# department-of-justice - Tuesday 19 April, 2022
# Scam Accounts
Three women tell their stories of how this happened to them The harmful phenomenon is so under-researched that it doesn't have an official name, but it's been happening on Instagram for several years "At the start I thought it was a joke, but then it started to follow my family members," one woman told Jamie McCarron
# department-of-justice - Thursday 31 March, 2022
# Judicial Appointments
# Judicial Appointments
The new Bill was approved by Cabinet earlier this week and will be published shortly.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 1 March, 2022
# Courts
# Courts
There was an “implicit criticism” of the government and Áras an Uachtaráin in the comments, senior officials noted.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 13 January, 2022
# Undocumented
# Undocumented
The new scheme will see undocumented migrants get a chance to apply for citizenship.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Priority for the scheme will go to the most vulnerable, like the elderly, women, girls and people with disabilities.
# department-of-justice - Friday 22 October, 2021
# Tough Start
Noteworthy and The Journal examine the impact of the justice system on Travellers, with a focus on children Reporters Michelle Hennessy and Maria Delaney found young Travellers detainee numbers jumped last year Children who spoke to the investigation team said they felt fear and anxiety around interactions with gardaí
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Stardust
# Stardust
A pre-inquest hearing was told that, while the issue is not entirely finalised, an agreement is expected soon.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 22 September, 2021
# Third Inquest
# Third Inquest
Labour’s Aodhan Ó Ríordáin cited a row over promised free legal aid.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Campaigners said this morning that the Department Of Justice has reneged on its “past promises” to pay for work undertaken by their legal representatives.
# department-of-justice - Monday 19 July, 2021
# New Rules
# New Rules
Promotions to the ranks of sergeant and inspector had previously been managed internally.
# department-of-justice - Friday 30 April, 2021
# Student Visas
# Student Visas
The Department of Justice has said that they will take a pragmatic approach to the situation.
# department-of-justice - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Fáilte
# Fáilte
Citizenship ceremonies have been temporarily replaced by signing a declaration of loyalty.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 3 April, 2021
# Covid-19 Pandemic
# Covid-19 Pandemic
Doctors have written to all TDs and senators asking for their citizenship to be fasttracked as a gesture for their work during the pandemic.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Naturalisation
# Naturalisation
Currently, children born in Ireland whose parents are not Irish citizens – and haven’t met residency requirements – must live here for at least five years before they can gain citizenship.
# department-of-justice - Monday 15 March, 2021
# Asylum
# Asylum
Figures from the Department of Justice show 601 people were deported between 2018 and 2020.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 13 March, 2021
# Application Backlog
# Application Backlog
The Department said it can’t fast-track the healthcare workers’ applications specifically, as it doesn’t segregate applicants by their work.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Opposition parties have urged the Taoiseach and the government to prevent any further delay right after the 40th anniversary of the disaster.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Protection
# Protection
Asylum seekers will need to wait six months instead of nine before they can apply for permission to work in Ireland.
# Travel
# Travel
The Department of Justice said the breaches were a mixture of people failing to provide a test result and others providing a test result from beyond the 72-hour limit.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Squeezed Students
# Squeezed Students
There has been no clarity from immigration authorities about when rules will be enforced.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Frozen Assets
# Frozen Assets
The government said the funds were frozen in a Dublin-based bank account.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Deportation
# Deportation
The couple live in a direct provision centre in Athlone.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 25 July, 2020
# INspections
# INspections
No inspections of centres have taken place since late March due to Covid-19.
# department-of-justice - Friday 3 July, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
The CSO is aiming to collect data on Direct Provision deaths but the Justice Department says it has no role in collecting this.
# department-of-justice - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Department Of Justice
# Department Of Justice
“IPAS is more concerned about protecting their reputation and the reputations of private contractors,” said Nasc CEO Fiona Finn.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The adverts depict the reality for victims of domestic abuse when their home is no longer a safe place.
# department-of-justice - Monday 9 March, 2020
# Deportation
# Deportation
In 2019, 293 people were deported from Ireland.
# Retention Crisis
# Retention Crisis
One doctor described the stress of applying for citizenship and work permits, and the toll it has taken on his personal life.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
“It’s a fait accompli, I would prefer if there had been more consultation,” one councillor said.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
# Tullamore
# Tullamore
The premises was offered to the Department via the recent public procurement competition for the Midlands region.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 11 February, 2020
# Department Of Justice
# Department Of Justice
Internal records show how controversy started to build from 2 January – three days before the Clare mayor announced his boycott.
# department-of-justice - Friday 31 January, 2020
# Visa
# Visa
There has been two confirmed cases of the novel virus in the UK.
# department-of-justice - Friday 24 January, 2020
# Staffing Levels
# Staffing Levels
The number of gardaí in two-thirds of stations has remained static or fallen since the lifting of the recruitment embargo in 2014.
# department-of-justice - Monday 13 January, 2020
# Civil Partnership Bells
# Civil Partnership Bells
The government said that there are no plans to change the law in Ireland.
# department-of-justice - Monday 2 December, 2019
# Garda Questioning
# Garda Questioning
How long can she be questioned by gardaí, and is she likely to face charges?
# Hate Speech
# Hate Speech
The report was written as an alternative to previous hate crime reports submitted to the United Nations.
# department-of-justice - Friday 22 November, 2019
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
50% more people have applied this year and many end up in emergency accommodation according to the Department of Justice .
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
# Irish Nightlife
# Irish Nightlife
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan is “very keen” to open up a consultation with stakeholders.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 3 November, 2019
# Steven Anderson
# Steven Anderson
Steven Anderson was the first person to be issued with an exclusion order preventing him from entering Ireland.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 24 October, 2019
# Racism
# Racism
The Department of Justice is currently finalising research on legislative approaches to tackling hate crime in other countries.