Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Records showing the number of times border control unit in all ports of entries Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Rosslare has called Tusla reps to ask them to assess an unaccompanied minor, broken down by year for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 so far. 2. Records that show the number of times the Border Management Unit at Dublin Airport and other ports of entries including Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Rosslare

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any briefings, submissions, reports, memos, or other such overview/explanatory documents prepared for either the Secretary General or the Minister with regard to the introduction of facial recognition technology. This request to cover the period 1 May 2022 to 31 May 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any documents that lay out the current unaccompanied minor reunification process followed by the Department of Justice bodies, and Tusla.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any correspondence, and attachments, between Tusla and the Department of Justice, including the Border Management Unit, that relates to the quality/adequacy of assessments carried out by Tusla of unaccompanied minors at ports/airports in Ireland, as part of their remit into approving or refusing requests for family reunification. The timeframe for this request is from 1 January 2020 to 17 May 2022. This request relates to when unaccompanied minors arrive at ports/airports in Ireland and an adult says they are a family member/parent there to meet them.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All correspondence between the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner since 1 January 2020. This includes correspondence under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and relates to correspondence from/to the Minister and the Garda Commissioner regarding section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 only.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copy of all correspondence (including emails) to and from the Justice Minister in relation to a named Organised Crime Group since 1 July 2021.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I wish to request the following records: The number of citizenship applications that have been received by the Department of Justice as of 1 April 2020. The number of citizenship applications that has been received by the Department of Justice as of 14 April 2022. The average timeframe for approving a citizenship application providing all necessary information has been provided in tabular form.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Please provide a monthly breakdown of how many Resident Cards were applied for by third-country spouses of EU- citizens, and how long the waiting time was, for every month from the time the Act came into force ie, 1 February 2016 to March 2022. 1. Additionally, how many of these Resident Cards were not processed within the statutory time limit, both as an absolute number and as a percentage of the total, for each month. I want to see how the Ministry has responded over time to the demand for Resident Cards. 2. Please provide monthly statistics on the number of people affected by this policy. How many people have been "between permits" at any point since it was introduced? 3. Additionally, please provide statistics on the number of people seeking permanent residency under the terms of the Directive, and the processing times for those applications. Again, this is for every month from early 2015 to current. 4. A monthly breakdown of how many of these visas - C visas under the terms of the Directive - were applied

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Correspondence between former Inspector of Prisoners, and officials in the Department of Justice between 1 January 2022 and 31 May 2022. 2. Correspondence between former Inspector of Prisoners, and the Minister of Justice between 1 January 2022 and 31 May 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All records related to the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/85873/garda- representative-association

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Records relating to specific cases where Irish couples went abroad for surrogacy but it transpired that neither were the parents of the child or specific cases where exploitation occurred. The time-period to be covered is the last 5 years.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All correspondence between the Department of Justice/Minister for Justice and the Joint Committee on Justice since 5 March 2022 to 18 May 2022 on the Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill (also known as the Magnitsky Bill).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any email correspondence received or sent by the Minister for Justice, which relates to Human Trafficking or contains the words "human trafficking" and dated between 1 February 2022 and 30 May 2022. FOI request should focus on both the Minister's government email accounts e.g. gov.ie or justice.ie, and also her oireachtas.ie email account.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. The number of inquests currently waiting to be opened in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon. 2. The number of inquests currently which have been opened but are waiting to be heard in full in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon. 3. The longest length of time currently since a person has died that an inquest has not yet been opened into their death in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon. 4. The number of inquests which were waiting to be opened for the corresponding dates in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. 5. Copies of any letters of concern from relatives, legal representatives or public representatives regarding the wait

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any reports held based on monitoring of social media or social media mentions of your organisation in the period March, April, May of 2022. This should include any monitoring outputs, whether they are carried out internally, or by external providers and then provided to your offices.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All correspondence between Trinity College Dublin and the Department of Justice related to the Immigrant Investor Programme from 1 April to 16 June 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. All notes, records and correspondence concerning the enforcement of the issuance of Covid 19 fines between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 during the pandemic under the Freedom of Information Act. 2. A breakdown of Covid fines issued, paid and withdrawn/quashed during this period. Could you also provide a breakdown of court cases taken by Gardaí and the results of these?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. The pre-briefing provided to Minister Humphries ahead of her meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 5 May 2021. 2. The minutes from the meeting between Minister

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All reference to funding in respect of a named organisation since 1 January 2018.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. A full breakdown of the fees paid to lawyers at the Disclosures Tribunal, including the amount paid to each individual.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Copies of any threat assessments, reports or ministerial briefing document in relation to (suspected or confirmed) linkages between the live export trade and criminal activity; 2. Minutes of any meetings with Gardaí, Customs/Revenue, and/or DAFM in relation to (suspected or confirmed) linkages between the live export trade and criminal activity; 3. Reports or assessments in relation to noted cases

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of correspondence in 2022 between Minister McEntee and the Council of the Bar of Ireland, including the correspondence outlined in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/83770/council-of-the-bar- of-ireland

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The names of all people on the Committee overseeing this public consultation. https://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR22000105.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Records of all correspondence and/or meetings with a named person in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The response to Ad hoc query on submission of asylum applications at representations of Member State requested by EMN NCP Latvia on 20 August 2021 Link: https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/system/files/2022- 02/202154_ad_hoc_query_on_submission_of_asylum_appli cations_at_representations_of_member_state.pdf

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Copy of the export report on an identified case which was commissioned by the former Minister for Justice Mr Charles Flanagan, and 2. A copy of the additional evidence provided by a named organisation to the Minister for Justice, and 3. All correspondence between the Department of Justice and a named person.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any records held referring or relating to the decision to waive visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens and/or their family members.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

A copy of all written correspondence, in all formats between the then Inspector of Prisons Patricia Gilheany and the Minister for Justice, the Department of Justice and the

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. All records from, and correspondence relating to, a meeting between the CEO of a named organisation and Mr Derek Tierney, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Justice in the period 1 September 2019 to 31 December 2019; 2. All correspondence between the organisation and Mr Derek Tierney, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Justice in the period 1 September 2019 to 31 December 2019; 3. All correspondence between the organisation and Mr

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Copies of any records held by the Department relating to the decision to open a Garda station on O'Connell Street in Dublin. 2. Copies of any correspondence between the Department and AGS with regard to the above from 1 Jan 2022 to receipt of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All correspondence between a named person and Ministry of Justice re Coroner Service Archives.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All correspondence between persons in the Department and the Bar Council of Ireland about the implementation of the Justice Action Plan and in respect of the Criminal Legal Aid Panel from September 2021 to 6 May 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All documents (briefing notes, notes, etc.) in respect of any meetings between the Bar Council of Ireland and the Minister/Department officials between 1 September 2021 and 6 May 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The following information relating to the regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrant Scheme. 1. Number of applicants who have applied for the above scheme. 2. Number of single or family applicants. 3. Revenue generated by the applicant fees thus far. 4. Number of applicants who were successful thus far. 5. Number of applicants unsuccessful thus far. 6. Statistical numbers about country of origins of applicants (single and family).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. The overall cost up to 1 April 2022 of the Commission of Inquiry into matters surrounding a named person. 2. The breakdown of monies paid to 26 April 2022 to the various legal representatives at the Commission. 3. The amount of days the Commission has sat for since its inception.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The total cost of legal fees defending challenges to asylum/immigration decisions in the High Court or elsewhere for 2019, 2020 and 2021, broken down by year.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

A copy of the most up to date valuation report for Thornton Hall, Co Dublin.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Internal procedure for processing Irish Citizenship applications. 2. Internal procedure for processing of all types of visa applications. 3. Any other relevant documents related to Immigration matters.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Copy of the report completed by a named Judge concerning the Garda investigation into the death of a named person. 2. Copy of the minutes of any meetings between the Minister for Justice and or Department of Justice officials with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris or senior Garda management concerning this report in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and up to 23 March 2022. 3. Copy of the minutes of any correspondence including emails, letters or minutes of phone calls between the Minister for Justice and or Department of Justice officials

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any correspondence between Director of the Insolvency Service of Ireland, and the Department of Justice (including potential recipients Minister for Justice Helen McEntee or Secretary General at the Department of Justice Oonagh McPhillips or any other senior civil servants of the rank of Assistant Secretary) since 1 January 2021.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any correspondence between the Minister or the Secretary General for the Department, and named people re: 1. The migration programme / pledges by Irish families for accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any reviews (external and internal) of the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) carried out since 2018, including but not limited to the first and second phase external reviews of the scheme

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any correspondence between the Data Protection Commissioner and the Minister for Justice or senior figures (from the level of Assistant Secretary up) in the Department of Justice concerning the budget and resources of the Data Protection Commissioner and the pace of decision-making on fines that has been sent since the start of this year, 1 January 2021.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Minutes of or any notes taken, or memos arising from, a meeting between the Minister for Justice and the (outgoing) Inspector of Prisons during the week Monday 14 February 2022 to Friday 18 February 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Any correspondence between the Department of Justice and a named organisation and/or its representative(s) during time period of January 2020 to 6 May 2022. 2. Any correspondence between the Department of Justice and a named organisation during the same time period.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Copies of any correspondence received from Sheriffs nationally (listed in the table below) to the Minister for Justice or Secretary General of the Department of Justice since 1 January 2021 relating to the decline in the number of Revenue Commissioners certificates executed by them during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

All documents (briefing notes, internal and external correspondence, messages etc.) in relation to the Minister for Justice's meeting with the Bar Council in December 2021.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Meeting minutes, internal correspondences, briefing documents, or memos (within the Department and/or office of the Minister) regarding plans for legislation or public campaigns relating to sexual or gender-based violence from the period of 1 January 2021 to 21 February 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

1. Statistical information about international students working more than 20 hours per week on a stamp 2 over the last three years. 2. Records/ minutes of meetings held regarding immigration policy, specifically on student permissions, over the last three years. 3. Records/ minutes of meetings or correspondence between The Department of Justice and a named organisation over the last three years.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Any information, documents, or correspondence held by this Department relating to complaints of or investigations into workplace sexual harassment to cover the last five years.