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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The continued disruption of the supply of all illicit drugs remains a priority for An Garda Síochána and the other State agencies tasked with responsibilities in this regard. A concerted effort has been made over the past two years to ensure that the detection and prevention of these types of criminal activity have not been adversely affected by the unprecedented demands placed on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act, 1996. The Bureau has staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (including Customs), the Department of Social Protection and my Department. The Bureau’s remit is to target the assets, wherever...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: Tackling organised criminal activity is a key priority for the Government and an ongoing priority for An Garda Síochána. The Government has supported An Garda Síochána in addressing the threat from organised crime gangs through the introduction of a range of legislative measures. This includes the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service perform a quarterly census of the Prison estate and publish the results on their website at www.irishprisons.ie/information-centre/statistics-informatio n/census-reports/ According to the latest census which was carried out on 18 January 2022, there were 3,389 usable cells across the estate. Table 1 below provides a breakdown by prison of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 591 and 592 together. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that on 28 February, there were 3,939 people in custody, of these 1,130 are first time offenders. Number of people in custody Establishment First time Committals Arbour Hill Prison 95 Castlerea Prison 82 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 595 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 Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). This includes the management of internal Garda HR matters, including absence management of Garda members and staff. I have been advised by the Garda authorities that the current gender breakdown of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. As Minister, I have no role in these independent matters. The budget provided by Government to the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information the Deputy is seeking from An Garda Síochána, however, the information was not on hand in time. I will write to the Deputy again once the information is received from the Garda Authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Government is fully committed to the fight against racism, prejudice and bigotry, and strongly condemns the actions of those who abuse and attack others because of their own prejudices against a person’s religion, ethnic origins, sexual orientation or any other part of their identity as a human being. Ireland is a diverse and tolerant country, and such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, 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: Departmental Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that there are no civil servants in my Department currently on secondment to the private sector.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The visa application for the person referred to by the Deputy was created on 18 January 2022. Supporting documentation was received in the Abu Dhabi Visa Office on 25 January 2022 and the application is currently awaiting further examination and processing. It is not possible to give a definitive date as to when this application will be finalised. All applications are processed in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Mar 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 more than €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 Garda members to be recruited will be drawn from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Mar 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. 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 Garda members to be recruited will be drawn from the recent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The new Garda Operating Model seeks to reflect and address the realities of modern-day policing by providing more front-line Gardaí, increased Garda visibility, and a wider range of policing services for people in their local area. The Model will increase community engagement and access to a wider range of specialist services across the country. It development and design flow from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Functions (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Irish Central Authority for Child Abduction is located within my Department. The Central Authority can only assist on cases where children have been removed from this jurisdiction to a country that is a bilateral partner to the 1980 Hague Convention, that is, where their accession is accepted by this jurisdiction. My officials are dealing with the case referred to by the Deputy and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted on Prison Officers provides for compensation in respect of personal injuries criminally inflicted on prison officers in the course of duty. The Scheme is administered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, which is independent in the matter of individual decisions on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme (IHAP) was announced in May 2018. The processing of applications made under the IHAP programme is the only element of the IRPP that remains under my Department's remit following the transfer of this function to the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth on 14 October 2020 The programme allowed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: In 2014, Ireland introduced a Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme (SHAP). The SHAP offered naturalised Irish citizens of Syrian birth and Syrian nationals already legally resident in Ireland an opportunity to make an application for vulnerable close family members to join them in Ireland for up to two years under a sponsorship programme. This Programme was an additional initiative...