alcohol Bill that have come into/ been sent/submitted to the Department of Justice/ Minister for Justice from September 2023 - 20 February 2024
- Received —Decided 12 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Correspondence with the Ministers McEntee or Browne in the aftermath of the Dublin riots with IBEC and / or Dublin Town and / or individual businesses affected
- Received —Decided 12 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence between the office of Helen McEntee and Mediahuis, sent between 1 September 2023 and the present date. I am seeking records referred to, but not limited to, this entry on the Lobbying Register.
- Received —Decided 11 March 2024GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of visas administered by VFS Global on behalf of the Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023, inclusive, broken down by each country. The average processing time for visa applications for the top five countries on the list.
- Received —Decided 11 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A letter sent by Irish Hotels Federation to Justice Helen McEntee on the defamation bill as outlined in this lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/107506/irish-hotels federation
- Received —Decided 11 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. All email communications between Minister Helen McEntee and named person from 27 June 2020 to 12 February 2024 (excluding the periods that the Minister did not serve as Minister for Justice. 2. All email communications between Minister Helen McEntee and named company from 27 June 2020 to 12 February 2024 (excluding the periods that the Minister did not serve as Minister for Justice)
- Received —Decided 7 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any documents or records in relation to the discussions which took place during the bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Granada on the 05 October 2023 on “the functioning of the Common Travel Area, and how "we secure the border around Ireland and Britain as well”, as referenced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the enclosed media statement. Varadkar and Sunak discuss migration at security summit (rte.ie). 1. What information does the Department of Justice and Equality hold in relation to the discussions on the functioning of the Common Travel Area and “how we secure the border around Ireland and Britain”. 2. Copies of documents captured by the above request
- Received —Decided 7 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence/minutes of meetings/chain of emails about processing and issuing of decisions on remaining applications submitted under the regularisation scheme for undocumented people (to include discussions of appeals of refused applications) between March 2023 to the present, to include correspondence at Assistant Principal Officer level or higher only.
- Received —Decided 7 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any records the Department of Justice has of all communication between elected members of Government and the Department in relation to family reunification and human trafficking between 01 January 2021 and date of request.
- Received —Decided 6 March 2024Part-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 December 2023 - 31 December 2023.
- Received —Decided 6 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I enclose herewith freedom of information request regarding the UK-Ireland Common Travel Area Forum (CTAF) referred to in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Ireland on the CTA (attached) . This freedom of information request is seeking copies of the terms of reference or similar document, agendas and minutes of the UK- Ireland Common Travel Area Forum (CTAF) dated from 01 January 2020 to the date of this request.
- Received —Decided 5 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to correspondence between named company and Oonagh McPhillips in relation to the Draft General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill. 2. I also wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any other correspondence during 2023 and 2024 with Ms McPhillips or Minister McEntee in relation to the Draft General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill.
- Received —Decided 5 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any relevant internal messages regarding named person's pledge to fund Irish legal challenges to the Government's hate speech legislation (From 22 January to date of request).
- Received —Decided 5 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
This is a freedom of information request for any memorandum of understanding between state bodies and service providers in relation to the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 as amended by the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022.
- Received —Decided 1 March 2024GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Minutes and attendee lists of the following meetings of the High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction: 06 December 2022, 29 March 2023, 31 May 2023, 29 June 2023, 25 September 2023 (5 meetings total)
- Received —Decided 1 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I request the following information relating to named direct provision centre based on the figures for 03 December 2023: Number of people declared a refugee. Number of people granted subsidiary protection. Number of people neither a refugee or subsidiary protection declaration given permission to remain. Number of people given neither a refugee or subsidiary protection declaration or permission to remain. Number of people in the process of appealing a decision that has been made Number of people still waiting for a decision.
- Received —Decided 28 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All records associated with the e-submission ref: DJE 00801-23 - : Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) - Immigration Permissions and Associated Projects. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01 January 2023 - 18 October 2023.
- Received —Decided 28 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The annual number of cases of international child abduction, inbound and outbound to and from Ireland over the past 10 years reported to the Authority where the alleged abductor was a family member. 2. The detailed information on how many abductions took place to/from the countries signatory to the Hague Convention, 3. The detailed information on how many abductions took place to/from the countries not bound by the Hague Convention. 4. The breakdoen of the countries where the children were abducted to and from within the last 10 years. 5. How many cases per country, both inbound and outbound, finalised with the return orders and how many were unsuccessful within the last 10 years. 6. What were the main reasons given in the rulings in no-return orders. 7. Does the Central Authority review the unsuccessful cases and what percentage of the reviewed cases are followed up, if the Central Authority finds any procedural or any other errors. 8. Details on how many cases end up with the factual return of the children when the proceedings are successful in other Jurisdictions (broken per country). 9. Details on available mechanisms to help with the return of unlawfully abducted children and support provided to the alienated families throughout and past the process. 10. Details on any interdepartmental collaboration between the Central Authority and An Garda Siochana enhancing the chances of prompt return of the abducted children.
- Received —Decided 27 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A record of all training or other services provided by named company to departmental Staff since 2015, along with a record of all payments made for the provision of such services.
- Received —Decided 26 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The number of people refused entry to Ireland at passport control in 2023, with a breakdown by nationality/country of birth.
- Received —Decided 26 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Justice, dated between 01 August 2023 and the date of this request: • A record of correspondence and notes from meetings between the Law Society and Department officials (the ranks of assistant secretary or higher) in relation to conveyancing processes, the Planning and Development Bill, the Sellers Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill, Correspondence should include, but is not limited to, letters, emails, memos, reports, draft reports, WhatsApp messages, texts messages and other communications and their associated documents. The following lobbying register entry may be of assistance with this request: • https://www.lobbying.ie/return/105478/law-society-of-ireland • https://www.lobbying.ie/return/107242/law-society-of-ireland • https://www.lobbying.ie/return/107240/law-society-of-ireland This should include a record of the dates payments were made and the services covered by the payments. It is preferable to receive the records in Excel format for each company/director.
- Received —Decided 23 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I would like to request the following from 05 September 2022 to the date of this request, in relation to the Minister of Justice and the public servants handling applications for citizenship by naturalisation: - Any records, reports or documentation relating to the annual salary of the Minister for Justice including any bonuses, gifts or any other additional income relating to public duties - Any records, reports or documentation relating to the total number of days the Minister of Justice has taken as holidays or time off within this timeframe - Any records, including emails, memos, meeting notes and minutes relating to the topic of citizenship by naturalisation whereby the Minister for Justice was involved - Any records, reports or documentation (with further details) relating to staff hired by or on behalf of the Minister for Justice with duties and responsibilities that relate to the naturalisation process or teams involved in the process of such applications.
- Received —Decided 23 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The number of applicants who provided Female Genital Mutilation as the primary reason for seeking international protection in Ireland, broken down by year, since 2017. 2. The number of applicants who provided Female Genital Mutilation as the primary reason for seeking international protection in Ireland and whose application was successful, broken down by year, since 2017.
- Received —Decided 21 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The release of any correspondence between the office of James Browne and named organisation, sent between 01 September 2023 and the date of request. I am also seeking the release of notes or minutes taken at any meetings attended by James Browne and named organisation. I am also seeking the release of correspondence between Andrew Munro and named organisation, or minutes or notes of meetings attended by Mr Munro and named o rganisation, between the same dates.
- Received —Decided 20 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
How many applications for visas for spouse of Family Member of EU have been processed in Visa Office in the last 12 months, starting from 01 January 2023 ending 01 January 2024. Please provide information for visas type C (how many) and visas type D (how many).
- Received —Decided 20 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to any correspondence between Minister of State James Browne and the named group during 2023 and 2024.
- Received —Decided 19 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to correspondence between named company and Minister of State James Browne in relation to the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022.
- Received —Decided 19 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking access to a copy of any correspondence during 2023 and 2024 between named organisation and Minister Browne in relation to the Gambling Control Bill.
- Received —Decided 16 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. All records detailing communications, as well as the contents of the communications- telephone, emails, meetings, memos, letters-between the Taoiseach Mr. Leo Varadkar and Minister Helen McEntee and her Department and her Department officials between Friday, 05 January 2024 and Monday, 08 January 2024, inclusive on the topic of moving applicants for international protection to named hotel in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo? 2. Can you let me have all records detailing communications, as well as the contents of the communications-telephone, emails, meetings, memos, letters- between the Taoiseach, Minister Helen McEntee and Mr. Roderic O` Gorman and their respective departments and their department officials with IPAS between Friday, 5 January 2024 and Monday, 8 January 2024, inclusive on the topic of moving applicants for international protection to named hotel in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo?
- Received —Decided 16 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any briefings, submissions, reports, memos or other such overview/discussion documents prepared for or by either the Minister of Justice or the Secretary General and other officials in the Department with regard to the funding for named organisation between 01 September 2021 and 01 January 2023.
- Received —Decided 16 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The independent external audit report of named organisation in Cork.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all records held by your Department of contacts by the named company - owner and/or its representatives, in relation to the group’s proposed investment in Ireland, and any related application(s) made under the Immigrant Investor Programme. The above records should include copies of all letters, emails, notes of meetings held either in person or remotely, notes of phone calls, memos and briefings on this matter.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Under the FOI Act 2014 how much does the Always Here campaign cost; itemising every aspect of the campaign cost including wages, tv ad, radio ad, etc.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence from TDs and Senators to the Minister for Justice from 23 November 2023 to 31 December 2023 relating to the stabbing incident at a creche on Parnell Square, Dublin and/or the subsequent rioting in Dublin city centre on 02 November 2023.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to correspondence between named company and Minister McEntee in relation to digital piracy during 2023 and 2024.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence received by the Department from Ryanair since 01 January 2023 on the subject of air safety. The application should include the letter detailed in this entry on the Lobbying Register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/105317/ryanair This was a briefing about disruption by passengers.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to correspondence between Minister McEntee and named NGO in relation to funding and support for the upcoming sexual harassment project with the GAA.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. A full copy of your Fixed Asset Register for each of the last five years. It should include lists of additions and disposals for each year. The copy should be made on a spreadsheet, if available. 2. A full copy of your Risk Register for each of the last five years.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1.The number of deportation orders revoked by the Minister for the last five years in tabular format by each year. 2. A log of representation made by public representatives in relation to persons applying to have deportations revoked for last 5 years.
- Received —Decided 13 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The total number of family reunification visas granted from 01 January 2022 to 15 December 2023 . 2. Total number of work or other visas granted to non EU citizens from 01 January 2022 to 15 December 2023.
- Received —Decided 12 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Justice, dated between 01 August 2023, and the date of this request: A record of correspondence between the Minister’s office and The Irish Episcopal Conference, Irish Catholic Bishop’s Conference and other religious representative bodies regarding the treatment of non-EU migrants. The following lobbying register entry might be of assistance with processing this request: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/105170/irish-episcopal-conference
- Received —Decided 12 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking the release of all records relating to the correspondence between Ryanair and Minister Helen McEntee, as listed here (in lobbying register). This should include, but is not limited to, any letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, notes, reports, draft reports and any other relevant records that relate to the above return.
- Received —Decided 12 February 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking a list of eSubmissions submitted to the Minister for Justice through the eSubmissions channel. To cover the period from 01 November 2023 - 30 November 2023.