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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bankruptcy Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has confirmed that the total number of cases where the Official Assignee has brought an application to sell his interest in a Family Home is 43. Five of these cases have been completed and 38 cases are still before the Courts. There have been no forced sales. Under Section 61(4) of the Bankruptcy Act 1988  (as amended...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jan 2018)

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 Síochána Ombudsman Commission (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 536 together. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a hugely important role in ensuring that public confidence in the Garda Síochána is safeguarded, and has extensive powers under the 2005 Act to enable it to carry out its responsibilities. The assigned annual budgets for GSOC since 2015 is as follows. 2015 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 established Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission - GSOC - to provide independent oversight of alleged misbehaviour by members of the Garda Síochána. The Act stipulates that the Ombudsman Commission is independent in the performance of its functions.  This independence is the central feature of its oversight function...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Over recent years, retired persons seeking to come to Ireland to live has become a particular channel for migration into the State. As the Deputy will appreciate it is the responsibility of the State to decide polices for the management of migration and the control of our borders in the public interest. The simple fact that someone may wish to settle here as a retired person does not, of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The vetting application in the case to which the Deputy refers in her question relates to a person who is currently in an ongoing process for recruitment to An Garda Síochána. As I have advised the Deputy, in such cases An Garda Síochána as the recruiting authority can liaise directly with applicants in respect of the progress of the recruitment process. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda equipment and resources, including ICT, are a matter for the Garda Commissioner and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government recognises that Gardaí must have the modern technology and resources necessary to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, recruitment to An Garda Síochána is governed by the Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) Regulations 2013 and the recruitment and training of An Garda Síochána is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, and I as Minister have no direct role in the matter. Regulation 4 (d) specifies that all applicants for admission as a Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 provides a regime under which certain convictions can be disregarded after a number of years have elapsed since they were imposed, subject to specified limitations. The Act defines "excluded offences" to which these measures do not apply, and this definition includes the sexual offences listed in Schedule 1 of the Act....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: On 8 December last, I signed the Commencement Order bringing all sections of the Mediation Act 2017 into effect on 1 January 2018 (S.I. 591 of 2017).

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that In June 2010, the then Director General of the Irish Prison Service commissioned an external enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the removal from prison of the person referred to in the Parliamentary Question. The enquiry was carried out by a retired Prison Governor and a retired Garda Superintendent. Their operational report was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I want to assure the Deputy that I am very much aware of the impact of crime on rural communities, including the serious damage done by organised gangs who target rural areas to engage in burglary and other property-related crime, whether in Donegal or elsewhere across the country. Such incidents cannot be tolerated in our society and this Government will continue to dedicate very significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising this important issue.  I am deeply conscious of the serious issue of road safety and mindful of the traumatic impact of road traffic collisions on those directly affected and their families, as well as the impact of dangerous driving, including drink-driving, more generally on the quality of life of residents in local communities across...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Appointments (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The two successful academics selected, following tendering, to participate in the scoping group referred to by the Deputy were Ms. Elaine Byrnes (Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Psychology, NUI Galway) and Professor Stephanie Holt (Social Studies, Trinity College Dublin).

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that my Department launched the Community-based CCTV Grant-aid Scheme in April 2017, as the vehicle to assist community groups in the establishment of CCTV systems in their local areas. The Scheme is intended to support local communities who wish to install and maintain CCTV security systems in their areas, with the aim of increasing public safety and to deter illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought is set out in the following table.  For completeness, I have included details of sites that are currently undergoing transfer to other public bodies and those for which future development is planned. Venue / Site Approx. Size Date last Occupied Cork Kanturk Courthouse, Greenfield Road, Co. Cork 297 sq. m. 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 554 and 555 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Jan 2018)

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: Rural Crime (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I want to assure the Deputy that I am very much aware of the impact of crime on rural communities, including the serious damage done by organised gangs who target rural areas to engage in burglary and other property-related crime. Such incidents cannot be tolerated in our society and this Government will continue to dedicate very significant resources to support An Garda Síochána in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, a Protective Certificate under the Personal Insolvency Acts is issued by the Courts, rather than by the Insolvency Service of Ireland. Sections 62 and 96 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 set out the effects of the Court's issue of a Protective Certificate (under the Debt Settlement Arrangement, and Personal Insolvency Arrangement, procedures,...