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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Jury Service (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, but I have not received this information in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Jury Service (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 602 and 603 together. Improving access to justice and modernisation of the courts system, including jury reform, is one of the overarching strategic goals of my Department over the next three years, and is a priority objective of my Justice Plan 2022. The Courts Service has already embarked on multi-year programme of modernisation to enhance the delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 604 and 605 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the Garda estate. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. The Deputy will also be aware that the Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for the provision and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Undefined (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I would like to again extend my deepest sympathies to all those impacted by this tragic event in Hartstown, and in particular to the Nkencho family. As the Deputy will be aware, the shooting of Mr George Nkencho is being fully investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), which is the independent statutory body established to investigate such incidents. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs, with the unprecedented allocation provided in Budget 2022 of over €2 billion. As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: The issue of drug use continues to be a major challenge facing prisons systems across the globe.  Large proportions of the people who enter the criminal justice system and prison have a history of drug use. A 2014 study for the World Health Organisation estimated that half the prison population of the EU had a history of drug use and many of these people continue to use drugs while they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service, however, the information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: Ireland has already signed and ratified the UN Convention Against Torture and has also signed, but is yet to ratify, the Optional Protocol to this Convention (OPCAT). As the Deputy is aware, Ireland’s commitment to ratifying the OPCAT is set out in the Programme for Government. The Protocol provides for the establishment of bodies known as National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that a total of 19 employees of the Irish Prison Service have been dismissed in the past 5 years. The numbers in respect of each year are detailed in the table below. Year 2017 2019 2020 Total 10 5 2 I am advised that it is not possible to attribute...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department opened applications for the new Community Safety Innovation Fund on 11 April. Reflecting the success of An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau in identifying and seizing proceeds from criminal activity, the new fund will use money seized from the proceeds of crime to support investment in innovative community safety...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the state as the parent of an Irish Citizen Child on 14 September 2018. They should still be able renew their permission at their local registration office and should seek to do so immediately. If they are resident in Dublin, they should do so on the online renewal system for the Burgh Quay Registration Office at:...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Programme for Government commits to modernising our licensing laws and application processes, and my Justice Plan 2022 commits to publishing and enacting new laws to update and modernise licensing laws. I am delivering on that commitment by preparing Heads of a General Scheme of a Sale of Alcohol Bill. The objective of the proposed Bill is to repeal the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2018, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am deeply conscious of how important the granting of naturalisation is to those who apply for it and my Department continued to accept and process citizenship applications throughout the pandemic and during all levels of public health restrictions.  For a broad range of reasons, some cases will take longer than others to process. In some instances, completing the necessary checks can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 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, including the allocation of resources. In addition, the Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for An Garda Síochána and is responsible for the decisions on future allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities.  Unfortunately this was not to hand in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is received. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. The Deputy will be aware that Covid-19 restrictions on the Garda Training College constrained training opportunities for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible by law for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I can assure the Deputy that the prevention and investigation of cybercrime is a priority for the Government and for An Garda Síochána. Budget 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the Courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions, which include the provision of information on the Courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquiries with the Courts Service.  The two reports...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Fines (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, but I have not received this information in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Fines (31 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, unfortunately this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy again once the information is to hand.