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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

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    document submitted by an applicant has been created digitally or not. 3. Kindly furnish the total amount of applications under the Atypical Working Visa Scheme for 2022 and clarify how man were successful.

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    Emails and texts correspondence between: Minister of State at the Department of Justice James Browne TD and the Firearms Expert Committee (FEC) chairperson. Emails and texts correspondence between: Minister of State at the Department of Justice James Browne TD and the Firearms Expert Committee (FEC) Secretary.

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    or other types of resources, in the period 1 January 2023 to 29 March 2023.

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    3. If there has been such a review pursuant to section 72(5) all records in relation to the number and frequency of such review(s) and when it/they took place. 4. All records relied upon by the Minister or consulted by the Minister in conducting any such review(s) pursuant to section 72(5).

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    2. Records held by the Minister referring to the closure or planned closure of the scheme from November 1 2022 to 17 February 2023. To include emails/correspondence referring or relating to plans to close the scheme, reports, memoranda, briefing notes on same. 3. Correspondence held by the relevant section and/or the Minister’s office from third parties -- including representative groups, external agencies, individuals - relating to the operation of the scheme and its effectiveness from 1 January 2022 to 17 February 2023.

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    between June 2022 and the most recent date prior to the decision being made as to whether to grant the request.

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    Full breakdown of the nationalities who were invited to attended ceremony on 10 March 2023.

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    The time period for each of the points below is 1 February 2023 to 16 May 2023. Any or all correspondence received by the Department/Minister regarding GDPR complaints within named organisation. I am looking for copies of these complaints and any emails received regarding these complaints. I am looking for copies or any or all internal or external communication in paper or electronic form regarding these complaints. In addition, I am looking for any emails outside the Department if the complaint was forwarded onwards. I am looking for all correspondence with named organisation, its staff and or board members regarding any such complaints. I am looking for any or all correspondence with named organisation.

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    Searches of any mobile phones, relevant private email addresses and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request. For avoidance of doubt, the Minister had in place a contract for services with this company during 2021 and if any of the communications relate to her work or duties as a Minister, they are subject to the FOI Act.

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

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

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    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..

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    discussions and meetings concerning the selection and composition of the expert group.

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    Any communications with other government departments or state agencies. Any documents in relation to registered charities being requested to make payments to third parties in relation to the programme. All other documentation pertinent to this issue.

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    3. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I'm requesting data on the total number of migrants who have been issued with a deportation order but who were subsequently given leave to remain in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 4. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I'm requesting data on the total nationalities of those deported from Ireland in 2023 to date of request.

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    2. The Minister having asked the Courts Service if they know of every exception to “the general position?” 3. The Minister asking the Courts Service to provide a list of all of the exceptions to “the general position”? 4. Two, or more, other exceptions to “the general position”, in light of the Minister’s statement that there are other exceptions, plural, in addition to Order 122 of the Rules of the Superior Courts? 5. Any advice from any person or entity to the Minister that The Interpretation Act 2005 applies to domestic law only and not to EU law? 6. Any advice to the Minister that provides a legal basis for the claim made by the Minister to the EU, and to the Requester, that The Interpretation Act 2005 applies to domestic / national law only but not to laws derived from “acts of the Council or Commission”? 7. Postings and removals of information by the Minister to the eJustice Portal on the Procedural Time Limits Section from 2015 to 2022 including dates of such postings and removals of information?

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    3. For the figures above in point 1, a breakdown of claimants by Nationality. 4. For the figures above in point 1, a breakdown of claimants by Gender (M/F). 5. For the figures above in point 1, a breakdown of claimants by Age. 6. For the period of 01 January 2021 to 31 May 2023 the total number of asylum cases that have been processed and of these, what % were approved and rejected. 7. For the figures in point 6 above, I would like a breakdown of these % figures by country of claimant's origin. 8. For the period of 01 January 2021 to 31 May 2023, what % of deportation orders for rejected applicants were enforced.

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    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Pursuant to FOI Act I require to furnish me with all docs in your possession in relation to revision of District Court costs scale to include any memos or other documents issued by Andrew Munro.

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    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Information in relation to the processing of adult naturalisation applications i.e. those submitted on Form 8 (1) The number of applications on hand for the following periods:

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    - from July 2021 to December 2021

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    - from January 2022 to June 2022

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    - from July 2022 to December 2022

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    - from January 2023 to June 2023 (2) The percentage of on-hand applications that have been decided for the same periods i.e.

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    - July 2021 – December 2021

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    - January 2022 – June 2022

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    - July 2022 – December 2022

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    - January 2023 – June 2023 For the avoidance of doubt, the dates above relate to when the applications were received. In case it is not possible to separate adult applicants from all applicants, then please proceed by considering all applicants for the purpose of this FOI request.

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    Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0604
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    Any correspondence / stats / recommendation from named company to the Minister of Justice, in relation to asylum seekers arriving without passports in Dublin airport for the last two years. This could be in way of concerns expressed by emails or direct reporting including but not limited to disposal

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    techniques used by asylum seekers, concerns of immigration officers staffing numbers etc..

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    • Total number of applications per type of application (Adults; Young adult; Minors; Applications based on Irish descent or associations; Adult - non EU/EEA; Adult - UK, EU/EEA and Swiss; Spouse/civil partner of Irish citizen; Refugees; etc); • Breakdown of nationalities of applicants per each type;

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    2) the use of anonymous reporting via an online hate crime or incident reporting portal. 3) the use of third party referrals for hate crimes or incidents. 4) anonymous reporting via an third party organisations, including Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs).

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    Did the Department of Justice issue any import licence for any firearm (including air rifle) parts from the United Kingdom in the second half of 2018 for named company.

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    visibility from the public or other politicians between 19 July 2023 and 09 August 2023.

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    publication of this Bill and also all submissions made to you on the Bill after its publication.

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    3. All correspondence between the Minister for Justice and the Taoiseach regarding or making reference to referring the Russian Federation to the International Criminal Court, between 24 February 2022 and 07 March 2022; 4. All correspondence between officials within the Department of Justice at the level of Principal Officer and above regarding or making reference to referring the Russian Federation to the International Criminal Court, between 24 February 2022 and 07 March 2022; 5. All correspondence between officials within the Department of Foreign Affairs at the level of Principal Officer and above and officials within the Department of Justice at the level of Principal Officer and above regarding or making reference to referring the Russian Federation to the International Criminal Court, between 24 February 2022 and 07 March 2022; 6. All correspondence between officials within the Department of Justice at the level of Principal Officer and above and officials within the Department of An Taoiseach at the level of Principal Officer and above regarding or making reference to referring the Russian Federation to the International Criminal Court, between 24 February 2022 and 07 March 2022; 7. Any minutes of meetings at which the Minister for Justice was in attendance, regarding or making reference to referring the Russian Federation to the International Criminal Court, between 24 February 2022 and 07 March 2022.

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    seeking all records concerning the exercise of this function i.e. but not limited to ; (1) The dates of and all the records concerning the matters as submitted by the Police Authority and/or An Garda Siochana. (2) The dates such orders were granted by the Minister; (3) The ranks and station of each member of An Garda Siochana for whom the Minister has exercised her statutory functions to permit the member of An Garda Siochana to serve beyond their 60th birthday; (4) The duration of the periods granted by the Minister in each case and the age of each of the Garda at the end of the extensions (i.e. new compulsory retirement date) (5) The number of individuals and the duration of time of the extension. Duration of time covered by the request, 01 August 2023 through to date of request.

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    Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2024-0986
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    I am seeking, under the FOI Act 2014. - Information given to people who are refused leave to land at a port or border. - Guidance, circulars, policy notes given to immigration officers who are involved in leave to land and doorstep operations at ports or borders. I am seeking, under the FOI Act 2014: - the number of people refused leave to land in 2023 and to date in 2024, - which border they received the refusal, their nationalities and - how many of those subsequently applied for international protection, in relation to Dublin Airport only.

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    2. Any correspondence the Department holds about the procedure for choosing j urors for inquests.

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    3. The names of all persons who resigned as a member of a Special Criminal Court under s.39 (2) of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 as amended, since 1 January 2018 to 8 December 2021 and the reasons for their resignation.

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    Justice at Dublin Airport as of 8 of December 2021 in tabular form.

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    carried out on foot of a contract signed in June 2019 for the Department of Justice.

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    The number of persons/individuals that are not recognised to be family in the Afghan Admission Programme. The number of persons/individuals married in the Afghan Admission Programme. The number of persons/individuals not married in the Afghan Admission Programme.

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    2021. All documents/discussions etc. between the Department of Justice and other Government Departments /Ministers /Government on the right to access the labour market for persons seeking protection from 1 January 2021 to 15 November 2021.

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    directors of communications, social media staff, etc.) and for each, their salary bands.

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    All correspondence between either the presidents of UCD/UCC/NUI Galway, on behalf of the college’s Confucius Institutes, and the Department of Justice, in relation to discussions on visa policy related to volunteer teachers from China, between 1 January 2021 and 18 January 2022.

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    a. A UK Citizen Sponsor of a Non-Visa required and a Non- EEA Spouse has established ordinary residence in Ireland b. A UK Citizen Sponsor of a Non-Visa required and a Non- EEA Spouse intends to establish ordinary residence in Ireland. 3. The recent list(s) of pre-approved or disqualified private medical insurance plans approved and listed by Health Insurance Authority (An tUdara Arachas Slainte) in compliance with Policy Document for a Category 1 Applicant. If aforementioned list(s) does not exist, please provide 20 recent private medical insurances approved in 2022 for other applicants in respect to Non-EEA Category 1 family member of a UK Citizen preclearance application.

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    from Irish universities and colleges) in securing visas to train as solicitors in Ireland.

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    discussed the Data Protection Commission. 3. Minutes from meetings (in-person or online) with officials from the Data Protection commission in the last two years. 4. Minutes from meetings (in-person or online) with representatives from a named privacy activism group led by a named person.

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    Specifically, records which relate to the treatment of absences from Ireland in:- 1. The years leading up to the year prior to making an application for citizenship by naturalisation. 2. The year immediately prior to the making of an application for citizenship by naturalisation (i.e. the ‘6-week rule’). Specifically, any guidance provided to decision makers in relation to the treatment of such absences and any information as regards the pattern of the Minister’s exercise of discretion which might take the form of a guidance document or correspondence.

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    Síochána. 2. The dates such orders were granted by the Minister; 3. The ranks and station of each member of An Garda Síochána for whom the Minister has exercised her statutory functions to permit the member of An Garda Síochána to serve beyond their 60th birthday; 4. The duration of the periods granted by the Minister in each case and the age of each of the Garda at the end of the extensions (i.e. new compulsory retirement date) 5. The number of individuals and the duration of time of the extension. Duration of time covered by the request is 2019 through to 8 February 2022.