The department's main areas of responsibility include: • Implementing government policy on crime and protecting the security of the State (
National Security Committee). • Providing policy advice in relation to the criminal justice system (
Garda Síochána, the
Courts,
Prisons and Probation and
Welfare services) and supporting the operation of this system. • Continuing reform of criminal law and certain areas of civil law. • Playing a central part in the implementation of core elements in the
Good Friday Agreement. • Co-operating in relevant
EU and international matters and promoting the Republic of Ireland's interests within the associated areas of responsibility. • Implementing the Government's asylum strategy and further developing national immigration policy.
Immigration Service Delivery Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) is an office of the department, previously named the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), established in 2005 to deal with access to
asylum,
immigration,
citizenship and
visas. ISD is responsible for administering the administrative functions of the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to asylum, immigration (including visas) and citizenship matters. ISD also facilitates a whole of government approach to immigration and asylum issues which enables a more efficient service to be provided in these areas. It works with the
Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment on the issuing of work permits. ISD is structured around a number of key areas: asylum, visa, immigration and citizenship processing, asylum and immigration policy,
repatriation and reception and integration. The agency also maintains close contact with the
Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) in relation to many aspects of its work including, deportations and illegal immigration. Members of the
Garda Síochána of Detective rank, also carrying the seal of immigration officers, operate on a full-time basis within the head office in Burgh Quay. A Garda Immigration office is also maintained at all airports and main ports and at all Garda District Headquarters outside the Dublin Region. Previously the responsibilities were shared between the Department of Justice and the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is located at 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. The Border Management Unit (BMU) is ISD's uniformed, front-line service providing Immigration Control at Dublin Airport. It was established as part of the Department of Justice's move to civilianize aspects of immigration management. The BMU gradually took over all front-line immigration control services from GNIB at Dublin Airport and is now solely responsible for these matters, with limited GNIB resources left at the airport for criminal investigations, detention services and removals of persons from the State. It is planned that the BMU will expand to take over front-line immigration at all Ports of Entry in the State. ==Aegis bodies==