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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to supporting investment in CCTV systems and, in this context, a new Community-based CCTV grant-aid Scheme was launched by my Department in April 2017 to assist community groups in the establishment of CCTV systems in their local areas. Under the Scheme, eligible community groups can apply for grant-aid of up to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Oct 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, demographics and policing priorities so as to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Since taking up office as Minister for Justice and Equality, I have been lobbied by organisations registered on the Register of Lobbyists under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill on two occasions. One organisation expressed support for the Bill while the other raised concerns in relation to the structural separation requirements in the Bill. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy arrived in the State on 11 September 2006, and that their most recent permission to remain in the State, on the basis of a change of immigration status following their separation from their Irish National spouse, expired on 27 June 2017. I understand that INIS have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Probate Office is an office of the High Court and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998. Probate functions are also carried out by County Registrars at District Probate Registries in 14 provincial court offices. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that I published the interim report concerned on 30 September 2017. While, in the normal course, it would be appropriate and usual to await the completion of the final report and its consideration by Government, in the light of misleading public comment and baseless assertions being made I concluded that it would be in the public interest to make the interim report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (10 Oct 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 (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government underlines the need for close engagement between An Garda Síochána and local communities. This is an essential feature of the strong community policing ethos which has long been central to policing in this jurisdiction. The Deputy will also be aware that as part of the overall strategy to oppose criminality, the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Oct 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 Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: First of all I want to remind the Deputy that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is an independent body tasked with the investigation of complaints against members of the Garda Síochána. That independence is crucial to confidence in the process of investigating such complaints. Therefore, it is a matter entirely for GSOC as to how it carries out its investigations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Section 16(3)(b) of the International Protection Act 2015 provides that applicants for international protection shall not seek, enter or be in employment or engage for gain in any business, trade or profession during the period before the final determination of their application. The Supreme Court judgement in the case of N.V.H. v. The Minister for Justice and Equality found, on 30 May...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: There are a number of initiatives that have been taken in the area of female offenders who comprise a relatively small group within the criminal justice system in Ireland. The Report of the Penal Policy Review Group published in September 2014 proposed alternatives to custodial sentences as the first choice of sanction. Chapter 6 of the Report is dedicated to the specific needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Strategies (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that in the joint Probation Service/Irish Prison Service Women's Strategy 2014 - 2016, An Effective Response to Women Who Offend, published in 2014, the Irish Prison Service made a commitment to explore the development of an open centre/open conditions for women assessed as low risk of re-offending. This commitment was acknowledged in the Report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned are the subject of Deportation Orders signed on 15 September 2017. These Orders require the persons concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Orders are a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application is received. The records indicate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for residence permission and a right to work based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child on 24 April 2017. I understand that, due to an administrative error, INIS returned the application to the person concerned on 24 April 2017. INIS would like to apologise for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the person in question, was offered permission to remain in the State on 14 August 2017 on Stamp '0' for one year. No response was forthcoming to that offer. A second offer issued on 26 September 2017, to which INIS is still awaiting a reply. Based on the information available this person does not hold...