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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is 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, including recorded and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. The allocation of Garda resources is made in light of identified operational demand. This includes deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 653 to 656, inclusive, together. I can inform the Deputy that some preliminary work was carried out by An Garda Síochána in 2019, to record unidentified remains that may be located with individual Coroners across the country. My officials are examining ways to update and take forward that work, while fully respecting the independent role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department is responsible for examining all applications received. The staff of the IPO (the Chief International Protection Officer and the International Protection Officers) are independent by law in the exercise of their international protection functions. My Department has continued to accept and process international protection applications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, Section 11 of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act, 1995 requires me to make a report to the Houses of the Oireachtas on the operation of matters within the Act in the preceding year. While there was a delay in the publication of the report last year, I can confirm that the 2019 Annual Report on the operation of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 660 and 661 together. I am informed that the Garda Síochána Analysis Service, having reviewed the recorded data, are unable to provide the statistics requested by the Deputy. They have informed me that trying to establish unique persons in these incidents would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources in order...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: An Garda Síochána has been allocated an unprecedented budget of €1.952 billion for 2021. The significant level of funding provided over recent years is enabling sustained, ongoing recruitment of Garda members and staff. As a result, there are now approximately 14,600 Garda members and over 3,000 Garda staff nationwide. The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am informed by the Garda authorities that statistics relating to Garda response times for emergency call-outs throughout the country are not readily available. In addition, I understand that compiling the relevant figures would require a significant amount of resources which are required for other Garda purposes. The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by the Garda authorities that is not possible to provide the number of LPSV licences that have been revoked permanently and or cancelled, as the information requested is not available in an easily accessible format. I am informed that hard copies of these licenses are held by each Garda division as there is no general database of LPSV licences. With regard to the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 666 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government commits to the rapid implementation of the Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI). Our aim is to deliver a new approach to policing and community safety, increasing police visibility in communities and focusing on preventing crime and harm, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought by the Deputy across the Justice Vote Group for 2018 and 2019 is included, where applicable, within the Statement on Internal Financial Control, provided by the respective Accounting Officers, in the Appropriation Accounts for 2018 and 2019 published by Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and that can be accessed here: 2018 -...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Since my appointment as Minister for Justice, I have not had any meetings with the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG), nor has my colleague the Minister of State James Browne T.D. Furthermore, I am not aware of any meetings between my officials in the Department of Justice and the ISAG.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that as of 1 March 2021, there have been 97 confirmed prisoner cases of Covid-19 in our prisons. Of these cases, 44 were community based infections, which were detected during the committal testing process. The Deputy will also be aware that since October 2020 there have been 9 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks within our prisons resulting in 53 confirmed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The publication of the independent research on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews is an important commitment under Justice Plan 2021, our plan to build a justice system that works for everyone. This independent study commissioned by my Department is looking at international best practice in the conduct of domestic homicide reviews with a view to making recommendations in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Hickson Commission is tasked with the investigation of the extent to which a number of organisations, including State bodies and individuals, were aware of the activities of Bill Kenneally and whether they failed to take appropriate action. Retired Judge Mr Justice Barry Hickson is the sole member of the Commission. He is supported by two senior and two...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 672 and 675 together. The Deputy will be aware that the Hickson Commission is tasked with the investigation of the extent to which a number of organisations, including State bodies, and individuals were aware of the activities of Bill Kenneally and whether they failed to take appropriate action. The work of the Commission is at an investigative phase....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy within the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy to provide this information as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Hickson Commission is an independent body and I, as Minister for Justice, have no role in the conduct of its investigation. I am informed by my officials that, in May 2019, having been made aware of the loss of the USB stick containing personal data in relation to the Hickson Commission, my Department notified the Office of the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I refer the Deputy to the Questions 729, 730 and 731, which I responded to on 24 February 2021. This position which I have set out below is as previously outlined in my answer to those questions. The Private Security Authority (PSA), established under the Private Security Services Act 2004, as amended, is responsible for the licensing and regulation of the private security industry in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am informed by the Detective Chief Superintendent of the Garda National Immigration Bureau that the person concerned received their Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card on 27 February 2021, at their local Immigration Office. 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:...