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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310, 311 and 312 together. People are living longer and working longer in their chosen career across all sectors, and it is important that members of An Garda Síochána can continue to work to 62 if they wish to do so. There is a real appetite for this in An Garda Síochána. Since 2020 the Department of Justice has processed over 190...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the first year estimated payroll and fixed subsistence cost of recruiting 1,000 Garda is in the region is in the region of €31.4 million. This sum includes a basic training allowance for 35 weeks along with 17 weeks of post attestation salary in year 1 of employment, and an estimation of certain fixed allowances and variable unsocial...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: Tackling the scourge of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV) is a central priority for me as Minister for Justice. The Zero Tolerance Strategy to address DSGBV is ambitious and is structured around the four pillars of the Istanbul Convention – Protection, Prevention, Prosecution and Policy Co-ordination. One of the overarching goals of this Strategy is ensuring that...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: It is a central priority for me as Minister for Justice that our immigrations laws are robust and enforced. There has been a significant increase in investment into the international protection system which, combined with digitisation and process reengineering, has facilitated a major increase in processing capacity. It is my intention to continue to ramp up investment in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together. The company details provided relate to the provider of accommodation services at Dundrum House IPAS Accommodation Centre. Accommodation has been provided at this property for people from Ukraine since 2022, and for international protection applicants since 2024. A new contract commenced at the property in April 2025 to provide...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (28 May 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319, 320 and 321 together. Providing reception conditions to international protection applicants is part of Irish and EU law. The State is currently accommodating almost 33,000 people in over 320 international protection accommodation centres around the country. At the moment, over 90% of accommodation capacity is provided through commercial providers....