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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated. Due to the extensive work involved in gathering this information, this exercise may take some time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available, in line with standing orders.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána as well as the allocation and distribution of resources. This includes responsibility for the recruitment, training and deployment of Garda members and members of the Garda Reserve. As Minister, I have no responsibility in these matters. I am assured however that Garda management keeps the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person concerned has permission to remain in the State, on immigration stamp 1 conditions, without a requirement to obtain an employment permit, up to 20 January 2021. This is as a result of the temporary extensions of permissions that I and my predecessor have announced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The automatic extension of permission is on the same basis as the person’s...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme (IHAP) was announced in May 2018 as part of the Government's plan to realise the full commitment of 4,000 persons agreed under the first phase of the IRPP in September 2015. The programme allows holders of an international protection status in Ireland, (i.e. refugees with Convention or Programme Refugee status), holders...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: The International Protection Act 2015, brought about significant reforms to our international protection process. The most significant of these was the introduction of a single application procedure. By replacing the previous multi-layered and sequential process, the single application procedure brings certainty at a much earlier stage to those who qualify for international protection. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be 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, and this includes information relating to convictions. I have had enquiries made of the Courts Service and they have provided the information requested on convictions in the table below. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: Under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries regarding the former courthouse at Boghall Road, Bray made and the Courts Service has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland is not participating in the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) which is being established by means of an enhanced cooperation procedure provided for under Article 86 of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Member States participating in this procedure adopted the EPPO Regulation 2017/1939 in October 2017. Ireland retains...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have requested information from the Garda Commissioner in relation to this matter and will write to the Deputy directly with the information requested, when it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to assure the Deputy that the Government is fully committed to enacting the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 as soon as possible. The importance the Government attaches to this legislation is reflected in our commitment to enact it in the current Programme for Government Committee Stage had been scheduled for 22 January 2020, but as the Deputy will be aware, the Bill lapsed...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I will add to what the Chairman and Deputy Howlin have outlined. I look forward to a speedy passage of this Bill and the support of all committee members and the Dáil and Seanad. I thank Deputy Howlin for the huge volume of work he has done on this issue and I agree with him that while the stylistic approach might be different, the intention is exactly the same. To be clear, the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I will comment on amendments Nos. 1 and 2 initially. I do not believe that such a change is necessary or required because the Title, that is, Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill, encompasses most of what the Bill tries to do. Sometimes, if one gets too prescriptive, one does not widen the base but narrows it. Given the fact that this legislation is specific to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I understand know how sensitive an issue this is. I sincerely want to extend my sympathies to Nicole's family and to her mum, in particular, who, as the Deputy said, has campaigned for this tirelessly on the basis of what happened to her beautiful daughter. Unfortunately, having taken advice from the Attorney General on this, and for the many reasons the Deputy has alluded to, there are...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I do not see why not. As I said, in terms of how this is presented, it is clear for many people where this is coming from, the intention behind it and the personal work that has been done over the past number of years. To reflect that is reasonable whether it is going through the House or in the commentary afterwards and as it is being enacted. Perhaps, therefore, there is a way we could...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “2. In this Act— “broadcast” has the meaning assigned to it by the Broadcasting Act 2009; “distribute” means distribute to the public or a section of the public; “intimate image”, in relation to a person, means any visual representation (including...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: That is covered under that section.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: It should do so. I will get absolute clarity on that for the Deputy but it does.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: My understanding is that it does not need to be specified because once one has the image, whether it is being kept or stored or not or whether it is being sent on, the offence has been created. It does not need to be defined in that sense because it is already there on the device.