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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested that each of the bodies and agencies under the aegis of my department provide the information requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 734, 898 and 909 together. The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for the effective and efficient use of the resources available to An Garda Síochána, and I as Minister have no role in the matter. As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Síochána District and Station Rationalisation Programme gave rise...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: A range of free, independent, professional advice services is available from the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) under Abhaile, to a person who is insolvent and at risk of losing their home due to mortgage arrears. These include: - financial advice and assistance from a personal insolvency practitioner (the ‘PIP Service’), - legal advice and assistance from a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 737 and 738 together. Based on that analysis, the PIP must then have regard to all the matters listed in detail in section 52(3) of the Acts, and must advise the borrower on all the options and issues listed in detail in section 52(1) and 52(2). These options expressly include, but are not restricted to, a Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA), a Debt...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739 and 740 together. The Government is committed to providing assistance to persons who may be in danger of losing their home. Last October Abhaile, the Government’s free mortgage arrears support service, was launched. An important component of Abhaile is that free financial and legal advice and assistance is available to insolvent borrowers who are in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The ‘duty solicitor’ service is an innovative and important component of the Abhaile service and is arranged by the Legal Aid Board at repossession lists in County Registrars’ courts around the country. It is modelled on the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme, which has been operating successfully in many parts of England and Wales as well as in Northern Ireland. A key...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Full transparency and effective use of public money, in relation to the cost of professional services provided under financial and legal advice and assistance vouchers, are ensured by the design of the Abhaile scheme. All professional advisers participating in the panels set up under Abhaile to provide ‘voucher’ advice and assistance to insolvent borrowers have agreed to do so...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, arising from an ongoing review of Business, Entrepreneur and Investor related migration schemes currently being undertaken by INIS, it was decided to suspend the 'Business Permission Scheme' with effect from 16th March 2016. The suspension does not affect applications received before that date or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy refers to a case which has been the subject of a review carried out under the Independent Review Mechanism set up by the Government to consider allegations against the Garda Síochána. In the case referred to in the Deputy's question I can confirm that on 15 May the then Minister signed an Order establishing an inquiry under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including personnel matters relating to members of An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 748 and 749 together. I can confirm to the Deputy that the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 and the Part referred to has been in full effect for quite some time. While these provisions referred to are contained in an Act under the auspices of the Minister for Justice and Equality, they relate wholly to the responsibility of a local authority to take certain...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equal Opportunities Employment (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware, Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 provides for a statutory report on the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector.  My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, must submit an annual report to the National Disability Authority (NDA) giving details of the number of people with a disability employed in the Civil Service. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 751 and 752 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including by arranging for the training of the members and civilian staff of An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the correspondence referred to was received in my Department on 25 April 2017. A preliminary assessment of the anonymous correspondence took place under my Department's Protected Disclosure Policy. This assessment determined that an element of the allegation contained in the correspondence required further review under the policy. This review is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the correspondence referred to was received in my Department on 25 April 2017. A preliminary assessment of the anonymous correspondence took place under my Department's Protected Disclosure Policy. This assessment determined that an element of the allegation contained in the correspondence required further review under the policy. This review is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equal Opportunities Employment (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 756 and 757 together. Clearly this is an important judgment and its full implications are being examined carefully. The Court itself recognises the complexities around this issue in that it acknowledges the Executive function in not only controlling who should enter the State but also to regulate the activities of non-citizens while in the State and has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (20 Jun 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 758 to 760, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that on 13 April last the then Minister launched a new grant aid scheme to assist community-based groups to establish community-based CCTV systems in their local areas. Under the scheme, which is being administered by my Department, eligible community groups can apply for grant-aid of up to...