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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: In order for a non-EEA student to register for a stamp 2 permission they must enrol and commence a course of study from the Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP). The ILEP lists almost 7,800 programmes with more than 140 suppliers. The ILEP was developed as part of a series of reforms to the student immigration system for international education. This was in response to concerning...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, Budget 2022 provides for the establishment of the new Community Safety Innovation Fund, which will enable local communities to seek funding for innovative projects which will improve community safety in their areas. This fund will reflect the success of the Criminal Assets Bureau and other agencies by using money seized from the proceeds of crime to support...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics. The CSO also continues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 120 together. 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. This includes funding for the recruitment of up to an additional 800 Garda members and up to 400 Garda staff. It should be noted that many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am pleased to note that since the reopening of the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 116 together. As the Deputy may be aware, my Justice Plan 2022, which I published on Monday, 28 March 2022, contains a commitment to progress the review of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme this year. My Department is currently working to finalise the mode and terms of reference of the review. It is intended that there will be significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Report of the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice, published in 2020, made a number of recommendations regarding reform of our civil justice system. These include recommendations relating to simplification of procedures and language. In relation to civil procedure and forms, the Review Group’s recommendations include the introduction of a new standard form of claim...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, both the Programme for Government and the Government's Housing for All Strategy commit to the establishment of a new division of the High Court dealing with planning and environmental issues. Programme for Government specifies that the new law court will be managed by specialist judges and established on the same basis as the existing commercial court model....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) receives a contribution from my Department towards the information, advice and advocacy work carried out by FLAC through its telephone information referral line and part-time legal advice centres throughout Ireland. The below table outlines the amount of core funding provided to FLAC for the last three years. 2020 2021 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: Legal advice and representation, where required, for people in the international protection process in Ireland is provided by the independent Legal Aid Board. Specific law centres in Dublin, Cork and Galway with solicitors employed by the Board currently include an international protection speciality. The Board operates a mixed model of service delivery to persons seeking international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred by the Deputy to is the subject of a Deportation Order, which they can make an application under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have their Deportation Order revoked. To be successful, any request would need to be founded on new information or changed circumstances which were not put forward or were not capable of being put forward when the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gcoiste as an deis chun labhairt leis inniu maidir leis na riachtanais Ghaeilge laistigh den Gharda Síochána agus maidir le cur chun cinn na Gaeilge i mo Roinn féin. In éindí liom anseo inniu, as mo Roinn, tá Doncha Ó Súilleabháin, rúnaí cúnta; Mary McKenna, príomhoifigeach; agus Micheál...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Senator has acknowledged, we have fantastic Gaeltacht areas in my own country. I work as closely as I can with them to support them in ensuring that they remain and that they can prosper and flourish. As he outlined, the figures speak for themselves. The fact that 466 people have applied under this new stream is fantastic considering the number applying in 2019 was 129. With regard...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The process is the same. There certainly will not be a lower standard, such as the Senator mentioned, or anything like that depending on the language people speak. We have asked that people be proficient in at least one language other than English. We are not singling out Irish or any other language and creating a different process. There is obviously a physical test that takes place in...