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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Agreements (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: On 29 June 2017, GRECO, the Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Body published a Report on Ireland's level of compliance with the fourth Round of Mutual Evaluations theme "Corruption Prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors". Ireland had been evaluated in 2014 and received 11 recommendations. The compliance report which was adopted in March 2017 was disappointing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Administration (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is 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, which include the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision Making (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The Act was signed into law on 30 December 2015. New administrative processes and support measures, including the setting up of the Decision Support Service within the Mental Health Commission, must be put in place before the substantive...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has postponed the release of the latest Quarterly Recorded Crime Statistics, which had been due for publication on 28 June 2017. I am advised that this postponement arose because the ongoing Garda review in relation to the classification of homicide incidents is not yet complete. Therefore, it was not possible for the CSO to conduct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Síochána Inspectorate Report on the management and structures in An Garda Síochana entitled 'Changing Policing in Ireland' was published in December 2015. One of the recommendations in the Report is that the forensic functions of the Garda Technical Bureau be divested to Forensic Science Ireland. The Deputy will be aware that the Government approved a five-year Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Commissioner that Garda Drug Unit personnel are assigned on a Divisional basis and that the Garda Districts referred to by the Deputy is part of the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division. The number of Gardaí assigned to the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division on the 31 May 2017, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 322, 5 of which are assigned to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The following table sets out the total funds invested in community migrant integration programmes by location and organisation/project for the past three years 2017, 2016 and 2015, including amounts committed in 2017 that will be disbursed in subsequent years. While the location of each funded organisation/project is provided, it is not possible to break this down further by constituency as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: 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. Under the Programme for a Partnership Government, the Government is committed to launching a pilot scheme to reopen 6 Garda stations, both urban and rural, to determine...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equal Opportunities Employment (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I assume the Deputy is referring to persons in the international protection process. Clearly, the Supreme Court judgment in N.V.H. v. The Minister for Justice and Equality 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, any review of road safety legislation is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr. Shane Ross, T.D.. Road safety legislation currently in train in Minister Ross' Department includes the Road Traffic (Drink Driving - Fixed Penalty Notice) Bill 2017, the commencement of Parts 2 and 7 of the Road Traffic Act 2017, the National...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I should point out that the Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the exercise of his duties under the Valuation Acts 2001- 2015 and the making of valuations for rating purposes is his sole responsibility. I, as Minister for Justice and Equality, have no function in decisions in this regard. The Valuation Act, 2001 as amended by the Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 provides that all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: It has always been the case that Ireland and the United Kingdom cooperate closely on immigration and border matters, in particular as they relate to securing the Common Travel Area (CTA) and we will continue to cooperate, and to strengthen that cooperation, in the future. Both Governments have publicly declared their commitment to ensuring no return to a so-called 'hard border' on the island...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, this Question was part-transferred to my Department and relates to the current migratory pressures being experienced by the Italian authorities. Irregular migration flows along the Central Mediterranean Route remain substantial, and have seen a significant increase of more than a third over the first six months of this year when compared to the same period last...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) was formally established on 3 April 2012, pursuant to the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. One of the main statutory functions of the PSRA is the licensing of Property Service Providers, i.e. auctioneers, estate agents, letting agents and property management agents. The Authority is independent in exercising its statutory functions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: An Garda Síochána’s Roads Policing Operations Plan 2017 incorporates a programme of high visibility road safety and enforcement operations, carried out in partnership with other state agencies. Garda operations specifically target road use behaviour known to contribute significantly to collisions, including driving while intoxicated, speeding and the use of mobile phones....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Data (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the Atypical Working Scheme for Seafishers commenced in February 2016. Since the scheme commenced almost 190 atypical working permissions were granted. Of these, 68 permissions have been renewed in 2017 to date, with a further 9 awaiting processing.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: This Government is committed to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country in order to maintain and strengthen community engagement, provide reassurance to citizens and deter crime. To make this a reality for all, the Government has in place a plan to achieve an overall Garda workforce of 21,000 personnel by 2021 comprising 15,000 Garda members, 2,000 Reserve...