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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: Will the Cathaoirleach clarify to what amendment I am responding?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: I wanted to ensure that we would not be precluded from speaking on amendment No. 110 when we get to it. I would like to deal initially with Senator Noone's points regarding lay members. The stipulation of "lay" is not in any way intended to cast any aspersions on persons in the legal profession. The Bill provides for both to be represented on the commission. The objective is to achieve a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The particular skills and experience required of the lay members are set out in section 12 of the Bill, a section to which many amendments will be discussed during Committee Stage. On amendment No. 7, this is a substantive amendment and we thank the Senators for it. Subsection (1) of the amendment seeks to insert a new section 7 in Part 2. The thrust of the amendment is to make provision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Equality (5 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: Tackling the gender pay gap is an important element in the Programme for a Partnership Government and finds expression, in particular, in Articles 1.21 to 1.23 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020.  It is a task that I am determined to progress. I am pleased to say therefore that the Government recently approved the General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: I wish to inform the Deputy that, in terms of numbers, Ireland committed to accept 1,040 refugees under the UNHCR resettlement strand of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme and currently 820 refugees have arrived.  The remaining individuals have been identified and are due to arrive in the coming months.  Under the asylum seeker relocation strand of the Programme Ireland was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (5 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) Steering Group has been tasked with the development and oversight of the implementation of the actions contained in the strategy. Since the launch of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy in June 2017, the NTRIS Steering Group has met five times - on 2August 2017, 18October 2017, 13 December...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (5 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The number of persons that have some form of a permission to remain in the State and still residing in RIA accommodation at the end of June 2018 was 586. My Department cannot definitively state the individual reason(s) why a person or family may remain in accommodation centres.  Anecdotally it is known that some families may not move house during the school terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (5 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The Department of Justice and Equality, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (5 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: My Department, through the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA), is responsible for the provision of accommodation and related services to protection applicants while they await a decision on their claim for international protection. The standard of accommodation provided to residents is regularly reviewed. The Government has invested in improving the standard of accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The Convention on the Constitution, in its Second Report which was published on 8 May 2013, recommended the amendment of Article 41.2 by making it gender-neutral to include carers in the home and carers beyond the home and that the State should be required to provide a “reasonable level of support” to ensure that carers shall not be obliged by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: 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 established an interdepartmental group to consider the matter. The interdepartmental group has almost completed its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The location and occupancy of each of the 34 accommodation centres in operation is detailed in the following table: COUNTY CENTRE ADDRESS CURRENT OCCUPANCY Clare Knockalisheen Meelick 240 King Thomond Hotel The Bog Road, Lisdoonvarna 115 Cork Ashbourne Hse Glounthaune 95 Kinsale Road Cork City 278 Glenvera Wellington Road 127 Millstreet Millstreet 270 Clonakilty Lodge...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The information sought is contained in the following two tables. Table 1 details the admissions by centre for the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. Table 2 details the duration in months by accommodation centre for those admitted in that timeframe. Table 1: Accommodation Centre 2016 2017 2018 Total Ashbourne House 23 26 13 62 Athlone Accommodation Centre 49 111 27 187 Atlantic House...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: Mosney Accommodation Centre is currently home to 802 residents. The population comprises people who have applied for international protection and who have requested accommodation services as well as people brought to Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme. The demographic breakdown of those residents who sought accommodation services while they applied for international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: In 2016 there were 15 referrals to TUSLA from Mosney Accommodation Centre via the Reception and Integration Agency of my Department in relation to persons seeking International Protection. In 2017 there were 11 such referrals to TUSLA and to date in 2018 there have been 7 such referrals. The referrals listed above are those recorded by the Reception and Integration Agency Children and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: Mosney Accommodation Centre is home to 802 residents. The population comprises people who have applied for international protection and who have requested accommodation services as well as people brought to Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme. My Department is responsible for the administration of funding to a number of schemes designed to assist integration of migrants to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: An application for funding for intercultural support services has been submitted to the Department of Justice and Equality. This proposal is currently under consideration and a decision will issue shortly. Any funding awarded will be for a two-year period commencing in September 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The Deputy will be aware that Government, on 10 January, 2018, approved the updating of the 2013 General Scheme of the Gambling Control Bill. The proposed updating follows on from the review work undertaken in the Department of Justice and Equality and consultations with interested stakeholders. Changes to the Scheme will be subject to further consultations with the Office of the Attorney...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (10 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: 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 established an interdepartmental group to consider the matter. The interdepartmental group has almost completed its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (11 Jul 2018)

David Stanton: The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was established on 1 November 2014, as an independent public body with a mandate under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 (IHREC Act 2014).  I should point out, of course, that the Commission is fully independent in the discharge of its functions and so is not directed by the State in the development...