Press Releases
Press releases relating to issues under the remit of the Department are listed below. For ease of reference, they are also sorted by theme.
You can find press releases relating to the work of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) on the Press Releases page of the INIS website.
In this section, find out about:
- Crime & Law Enforcement
- Garda & Policing
- Prisons & Probation
- Northern Ireland
- Legislation, Law Reform & EU
- Equality/Disability
- Youth Justice, Children & Family
- Courts Policy/Legal Services
- Financial Shared Services
- Other Regulatory Functions
- Immigration/Asylum
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- 16/05/2012 OVER €1 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR PROJECTS SUPPORTING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY - Equality Minister Kathleen Lynch announces extension of ESF funding to 36 positive action projects
- 04/05/2012 Mr Alan Shatter, T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Announces the Publication of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012
- 30/04/2012 Minister Shatter releases figures on applications dealt with by the Central Authority for Child Abduction in 2011
- 27/04/2012 Minister Shatter calls for the support of European colleagues in strengthening the European framework targeting the proceeds of crime
- 25/04/2012 Minister Shatter announces publication of Bill to further strengthen child protection
- 25/04/2012 Minister Shatter announces streamlined immigration arrangements for cruise liners for 2012 season
- 20/04/2012 Minister Shatter welcomes Working Group Report on the establishment of the new, enhanced Human Rights and Equality Commission
- 20/04/2012 Minister Shatter T.D. publishes the reports of the Cloverhill Prison, Cork Prison, Mountjoy Prison and Wheatfield Prison Visiting Committees
- 19/04/2012 Minister Shatter announces independent investigation of all prisoner deaths
- 18/04/2012 Minister of State Kathleen Lynch, T.D., addresses second Equality for Women awards ceremony in Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo.