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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Policing Authority represents one of the most significant developments in policing since the foundation of the State.  It constitutes a major element of the comprehensive programme of justice reform which is being delivered by the Government, aimed both at ensuring continuing confidence in the work of An Garda Síochána and at supporting the women and men of the service in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (5 Dec 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: Community Alert Programme (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 101 together. As the Deputies 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that, following the completion of criminal proceedings flowing from the incident referred to, and public commentary in relation to members of An Garda Síochána who were involved in the policing of same, an Assistant Commissioner was tasked with conducting a review of the policing of the event. The final report from the Assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I should say at the outset that the distribution of Garda personnel is exclusively the statutory responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's responsibility for the distribution of Gardaí, I have provided for the record a breakdown, in tabular form, of the detailed information requested by the Deputy as of 31 October 2017, the latest date for which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, I have previously put on record my deep concern at the serious failures of the Garda organisation in relation to mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints and fixed charge notices. In relation to the particular issue of whether disciplinary action should be taken against individual members of An Garda Síochána arising from the mandatory alcohol testing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can confirm that my Department received the document referred to in this Parliamentary Question. This was provided to the Department on the basis that the information would be held in the strictest confidence and referred to only as a possible means of verification if an applicant to the ex-gratia scheme was resident in the Magdalen Institution in Galway.  There were only limited...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I should say at the outset that the distribution of Garda personnel is exclusively the statutory responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's responsibility for the distribution of Gardaí, I have provided for the record a breakdown, in tabular form, of the detailed information requested by the Deputy as of 31 October 2017, the latest date for which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a limited internal review of the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) was concluded in Q3 2017. The review only examined the period to December 2016. As the IIP Programme had only gained momentum in the second half of 2016, to evaluate its effectiveness as of December 2016 might not provide for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Discovery orders were issued by the Tribunal to my Department in February, April and September.  These orders were fully complied with and the relevant documents were forwarded to the Tribunal in February, May and September 2017. For the benefit of the House I can say that the discovery orders concerned records of the O’Higgins Commission of Investigation, documents...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: My Department has been actively engaged in reform over the past number of years, constantly striving to improve the international protection process.  The Report of the Working Group to Report to Government on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and supports to Asylum Seeker, also known as the Justice McMahon report, was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I should say at the outset that the distribution of Garda personnel is exclusively the statutory responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's responsibility for the distribution of Gardaí, I have provided for the record a breakdown, in tabular form, of the detailed information requested by the Deputy as of 31 October 2017, the latest date for which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have no plans currently to introduce a system of compensation as proposed in this question. This is because section 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 gives the courts a statutory power to order a person convicted of an offence to pay compensation to a person who has suffered personal injury or loss resulting from the offence.  This is instead of or in addition to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: It is a common misconception the term ‘direct provision’ relates only to the Department of Justice & Equality and to the accommodation provided to protection applicants. In 1999/2000, the Government decided that protection applicants would be provided with State services, such as health and education, directly through the existing mainstream services. This also implied...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I should say at the outset that the distribution of Garda personnel is exclusively the statutory responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's responsibility for the distribution of Gardaí, I have provided for the record a breakdown, in tabular form, of the detailed information requested by the Deputy as of 31 October 2017, the latest date for which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (5 Dec 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: Proposed Legislation (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: In replying to this Question from Deputy Ó Laoghaire, account must be taken of the fact that he has, in his capacity as a Member, introduced a Private Member's Bill in support of the introduction of group or class actions before the courts, in this House on 9 November 2017. The Bill, entitled the Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017, was taken for Second Stage in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 268 together. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it provides a wide range of rehabilitative programmes to those in custody that include education, vocational training, healthcare, psychiatric, psychological, counselling, welfare and spiritual services. These programmes can offer purposeful activity to those in custody while serving their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I want to make clear at the outset that my Department provided to GSOC all the records within its power or procurement related to the O'Higgins Commission of Investigation. On 11 January 2017, GSOC was granted a Court Order for access to certain records of the O’Higgins Commission of Investigation, including relevant transcripts of Commission hearings relating to allegations which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation and management of the overtime budget is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner having due regard to the available resources and his operational needs. In this context, I would inform the House that I presented a supplementary estimate to the Select Committee last Thursday which provides for additional expenditure of some €58.1...