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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: CCTV systems installed for the purposes of crime prevention and as aids to policing in areas to which the general public routinely have access, such as town centres, fall into two distinct categories: Garda CCTV systems and community-based CCTV systems. Garda CCTV systems are planned and implemented on the basis of an Garda Síochána's identified operational needs and priorities....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. Section 15 of the Act provides that I may, in my absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation if satisfied that certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. In particular,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Board (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that under the terms of the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is entirely independent in the matter of individual applications that fall to be considered under the Scheme and in this regard, it will be a matter for the Tribunal to make the necessary hearing arrangements in each case. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Coroners Bill 2007 is before the Seanad, having been restored to the Order Paper on the initiative of my predecessor. While I would wish to be in a position to progress this important Bill, it is not possible for me to indicate the likely timetable with any certainty at this point. However, I have requested my officials to complete the review of the Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Gambling Control Bill will, when enacted, establish a single licensing authority for gambling, namely the Minister for Justice and Equality. There will be terms and conditions attaching to each licence issued, including those licences issued to betting operators. I am committed to publishing this legislation in early 2015. However, pending the publication and enactment of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Section 8(1)(a) of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) provides that a person who arrives at the frontiers of the State seeking asylum or the protection of the State against persecution or requesting not to be removed or returned to a particular country may apply to the Minister for a declaration of refugee status. Any person who makes an asylum application at a port of entry must be given...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Care Services Regulation (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Report of Ms Emily Logan identified a range of steps that need to be taken, including detailed issues that need to be addressed within An Garda Síochána and other bodies, as well as wider issues that relate to how public services generally engage with members of the Roma community. I have established an Implementation Group, chaired by my Department, (comprising members from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579, 589, 624 and 637 together. The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of protection applicants in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Direct provision provides for full board accommodation supports while a final decision is awaited by a person on their protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I intend to bring forward a short Bill which will contain some purely technical drafting amendments to the Personal Insolvency Act 2012. More broadly, I continue to keep all aspects of the personal insolvency legislation under careful ongoing review. The Statement of Government Priorities 2014-2016provides, in particular, for the completion of a review of the operation of the Insolvency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: House Sales (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Gazumping normally arises where a non-enforceable agreement for the sale of property at a particular price is reached between a vendor and intending purchaser but subsequently the vendor refuses to complete a formal contract and sells the property to another purchaser for a higher price. The non-legal relationship between the original parties is preserved by use of the term "subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illegal Moneylenders (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide the data sought in the time available for reply. However, I have requested the Garda authorities to provide the requested information and I will arrange for all available information to be forwarded to the Deputy upon receipt.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 583 and 584 together. As I set out in my reply to the Deputy's Question No 210 of 16 July 2014, there were 8,663 committals (69%) under sentence in 2013 for sentences of 12 weeks or less. This category includes those committed (7,940) as a consequence of the non-payment of a court ordered fine. A breakdown of the length of sentence as requested by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Expenditure on the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme for 2014 (January - August) is €33.3 million. Under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, the courts, through the judiciary, are responsible for the granting of legal aid. The nature of the Scheme is that it is demand-led, driven by the incidence of crime, detection rates and prosecutions of cases through the courts systems. This makes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was issued with a formal declaration of refugee status by letter dated 20 March 2002. This position still remains. The communication of 20 March 2002 advised the person concerned of the rights and entitlements accompanying refugee status in the State. Queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Asylum related legal costs incurred by my Department arise from the provision of legal services by the Refugee Legal Service to asylum seekers and judicial review proceedings taken against the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) which are determined by the courts in favour of applicants or settled by the State. Costs in these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Property Services Regulatory Authority was established on a statutory basis on 3 April 2012 under the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. A key role of the Authority is to set and enforce standards in the provision of property services by auctioneers, letting agents and property management agents and to provide redress mechanisms for consumers of those services. It should be noted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. Queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, if the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill currently before the Seanad at Committee Stage proposes to amend section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998. As announced previously, the Government accepts the principle of this Private Member's Bill to better balance the right of employees to protection from discrimination with the right of religious freedom. I will be tabling a number...