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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: Both the Government and the Garda Commissioner are committed to increasing diversity within An Garda Síochána and ensuring that all communities can see themselves reflected in our police service. The Deputy may be aware that the last Garda recruitment competition prior to the 2022 competition, was held in 2019.  I am advised by the Garda authorities that the below table...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 656 together. As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes decisions on the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The development of the Community Safety Innovation Fund is a key commitment under Justice Plan 2022 which will have a significant impact on the development of community safety projects throughout the country.   As the Deputy will be aware, my Department opened applications for the new Community Safety Innovation Fund on 11 April 2022. The new fund will use money seized from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes decisions on the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. For the Deputy's information the attached...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy, which regrettably was not available in the timeframe available. I will write to the Deputy when this information is to hand. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, which regrettably was not available in the timeframe available. I will write to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that there are currently 62 staff employed at Clerical Officer and Executive Officer level involved in the processing of entry visas and preclearance applications. This is made up of 39 staff in Dublin and the remainder are spread across the seven overseas visa offices. Visas are also processed at certain Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs which process...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of visa appeals are made in a number of Visa Offices overseas and in my Department's Dublin Visa Office. All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their application as they feel is necessary. Guidelines in this regard are posted on my Department's immigration website...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have contacted the Garda authorities for the information requested by the Deputy. Regrettably this was not available within the time available. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: Community safety is about people being safe, and feeling safe within their communities. Ireland is generally regarded as a safe country in international terms, with relatively low crime rates and a general feeling of safety and security. However, we recognise that this is not the case in every community and that people living in disadvantaged areas can experience a different reality. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda vehicles. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am advised, however, that Garda management keeps the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes Garda training. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. The table below, provided to me by the Garda authorities, outlines the number of public order training courses held for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy, which regrettably was not available in the timeframe available. I will write to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2023 (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to ensuring that adequate resources are provided to support the work of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in targeting the proceeds of crime. As the Deputy may be aware, CAB's financial allocation for 2022 was just under €11 million. This represents an increase of around €0.7m on its 2021 allocation. If a further increase of 15% was applied in 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) was introduced by Government Decision in April 2012, to encourage inward investment and to create business and employment opportunities in the State. The Programme was introduced at a time when Ireland was going through a very significant economic downturn and Departments were tasked with initiating innovative programmes to attract investment and create...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that an application for renewal of permission to remain from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved by my Department on 13 July 2022. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The immigration case of the person referred to by the Deputy is impacted by the European Court of Justice judgment in the Chenchooliah case. My Department has, this week, issued the person concerned with a short-term permission on Stamp 1 conditions, which allows them to work without the need for an employment permit. Their longer-term position in the State is expected to be decided on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy was granted a renewal of their permission to remain in the State by letter dated 28 January 2019. I am advised that they can renew their permission at their local registration office and should seek to do so immediately. As it appears that the person concerned is resident in Dublin, they can apply to renew their permission on the online renewal system...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I assure the Deputy that this is an issue we are prioritising. We had a budget of €2 billion for An Garda Síochána last year. A significant amount of that went to increase Garda numbers. Templemore college has reopened. We have had three attestations this year already and from September and October we will have 200 gardaí coming out of Templemore every 12 weeks....

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank Senator Ward. The Senator made many of my responses and clarified them. From the outset, we have not defined either "security of the State" or "threat to the security of the State" anywhere. If one thinks of the most recent legislation, the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act, which we re-enacted only in the past few weeks, in that there is no clear definition of "security...