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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The domain names owned by bodies on my Department's ICT shared service are listed as follows. All of the names were registered through specialist third party providers. Name anticorruption.ie bravery.ie coroner.ie coroners.ie coronersservice.ie cosc.ie csit.ie csvc.ie dacoi.ie fightracism.ie Forensicscience.ie gardainspectorate.ie iab.ie idcmagdalen.ie integration.ie...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defence of the Dwelling (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the current law in relation to self defence in the home is set out in the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act, 2011. There are currently no plans to amend legislation to provide for persons to hold products or items in their own homes which could be used for the purposes of self defence.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The first legislation of the new Irish State was the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1927 where the coroner was deemed to be an office to which the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926 applied, though with the Minister for Justice as the relevant Minister.  Essentially, that provision remains and the current legislation, the Coroners Act, 1962, states in section...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Government recognises the importance of the United Nations Committee against Torture (UNCAT) and the recommendations arising from the engagement process that occurred earlier this year with that committee. The second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2016-2021 was published in January 2016. The publication of the strategy was welcomed by UNCAT in its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy arrived in the State on 11 February 2017 and that they were registered on student conditions on 11 May 2017.  INIS records show that the person concerned has a current online appointment with Burgh Quay...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parliamentary Questions Costs (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, accounting to Dáil Éireann by way of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) is an important part of the work of my Department and to date this year 3,000 have been answered.   Questions put to my Department cover the wide range of our responsibilities and those of the agencies under my Department's remit. The PQs asked vary between requests...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: A draft General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Passenger Name Record) Bill is currently being finalised in consultation with relevant Government Departments with a view to shortly seeking Government approval for formal drafting of the legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Since 16th June, 2015, frontline immigration controls have been undertaken in Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport on a 24/7 basis by civilian staff from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department. In October 2015, INIS civilian staff took over the front-line immigration controls in the Transit Area of Terminal 2. On 2nd October 2017, responsibility for these controls...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including to the Garda Traffic Corps and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Commissioner that Garda personnel assigned throughout the country, together with the overall policing arrangements and operational strategies are continually monitored and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, I have written to the relevant parties, including the Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Garda Commissioner, the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners and the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in order to ascertain whether there are additional legislative or other solutions which can assist us...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 287 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be appreciate decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational demands and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have asked the Garda Commissioner for the specific information requested and when it is to hand I will inform the Deputy accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities working in close cooperation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. This includes identifying and progressing any necessary remedial or refurbishment works required at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that there was no specific recommendation in the Mulvey Report relating to the establishment of a special crime taskforce as outlined in the Deputy's question. However, I can advise the Deputy that the Garda Commissioner established a new Garda Special Crime Task Force in the Dublin Metropolitan Region in 2016, under the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Section 14C of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, as inserted by section 36 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, requires new rules of court in order to be fully implementable. I understand that such rules are currently being drafted and will then be approved by the relevant Rules of Court Committee. The section will be commenced as soon as possible after the finalisation of these rules.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that persons seeking permission to remain in the State may do so for a number of reasons to various Divisions of the INIS under both statutory and non-statutory provisions. As a result, as the Deputy would expect, every case is considered on its own merits in conjunction with the legislation,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I met the Coroners Society of Ireland yesterday and am very keen to report progress on the Bill, the heads of which were approved by Government in May this year. Priority drafting work is underway. I do not have a date for prelegislative scrutiny but I would expect that this will be some time in the new year. I am happy to keep the Deputy informed.