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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts Data (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has not re-negotiated any external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 and 308 together. The information sought by the Deputies is set out below in so far as it is available. However, I wish to advise the Deputies that it is not feasible to provide all the information sought by them in relation to appointments since March 2011 to State Boards under my remit. In relation to the public advertising of vacancies and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Freedom of Information Data (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would refer the Deputy to my response to PQ 29072/14 answered on 8 July 2014 which provided statistics from 2009 up until the end of June 2014. The table below provides up-dated statistics from January 2014 to end of November 2014. This data also includes the number of requests which are ongoing. Year Number received Number Granted Number Part Granted Number refused Number Appealed Number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts Data (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform that Deputy that the information requested is contained in a table: Year Title of Report Consultancy Firm Cost of Report (€) Publication Date 2011 Security Review - Penetration Testing RITS Bianconi Research Ltd 10,083 Not for Publication 2011 Audit of Security arrangement for State Visits in 2011 and associated costs Capita Consulting 6,598 Not for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Allowances (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in my Department on staff subsistence payments and staff taxi payments is as follows: - Subsistence Taxi Costs - € € 2011 427,581 46,501 2012 364,233 30,242 2013 437,169 34,514 2014 152,268 28,480 All travel and subsistence payments are in compliance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Costs (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have set out below for the Deputy's information the legal costs incurred by my Department which also includes information relating to the Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service.You will be aware that much of the legal advice provided to my Department comes from Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO) and the Office of the Attorney General and, as such, does not incur a cost to my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and transport among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources. I have been informed by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Under the Garda Síochána Act, 2005 the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of available Garda resources which includes the various technologies deployed to support front line Gardaí and intelligence led operations against organised crime. In that context I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 6,500 desktop computers operating in 430...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy is referring to the mechanism established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations, which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality, or the Taoiseach, with a view to determining to what extent and in what manner further action may be required in each case. A panel consisting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that I intend laying the draft order to establish this Commission of Investigation, including its terms of reference, before both Houses of the Oireachtas in the very near future.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court of Appeal Establishment (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The scheduling of court cases and the allocation of court business is a matter for the Presidents of the courts and the presiding judge who are under the Constitution independent in the exercise of their judicial functions. The Court of Appeal was established by order of the Government on 28th October, 2014 and sat for the first time on Wednesday 5 November, 2014. The bench of the Court of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department did not incur any costs in relation to the provision of public relations services during the years in question. It is my Department's policy to use in house resources as much as possible and to restrict the use of external groups to a minimum.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a new application for this person received on 08/12/14 is currently receiving attention. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is an EU National, and is entitled to remain in the State whilst he is exercising his EU Treaty Rights. The spouse of the above named was granted permission to remain in the State as the spouse of an EU national who was exercising their EU Treaty Rights in this State. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 122 on Thursday 6th November, 2014. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned, together with other family members are the subject of Deportation Orders. However, if new information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order. Representations were received in late 2013 from the person's legal representative, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has current permission to remain in the State until 16th July, 2016. The child of the person concerned is included in that permission. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to the Citizenship Division of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when they are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, one of the primary functions of the Garda Commissioner under the Garda Síochána Acts, is to direct and control An Garda Síochána. In this regard and as I have previously stated in my reply to the Deputy on the 26 November 2014, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 397 together. As the Deputy will recall, I am informed that, following the examination by An Garda Síochána of the report of the Moriarty Tribunal, the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions was sought with a view to determining whether or not a full Garda investigation should be commenced.I am also informed that the Garda authorities...