Seán Crowe — Watch Them Work

2026-01-21

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Nasc Ireland Justice and Equality

Changes to naturalisation requirements for refugees

2025-09-19

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Outhouse CLG Justice and Equality

Shared key priorities and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ Community this Pride

2025-09-15

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Front Line Defenders Justice and Equality

Organisation of Front Line Defenders Award. Irish parliamentary Patrons of the Award include: Senator Malcolm Noonan, Senator Patricia Stephenson, Barry Ward TD, Cormac Devlin TD, Ivana Bacik TD, and Sean Crowe TD.

2025-05-15

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Uplift Justice and Equality

Uplift members sent emails to their Sinn Fèin TDs asking them to ensure that Sinn Féin is a party that is welcoming, inclusive and who listens to the experiences and expertise of transgender people.

2020-07-21

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a C visa will be granted on compassionate grounds to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the short stay visa system remains closed due to Covid-19 restrictions. [17090/20]

2020-06-30

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures and steps that a person must take to get emergency access to the family law courts in view of the ongoing difficulties being experienced by family court applicants trying to get access to their children following previous court orders. [13614/20]

2020-06-30

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she considers An Garda Síochána as falling under the aegis of his Department in respect of Government policy. [13615/20]

2020-06-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the surge in recreational use of nitrous oxide in the form of whippets; and if his Department has provided guidance to An Garda Síochána on its control. [12587/20]

2020-06-09

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the problem in many communities in which it is unwise and not safe to walk due to the use of scramblers, mopeds and quads in parks and greens; if his attention has further been drawn to the different approaches to this problem in different Garda divisions; and if there is a code or best practice being used in different areas. [10301/20]

2020-05-20

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the growth in drug intimidation in many working class communities but not exclusively so; his plans to address this; and his further plans to introduce or work on new legislation to confront and address this issue. [6780/20]

2019-03-06

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the policy of not granting citizenship or naturalisation to spouses of Irish citizens living abroad and who do not comply with residency requirements laid down in legislation. [11075/19]

2019-02-27

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available in 2019 to replace the boats in the Garda water unit. [9980/19]

2019-02-21

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the policy of not granting citizenship or naturalisation to spouses of Irish citizens living abroad. [8809/19]

2018-09-18

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) has been received; the date the person applied; and the approximate time it will take to process this application. [37440/18]

2018-09-18

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) has been received; the date the person applied; and the approximate time it will take to process the application. [37441/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32751/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division by rank in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, broken down by rank, division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32752/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32753/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in Tallaght, Rathfarnham, Terenure and Crumlin. [32754/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by district and sub-district. [32755/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32756/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32757/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 and the areas in which they are located. [32758/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the regional support unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32759/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the emergency response unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32760/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special detective unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32761/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32762/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32763/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the public order unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32764/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32765/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by division, district and sub-district in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [32766/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [32767/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum, by types of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32768/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Dublin metropolitan region south division. [32769/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division and each district within it. [32770/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32771/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32772/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32773/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32774/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32775/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32776/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32777/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32778/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32779/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32780/18]

2018-07-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Protective Services Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32781/18]

2018-07-24

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties still being experienced by those who use centres (details supplied); and if a new potential funding stream was identified and sourced to keep the facilities open on a daily basis. [33906/18]

2018-05-10

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a new Garda station in Tallaght; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is overcrowding in the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20682/18]

2018-04-24

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the community return programme is open to prisoners serving a five-year sentence but statutorily barred; the process for making such an application; and the criteria needed to get access to and be a successful applicant for the scheme. [17467/18]

2018-04-19

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide more gardaí to Athy, County Kildare. [17192/18]

2018-01-17

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open a commission of investigation into matters surrounding a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that a number of their victims have made claims alleging that several State agencies failed in their duty of care to them; and if he will meet with these persons in this regard. [2205/18]

2017-12-05

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees resettled and relocated here in view of the fact that the former Minister for Justice and Equality in September 2015 pledged to relocate and resettle 4,000 refugees by September 2017; and when the Government now plans to reach that target. [51885/17]

2017-07-26

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 28 June 2005 (details supplied), his plans to amend same for record of Dáil Éireann. [35402/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) has tried to secure funding for a small number of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that were referred by a general practitioner for a small number of counselling sessions; and the reason the Victims of Crime Office has refused this request to date in 2017. [24019/17]

2017-03-21

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have the Dáil Éireann records corrected with regard to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 28 June 2005, in which it was incorrectly stated that it was in July 2000 that the storage site Clancy Barracks had been sold; and if she will correct the record to state correctly that the sale was completed on 26 March 2004. [13376/17]

2017-03-21

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 16 February 2017, if the balance of refugees, 261 in total, to be resettled here from Lebanon by autumn 2017 have been identified already or if the process is ongoing. [14111/17]

2017-02-28

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission, in December 2016, recommended that member states resume sending asylum seekers who first entered the EU in Greece back to Greece from March 2017; and the exact date that this will start happening. [10146/17]

2017-02-16

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been relocated here from Greece since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to relocate here from Greece in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7833/17]

2017-02-16

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interviews of refugees undertaken by Irish officials to identify refugees to relocate to Ireland that have taken place in Greece; and the number of Irish staff working on the issue in Greece. [7834/17]

2017-02-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been relocated here from Italy since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to relocate here from Italy in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7835/17]

2017-02-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interviews of refugees undertaken by Irish officials to identify refugees to relocate here that have taken place in Italy; and the number of Irish staff working on the issue in Italy. [7836/17]

2017-02-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been resettled here from refugee camps in Lebanon since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to resettle here from Lebanon in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7837/17]

2017-02-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the unaccompanied child refugees who had been previously living in the French Calais camp who have arrived here to date in view of the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 10 November 2016 to relocate 200 unaccompanied child refugees; and when the target of relocating 200 unaccompanied child refugees from the Calais camp will be met. [7838/17]

2017-01-17

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the vetting arrangements that are in place in accordance with section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997; if she will confirm that requests for information from a housing authority are processed by the superintendent in charge of the district wherein the subject of the request resides and that they are dealt with on a case-by-case basis; the number of requests that have been made by South Dublin County Council on a year-by-year basis over the past five years; and if this request process is used in every allocation and transfer locally. [41332/16]

2017-01-17

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by the Garda authorities in 2016 in responding to local residents in the Tallaght and Rathfarnham areas due to the non-availability of a car or no garda being available to respond to phone call requests in both Tallaght and Rathfarnham garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41376/16]

2016-11-08

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 7 July 2016, if she has made the necessary appointments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; and, if not, when it will be fully staffed and working at full capacity to review claims and appeals. [33448/16]

2016-10-04

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has vowed to destroy the so-called "Jungle camp" in Calais; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that this will displace hundreds of unaccompanied minors; and if she has explored any options to allow some of these unaccompanied minors to be relocated here. [28567/16]

2016-09-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a significant additional workload has been placed on the operations of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, since the introduction of the British-Irish visa scheme for Indian and Chinese visitors; the additional staff that have been allocated to INIS to deal with this increased workload; and her plans or proposals to extend this scheme to other countries. [25576/16]

2016-09-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently allocated to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS; if she is aware that there is a significant backlog of short-stay tourist visa applications; if she will detail the cause of these delays and the way this backlog in processing visa applications is being created; the additional resources that have been applied to deal with the backlog; and when she envisages the backlog to be cleared. [25577/16]

2016-09-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any discussion or correspondence between her office and the office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the long delays in processing short-stay tourist visas; and the way this is impacting on potential visitors to Ireland. [25578/16]

2016-09-16

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Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas to enter Ireland that have been granted per year in the past five years under the headings, business, employment, join family, study, visit, re-entry, and other. [25579/16]

2016-09-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average waiting time to receive a short-stay tourist visa for Ireland. [25580/16]

2016-07-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is fully staffed and working at full capacity to review claims and appeals. [20187/16]

2016-06-02

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to and active in the Tallaght drugs unit in each of the years 2010 to 2015. [14045/16]

2016-05-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that persons who have residency rights, but who have family members who would qualify for refugee status, are precluded from applying for a family reunification; the reason for this; and if she will reform this legislation. [11262/16]

2015-12-01

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are ongoing negotiations to house refugees with the owners of a property (details supplied) in County Kildare. [42767/15]

2015-12-01

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Asked Justice

Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will identify all sites being examined for housing refugees, temporarily or in the long term. [42768/15]