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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Equality (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: I fully support legislation along the lines described. Action 1.23 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 is to promote wage transparency by requiring companies of 50 or more employees to complete a wage survey periodically and report the results. This reflects a commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government. Minister Flanagan and I held a public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: My Department, through the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA), has always facilitated and encouraged the registration of and voting by protection applicants in local elections. The general policy in relation to local elections has been to allow candidates to drop off election leaflets which could be placed in a common area in the centre where they could be picked up by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: The Garda Youth Diversion Programme is an essential part of Government strategy to help tackle youth crime, and it is very important that it operates effectively. As the Deputy is aware, a number of issues which impact on the effective administration of the Diversion Programme were identified following the completion, in June 2017, of an examination by the Garda Professional Services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: The Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration (OPMI), an Office of my Department, allocates public funding for migrant integration projects on the basis of competitive selection processes carried out in a fair, open and transparent way.  This gives a wide range of community and voluntary organisations the opportunity to bid for government funding for projects to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Partnership Government includes a commitment to increase paid parental leave during the first year of a child’s life, as research shows that parental care is of particular importance in the first year of life. To further this commitment, the Government has established an interdepartmental working group to develop proposals to give effect...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: All persons seeking international protection are offered accommodation and ancillary services by my Department. From a contractual perspective, each accommodation centre under contract to the Department is inspected three times per annum: twice by officials from the Department of Justice & Equality, and once by an independent inspection company with expertise in food and fire safety....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, Section 6 of the Parental Leave Act 1998 provides for 18 weeks unpaid parental leave for a child up to the age of eight, or 16 years of age in the case of a child with a serious illness or disability. I can advise the Deputy that there are no current plans to increase the age for parental leave beyond eight years of age. However this is an issue which may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 508, 509, 520, 521, 522 and 559 together. As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is obliged to carry out a Call for Proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020. I can assure the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: The statutory framework relating to young offenders and the Garda Diversion Programme is set out in the Children Act 2001. The operation of the Garda Diversion Programme is supported by the nationwide network of Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs). There are now 105 of these projects in place nationally. Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs) are funded by my Department and each...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: It is standard practice in all accommodation centres under contract to the Department that an adequate number of beds are provided for those residing in each centre. Local management work closely with all residents to ensure that particular needs are addressed in line with this overall policy. In this particular case, individual beds were provided for both parties. I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: The phrase "leave to remain" in the question is being interpreted as covering persons granted any one of Refugee Status, Subsidiary Protection or Humanitarian Leave to Remain. The information sought by the Deputy cannot be provided in a single table and instead is provided in a series of 4 tables in the attached file. The tables are structured, as follows: Table 1: Number of persons by with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: The Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration (OPMI), an Office of my Department, allocates public funding for migrant integration projects on the basis of competitive selection processes carried out in a fair, open and transparent way.  This gives a wide range of community and voluntary organisations the opportunity to bid for government funding for projects to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: The phrase "leave to remain" in the question is being interpreted as covering persons granted any one of Refugee Status, Subsidiary Protection or Humanitarian Leave to Remain. As of the end of March 2018, there were 520 persons with a form of leave to remain who continue to reside in accommodation under contract to the Department. This total figure of 520 persons comprises 357 adults and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: Following on from the recommendations of the McMahon report, there are Friends of the Centre groups operating in all established RIA centres and groups are being developed as a matter of priority in the newer centres.   The two NGOs mentioned are key partners in the Friends of the Centre groups for the Killarney and Tralee centres.  They work closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Adoption Legislation (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, Section 6 of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 provides for an entitlement to 24 weeks adoptive leave for an employed adopting mother or a sole male adopter. Following adoption of the 34th amendment to the Constitution and its subsequent legislative changes, my Department identified a lacuna in the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 that prevents male same-sex married couples from...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: I can report that the Minister is working on the issue and expects progress to be made in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (18 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020. To ensure State-wide coverage of GYDP services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (19 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Partnership Government includes a commitment to increase paid parental leave during the first year of a child’s life, as research shows that parental care is of particular importance in the first year of life. To further this commitment, the Government has established an interdepartmental working group to develop proposals to give effect...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (19 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020. To ensure State-wide coverage of GYDP services...