Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 2457 requests
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1. The total number of "De-Facto" Relationship applications received by the 'Domestic Residence & Permissions Division, Immigration Service Delivery', on a year per year basis since 1st January 2016. Please categorise by successful/unsuccessful/pending. 2. The number of these applications which were for individuals under 18 years of age, if any exists for these years (since 1st January 2016). 3. The number of applications for these years (since 1st January 2016) which had any Court Dispensations attached to these applications which were received by the Department/Immigration Service in these years in relation to durable relationships which were under 18 years of age. 4. A country by country breakdown of where these applications originated for these years.(since 1st January 2016) 5. A breakdown of numbers of applicants per "status upon arriving in the state" for these years (since 1st January 2016) based on: 1. Asylum Seeker. 2. Student. 3. De Facto Partner of a Irish National/(D-join visa). 4. Visitor/(C-Visitor Visa). 5. Employment Permit or Green Card Permit. 6. Other.of a Irish National/(D-join visa). 4. Visitor/(C-Visitor Visa). 5. Employment Permit or Green Card Permit. 6. Other.
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Any briefing documents, draft briefing documents, memos, meetings with the subject matter the Far right.
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1. Any records mentioning a named website between June 2020 and today, particularly those citing plans on how the Department is trying to ban it. 2. Any records between June 2020 and today citing named person.
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I request a copy of eSubmission DJE 00043-24: Proposal not to designate Nigeria as a safe country of origin for the purposes of the International Protection Act 2015. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01 January 2024 - 18 April 2024.
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I am seeking all emails, memos, text and whatsapp messages, notes of meetings, calls relating to the Stardust tragedy State apology.
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Any/all records of correspondence or communication between the Department of Justice and any member or department of an Garda Síochána pertaining to risk assessment(s) with regard to the activity of the "far right" in Ireland
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Any/all records of correspondence or communication between the Department of Justice and any member or department of an Garda Síochána pertaining to the activity of the "far right" in Ireland.
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I wish to request records relating to: 1. Receipts and expenses claims of Minister Browne relating to trip to the Czech Republic earlier this year (2022). 2. Receipts and expenses claims of any support staff who accompanied the Minister on the trip.
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I wish to request records relating to: • How many deportation orders have been issued since the beginning of the year? • How many people issued with deportation orders have voluntarily left the jurisdiction since the beginning of 2022? • How many people issued with deportation orders have been involuntarily removed from the jurisdiction since the beginning of 2022?
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I request all briefing documents, memos, or update reports prepared by or received by the Principal Officer of the Border Management Unit in relation to doorstep operations at Dublin airport for 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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I request the following; 1. How many Irish higher education study visas (excluding renewals) were issued from January 2023 to October 2024 (to those already in Ireland wishing to study and those wishing to travel to Ireland to study). 2. The distribution of Irish higher education study visas by country of origin from January 2023 to October 2024. 3. The distribution of Irish higher education study visas by Irish higher education institution (public and private) from January 2023 to October 2024.
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I request the following, details of the number of data breaches involving your department for the calendar year 2022, 2023, and 2024. A brief line description of each data breach involved, its location in the country, and the o utcome/result of it.
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Copies of the following e-Submission and attached documents:- DJE 01238-23 - Statelessness Pledge by the Department of Justice at the Global Refugee Forum 202 the period from 01 November 2023 - 06 March 2024
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Copies of the following e-Submissions and attached documents: - DJE 01174-23 - Garda Review of the Operation of the Firearms Acts for 2022 the period from 01 November 2023 - 06 March 2024.
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Emails sent by David Sweeney Consulting Limited, on behalf of Video Games Europe (VGE), to Minister McEntee relating to European child protection legislation, as referenced on the lobbying register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/103855/david-sweeney-consulting- limited
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1. The number of asylum claims made at the IPO office in Dublin in tabular format. 2. The number of asylum claims made at IPO office for last 12 months in tabular format where no or false documentation were presented.
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I am seeking the following: Since the introduction of the Review of Disclosure scheme: 1. How many applications have been made. 2. How many applications have been granted. 3. How many applications have been paid. 4. What is the average time for adjudication and a decision being delivered? 5. Please outline the adjudication process and confirm whether there are any qualified lawyers involved in same (not to be confused with liaising with the ODPP).
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• All internally-generated documentation in the Department of Justice from 1 January 2016 to 24 July 2018 relating to the proposed referendum on Article 41.2 of the Constitution, concerning the status of women in the home. • This documentation should include the Department's taskforce report on the issue plus all correspondence exchanged with such interested parties - but not exclusively - as the National Women's Council of Ireland, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, the Irish Countrywomen's Association and the Oireachtas Women's Caucus.
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A copy of all correspondence, memos, briefing documents and representations to the Department and the Minister regarding the right of asylum seekers to employment. The documents should date from May 2017 (following the relevant Supreme Court ruling) to the current date.
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• Copies of all correspondence between departmental officials and Ministers which reference to difficulties in procuring Emergency Reception and Orientation Centres (EROCs) in Louth, Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Roscommon and Mayo, and all correspondence sent from external sources to the Department in response to procurement offers for potential EROCs in these areas. • Copies of all correspondence between departmental officials and Ministers which reference difficulties in finding suitable accommodation in communities in a reasonable timeframe for those
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I wish to request access to any record which shows the number of participants from your FOI body who attended (1) training courses dealing with EU or Irish competition law and (2) training courses dealing with EU or Irish procurement law, since January 2022, in each case broken down showing the grades of participants.
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I am requesting records relating to commercial jet travel of the Minister from June 2020 to date of request. By this I mean, any invoices or booking confirmations for commercial jet travel undertaken by the Minister for the time p eriod requested.
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I request any internal correspondence/minutes of meetings discussing the Common Travel Area with the UK and international protection applicants use of this route to enter Ireland between June 2023 to the date of request.
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A copy of any reports, submissions, memos, discussion papers, research or other such high-level documents prepared for either the Minister or Secretary General with regard to Ireland's deportation policy. This request to cover the period since 01 January 2023 to date of request.
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I request all briefing notes and memos prepared for the Minister on the Standard Funding Threshold issue for the Minister and the Secretary General both before and after an independent review into the issue was commissioned by the Department of Finance. I also wish to obtain copies of all communications or correspondence received and sent to the Department of Finance on the same issue.
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1. This request relates to the below lobbying records. Please provide all correspondence received from these organisations, records of responses received from the Department and Minister, and records of minutes of any meetings that may have taken place with the lobbyist in question over the issue of parental alienation: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/86086/safe-ireland-national-social-change-agency-clg--ta- safe-ireland https://www.lobbying.ie/return/88212/one-family https://www.lobbying.ie/return/102508/saoirse-housing-association-clg https://www.lobbying.ie/return/100264/alienated-children-first---ireland 2. Records of briefing notes, reports, recommendations and correspondence to and from the Minister for Justice in relation to the issue of parental alienation, June 2020 - to 28 February 2024 3. Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Justice, Tusla and An Garda Siochana concerning the recording of statistics on "founded" and "unfounded" allegations of child sexual abuse, June 2020 - 28 February 2024 4. Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Justice, Tusla and An Garda Siochana concerning the detection and prosecution of child sexual abuse, June 2020 - 28 February 2024.
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1. A record/spreadsheet/database of all costs incurred by the Department for flights/accommodation associated with the deportation of asylum seekers. This record to include, if possible, the destination of travel, cost of flight, class of travel (business/first class/etc), cost of hotel, etc but appropriately anonymised. 2. A record/spreadsheet/database of any other costs associated with the deportation of asylum seekers by air or sea. Both parts of this request to cover the calendar year 2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
The first day briefing documents given to the last five Justice Ministers.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. The number of Nigerian students, whom have sought asylum from 2017 until year to date of request during or after their study. 2. Any stats or log of other such international students claiming asylum during or after study for the same time period.
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1. All correspondence, to include but not limited to email, text messages and electronic messages, sent or received by the Secretary General at the Department of Justice, the Deputy Secretary General at the Department of Justice, the Minister for Justice or their advisors regarding asylum seekers pitching tents outside the International Protection Office and on the surrounding streets between 01 January 2024 and 04 February 2024. 2. All memos or briefing documents prepared for the Secretary General at the Department of Justice, the Deputy Secretary General at the Department of Justice, the Minister for Justice regarding asylum seekers pitching tents outside the International Protection Office and on the surrounding streets between 01 January 2024 and 14 February 2024.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am requesting any correspondence/minutes of meetings, between 1 January to 31 December 2022, related to people arriving in the state via the land border with Northern Ireland to make International Protection Applications.
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I am requesting a list of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01 August 2024 to 31 August 2024.
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I am hereby requesting all communication and correspondence between the Department of Justice and the Department of Health in relation to the Sale of Alcohol Bill in 2024. Communication and correspondence means all emails, briefing notes, minutes of meetings, letters, submissions, consultations, list of all external agencies, organisations, and/or bodies met by the Department of Justice, and any other documentation.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am seeking the following: *Correspondence between the Dept of Justice and DPER on the resource issues highlighted in the recent Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland *Correspondence between the Department of Justice and the DSGBV agency Cuan on the recommendations of the Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland *Correspondence between the Dept of Justice Policy Unit and the Secretary General of the Department of Justice on the recommendations and resource issues highlighted in the recent Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland.
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I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any correspondence between Minister James Browne and named company in r elation to gambling legislation during 2024.
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