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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training matters. As Minister, I have no role in this regards. I am assured by the Garda authorities that An Garda Síochána are acutely aware of the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training matters. As Minister, I have no role in this regard. I am informed that An Garda Síochána are supportive of any initiatives which will support persons with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). This includes the recruitment and training of all Garda members and staff. As the Deputy will be aware, there are several legislative measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities. For example,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1311 to 1313, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware there are a series of procedural safeguards in place with regard to the treatment in custody and questioning of children under the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations, 1987, and the Children Act, 2001. Any breaches of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have been advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the Irish Prison Service Code of Ethics is available on the Irish Prison Service Website (www.irishprisons.ie) in the publications section. The Code sets out the values and behaviours expected of and demonstrated by prison staff across the Service on a daily basis. The Code is grounded on the Prison Service core values...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: At the outset, I would like to acknowledge the pain and trauma experienced by all families of missing persons. I am deeply conscious of how difficult life is for loved ones who simply don't know what has happened to their relative. My Department is committed to working with all relevant state bodies to help more families find their missing relatives. As the Deputy will appreciate, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1316 and 1317 together. As the Deputy will be aware, following a review of sentence calculation and procedures carried out by the Irish Prison Service, a number of measures were identified to prevent errors reoccurring and these are being actioned.  In tandem with this review, a new overarching sentence calculation policy was also developed and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1318, 1334 and 1335 together. Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of study visas are made in a number of Visa Offices overseas, in my Department's Visa Office in Dublin, and at certain Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from my Department. Applications from Turkish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1319 and 1320 together. All prisoners committed to prison are subject to a comprehensive medical assessment by the Prison Healthcare Team and Hepatitis C screening is offered to all new prisoners as part of this assessment.  Prisoners can request Hepatitis C screening through their local Prison Healthcare Team at any stage of their time in custody. If...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: It has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time available.  I will write directly to the Deputy as soon as the material is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the primary purpose of the employment vetting carried out by the National Vetting Bureau is to seek to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults. It is carried out by An Garda Síochána in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Justice is not a Competent Authority for any regulated profession in Ireland and has no role in the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.   As the Deputy may be aware, where a Ukrainian person wishes to practice a regulated profession in Ireland, they must engage with the relevant Competent Authority with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1324 to 1326, inclusive, together. While neither Ukraine nor the Russian Federation are parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Ukraine has accepted the jurisdiction of the ICC over alleged crimes, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, that have taken place on its territory. Ireland, as part of a coordinated...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, registrations for people living outside of the Dublin area are processed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) through the Garda Station network. I note that the person concerned has since 2020 been attempting to secure a new passport and the Domestic Residence and Permissions Division of my Department granted permission to them on 18 December 2020 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Ankara Visa Office has seen a more than 50% increase in visa applications received in the year to date to the end of May 2022 in comparison with the same period in 2019 (before Covid-19 related travel restrictions). Long stay study visas account for more than 60% of those being received in 2022. In addition to this increase in applications, the Ankara Visa Office has received an extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1329 and 1330 together. Under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 as amended, designated financial and non-financial businesses are required to identify their customers and verify who they are. There is a need for anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism purposes to have reasonable certainty that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) team at Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels currently consists of seven officials from my Department, made up of one counsellor, four first secretaries (attachés) and two administrative staff (1 EO and 1 CO). The role of officials in the JHA team is to offer assistance to Ministers and other delegates during...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that on 9 June I received Government approval to bring forward emergency legislation to provide for a continued legal basis for Garda Court Presenters in the District Court. The Deputy will be aware that Court Presenters are members of An Garda Síochána who specialise in court work in the District Court, prosecuting cases on behalf of the Director of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Television Licence Fee (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998. The Courts Service is independent in exercising its functions, as of course are the judiciary, and as Minister for Justice I have no direct role in prosecution matters.Nor, the Deputy will appreciate, do I have any role in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of the Garda organisation under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). Under Section 33 of the Act, the Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of Garda members throughout the State. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. The Government...