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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0225

Requester Type Records relating to the actual report and any reference to delays that may have been incurred in producing the homicide/familicide review report.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
28 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0259

Requester Type In relation to the "High Level Taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system" announced on 2 April 2021 1. List of meetings held by this taskforce, and their minutes of meetings to date since established, including any action items (2021 to present) 2. Briefings material for the Minister or it's just officials regarding the taskforce (2021 to present) 3. Correspondence between the Minister and it's officials, and officials in the Department of a Health about the taskforce (2021 to present) 4. Any other correspondence regarding the taskforce (2021 to present).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
28 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0344

Requester Type The total number of asylum claims made by persons disembarking at Dublin Airport For the period 1 January 2023 until end April 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
28 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0279

Requester Type I am seeking any documents (electronically held or physical copies) or correspondence (internal and external including emails ) related to the derogation from GDPR accorded in Article 60(3) a (iv), (v) and (vi) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (in the Bill as initiated it was Art 54 (3) a ( iv-vi). Any further documents or correspondence relating to a commercial interest as a legitimate interest for denying GDPR requests and any impact assessments completed regarding the balancing acts of rights in this context is also sought.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
03 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0345

Requester Type 1. Copy of on-boarding material/job briefing prepared for IPO's cultural mediators. 2. Communications/chain of emails between IPO officials and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) about hiring cultural mediators between July 2022 to May 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
03 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0180

Requester Type 1. The number of Afghans who have been accepted under the Afghan Admission Programme to date of request. 2. Copies of any correspondence between the unit within the Department which is responsible for the programme, or the Minister, with the following, regarding AAP: named NGOs (between 01 November 2022 - 01 March 2023). 3. Copies of any complaints (with personal info such as names redacted) from Afghans applying to the programme who have not yet received a decision on their application (same period as part 2 above).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
04 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0301

Requester Type I would like to receive a digital copy of all correspondence between the Department of Justice, Department of the Taoiseach, The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the Hate Speech and Hate Crime Legislation. I would like to request a digital copy of all correspondence in relation to the public consultation on Hate Speech and Hate Crime Legislation, and a copy of all correspondence regarding concerns regarding the impact the proposed legislation could have on freedom of expression and freedom of speech from the Department of Justice, Department of the Taoiseach, and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
04 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0375

Requester Type Correspondence held by the Department from agents for the Immigration Investment Programme that outline concerns or issues relating to the named company and its director, named person. The timeline of my request relates to 01 January 2018 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
04 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0361

Requester Type 1. Record of how many join family visas (spouse of an Irish citizen) are currently waiting to be processed. 2. Figures/record on how many of this visa have been ‘scanned’ and how many are waiting to be ‘scanned’ (as the processing date for application is the date of scanning according to visa customer services). 3. Record of how many civil servants are employed by the Department to process this particular visa. 4. Record of the average response time for this specific visa over the last 12 months.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
05 July 2023

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Requester Type Please take this to mean the time in which the application was submitted by the applicant (documentation submitted) to a decision being made.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0367

Requester Type A copy of Minister Browne's mileage expense claims (showing actual kilometres claimed) for the periods from 01 August 2020 to 31 August 2020; 01 August 2021 to 31 August 2021; 01 August 2022 to 31 August 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
05 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0379

Requester Type 1. All correspondence, communications and records (emails, letters, memos, briefing notes, meeting minutes, documents, submissions) relating to the Domestic Violence Disclosure scheme between the Department of Justice and/or the Minister for Justice and the Attorney General throughout 2022 and up to 06 June 2023. 2. All correspondence, communications and records (emails, letters, memos, briefing notes, meeting minutes, documents, submissions) relating to the Domestic Violence Disclosure scheme between the Department of Justice and/or the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and/or officials from An Garda Síochána throughout 2022 and up to 06 June 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
05 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0389

Requester Type All correspondence between the president of the Law Society and the Minister’s Office since 01 January 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
06 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0359

Requester Type 1. Any emails, memos, letters or submissions and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Justice, at the level of Assistant Secretary and above regarding parliamentary question number 33, reference 25300/23, between 12 May 2023 and 26 May 2023. 2. Any emails, memos, letters or submissions and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Justice, at the level of Assistant Secretary and above, and the Minister for Justice, regarding

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
07 July 2023

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Requester Type parliamentary question number 33, reference 25300/23, between 12 May 2023 and 26 May 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0418

Requester Type A copy of the report on the operation of section 7A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, the preparation of which is mandated in section 27 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. Under section 27 of the 2017 Act, such report was required to be prepared before the end of 2020.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
07 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0306

Requester Type 1. Correspondence between the Minister and the Garda Commissioner regarding the use of facial recognition technology by An Garda Síochána. 2. Correspondence between the Minister and other members of the Government regarding the use of facial recognition technology by An Garda Síochána. 3. Correspondence received by the Minister from external parties regarding the use of facial recognition technology by An Garda Síochána. In relation to point 3 this element should cover both members of the public and interest groups, or any other campaign groups that may have contacted the Minister on this matter.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
10 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0398

Requester Type (1) The total figure for protection (asylum) applicants each year for the past 5 years. (2) The total number granted refugee status for the past 5 years. (3) The total number of visas issued for the last 3 years broken down by country.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
10 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0315

Requester Type 1. A record of all briefing documents, advisory notes and similar documents prepared for Ministers regarding the use of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and similar technology. 2. A record of all briefing documents, advisory notes and similar documents prepared for Department staff regarding the use of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and similar technology.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0414

Requester Type The detailed studies/surveys/research carried out by your Ministry to gauge the opinion of the Irish people on the Hate Speech legislation.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0421

Requester Type Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I would like to see the evidence the Minister is referring too to support the point she made claiming it was incorrect to say the vast majority of people don’t want this. On 14 June, the Minister for Justice stated at a press conference “it’s incorrect to say that the vast majority of people don’t want this”, in relation to the Hate Speech Laws. This position was stated, according to the Minister on information she had from the general public. The interview can be viewed here https://gript.ie/mcentee-the-vast- majority-of-people-do-want-hate-speech-laws/

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0422

Requester Type I wish to make a FOI request, can you please provide me with the source of your information for you to make the claim that "the vast majority of people in Ireland want hate speech laws".

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0426

Requester Type 1. The number of deportation orders issued in the last 12 months. 2. The number of forced deportations carried out by the state for the last 12 months.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0467

Requester Type I wish to request (list of named) reports which supported the End-to-End Review of the International Protection Process Final Report. P 100 of the Final Report.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0316

Requester Type I am requesting the release of any briefings or memos prepared for the Minister since 01 September last year regarding protests against migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, accommodation for the aforementioned groups and/or Direct Provision centres. I am also seeking minutes or notes taken at meetings attended by the Minister concerning same.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
12 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0330

Requester Type All correspondence received by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee / Simon Harris from Members of the Oireachtas requesting clemency i.e. or the early release of a prisoner. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1 May 2022 to 22 May 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
17 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0346

Requester Type Copies of the 3 reports of the review of the Investor Immigration Scheme as referenced in the evidence given by Secretary General Oonagh McPhillips to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee, Thursday 25 May 2023. Secretary General's testimony referred to an Ernst and Young review conducted in 2019; an internal review conducted in 2018 and an initial review conducted in 2017.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
17 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0412

Requester Type A record of the number of EU citizens that have had their right of residence in Ireland removed in each of the years 2021, 2022, and thus far in 2023. A record of the number of citizens from each EU state that had their right of residence removed in the period outlined above.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
17 July 2023

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Requester Type A categorisation of how many of these removals related to a serious criminal conviction, and the category of offence that it related to e.g. homicide, sexual assault, armed robbery, assault etc..

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0442

Requester Type This is a freedom of information request in relation to yesterday’s application to the High Court under s.3A of the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 (as amended) for the following records: 1. Any records relating to the assessment of necessity and proportionality carried out under s.3A(2). 2. The information on oath grounding the application under s.3A (3). 3. The correspondence from the Minister to the President of the High Court under s.3A (10) requesting that a relevant judge be designated, and any replying correspondence. 4. The order made under s.3A (5).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
17 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0425

Requester Type 1. How many holders of subsidiary protection declarations have had their subsidiary protection ceased in accordance with section 11 of the International Protection Act 2015 since the commencement of that Act? 2. How many holders of subsidiary protection declarations have had their subsidiary protection ceased in accordance with Regulation 18 of SI 426/2013 European Union (Subsidiary Protection) Regulations 2013 since the commencement of those regulations?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
18 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0349

Requester Type Figures for the number of High Court cases concerning citizenship which have been settled or lost, and the compiled costs of these cases, including the names of the firms of solicitors to whom those costs were paid.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
24 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0373

Requester Type Records created on or after 01 January 2016, until 05 June 2023, relating to the rejection of applications for temporary visas, or, in the alternative, the annual number of applications for temporary visas for each year 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and the annual number of rejections, with applications and rejections split by the applicant’s country or Schedule country pursuant to Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) Order 2014. I am trying to get a sense of the volume of applications for temporary visas, the proportion rejected and the trend over recent time, and figures for specific countries or Scheduled countries as defined in statutory instruments pertaining to visas.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
24 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0479

Requester Type I am making a formal request for any records of financial assistance your Department has given to named organisation under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, between the following years: 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
24 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0495

Requester Type All consultation responses on the Hate Crime and Hate Speech Bill when said consultation was carried out.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
24 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0406

Requester Type Please provide all communications received by the Department of Justice and/or the Minister for Justice from external sources in relation to the Hate Speech Bill currently making its way through the Oireachtas entitled Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022. Where the Department or the Minister provided a response please provide records.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0451

Requester Type In the context of International Protection can you specify when the following countries were designated as safe countries: Georgia, Albania, and South Africa. Secondly, how many times has a review been carried out since that designation.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0460

Requester Type Can you provide me, under FOI Act, the evidence that the Irish citizens are agreeable to this new Hate Speech Law?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
31 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0485

Requester Type The numbers for each year since 2000 of persons deported from Ireland due to their having been deemed to present a threat to national security, along with a breakdown of the countries of nationality of the persons deported and the countries to which they were deported to.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
31 July 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0457

Requester Type Under the Freedom of Information Act 2004, I wish to request a copy of all correspondence between coroners and/or officials working for coroners and the Department in relation to staffing and resources from 01 July 2022 to date of request, including any replies and any attachments contained within any of the correspondence. In addition, I would like a copy of all internal memos drafted within the Department on the issue of staffing and resources within the coroner service across Ireland.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
03 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0251

Requester Type I would like to request copies of email correspondence between the Department of Transport and/or the Department of Justice and named companies from January 2023 to April 2023 concerning the attendance of Irish Minister of State, James Browne and the Irish Ambassador to Lebanon and named persons in named company in Beirut for the official announcement on 20 March 2023 of a project to construct a second terminal at Beirut Airport which was to be operated by named company and built by a company. In addition, could you provide the costs associated with Minister Browne visiting Lebanon on 20 March 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
04 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0481

Requester Type All submissions by State Agencies, including An Garda Siochana and the Director of Public Prosecutions, to the most recent Independent Review Group to examine the Offences Against the State Acts.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
04 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0204

Requester Type Copies of records showing details of the costs of travel and associated expenses for all Senior and Junior Ministers and their delegations for the St Patrick’s Day trips to celebrate the day in 2023. To include, but not be limited to, the following: · Records showing the names, positions, titles of those who travelled and their official functions as part of the Department’s delegations this year · Records showing the costs of all travel for every member on each trip · Records showing what class of travel was booked for all travellers individually · Records showing the accommodation details and total costs for each person · Also, any other records showing any other costs organised or incurred by the Department, e.g., gifts, presentations, receptions, guest hospitality, photography, flowers etc.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
09 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0233

Requester Type All travel and accommodation costs associated with St Patrick's Day foreign engagements this year, 2023, for senior/junior Ministers in the Department of Justice. To include: 1. Costs for both senior and junior Ministers in the Department. 2. Costs for their advisors & staff. 3. Details and cost of any gift given by same senior/junior Ministers during their trips. 4. Details of any gifts received by same senior/junior Ministers during their trips.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
09 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0376

Requester Type A list of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel from January to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
09 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0492

Requester Type The data sharing/joint controller agreement in place between the Department (and/or the IPO) and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
11 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0470

Requester Type Following the publication of report / recommendations by the Firearms Expert Committee, Minister James Browne TD launched an online consultation on the future licensing and use of firearms in Ireland. The survey had seventy eight questions in total. To request 1: How many individual responses were received in total? 2: How many responses were received from current or former holders of a firearms certificate? 3: How many responses were received from current or former registered firearms dealers? 4: How many responses were received from person’s non-resident in Ireland? 5: For each of the questions posed in Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5, Report One, a breakdown of responses against each question (percentage Agree, percentage Disagree) 6: For each and every one of the questions posed in Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Report Two, a breakdown of responses against each question (percentage Agree, percentage Disagree).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0530

Requester Type A list of all companies, entities, organisations considered to be non profit or an NGO that have received funding, additionally the funding amounts that they received from your Department for the year 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0410

Requester Type Copies of all internal audits completed in the period from 01 October 2022 to date of request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
15 August 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0370

Requester Type Copies of all briefing material prepared for Minister Helen McEntee upon her return from maternity leave.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16 August 2023

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