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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Deputy for her question and her interest in this area. The report of the task force on the Travelling community, published in 1995, was a ground-breaking analysis of the needs of the Traveller community and made some valuable recommendations in a range of areas designed to improve the status of Travellers in Irish society. In 1998, a monitoring and co-ordination committee was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I agree that the task force report was a major accomplishment at the time. It differed from similar reports in preceding decades, which tended to see the issue as one of adapting Travellers to settled norms, and focused instead on the need to make specific provision for Travellers and target their requirements. I fully accept the report. It is the philosophy that continues to guide us...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I share the Deputy's concerns on these matters. I emphasise that the strategy is a living document. NTRIS is an inclusion strategy. It is not an integration strategy. There is a subtle difference. It runs until 2021 and includes 149 recommendations. Cultural identity is a big part of that, along with education, employment, health and accommodation. Those are the most important themes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I support the highlighting of the place of Traveller and Roma culture and history in Irish society. The primary mechanism for this is Traveller and Roma Pride Week. I recently opened the Traveller Pride Awards, a wonderful event that celebrates Traveller and Roma culture. This event marked the beginning of Traveller Pride Week. Action 1 of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: As I said earlier, the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy is the current strategy we are implementing, in partnership and in conjunction with representatives of the Traveller community who sit on the steering committee that I chair. They are doing amazing work and part of that work is identifying how we can recognise, strengthen and engage with the history, culture and heritage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Culture (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I will be guided what he just said. I acknowledge that the Deputy opposite recognised the important work being done by the Minister for Education and Skills and the former Minister, Deputy Bruton, on Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018, which was produced by Senator Kelleher. That tries to recognise Traveller culture in our schools....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I can inform the Deputy that I met recently with the organisation referred to in the Deputy's question shortly after the publication of their report, which we discussed thoroughly.  They raised several issues with me, including the issues around vulnerability assessments and accommodation standards.  They also raised concerns about emergency accommodation and I share those concerns....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: It is important to emphasise that all Departments and their agencies involved in the delivery of services and supports to applicants have a role to play in identifying and addressing the needs of applicants who present as vulnerable. This is particularly the case where vulnerabilities may only be disclosed or become evident after the initial stage of the protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware, on 23 April 2019, the Government announced that it had approved the priority drafting of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019. The proposed legislation will provide for two weeks of parental leave and benefit for all new parents in employment or self-employment in respect of babies born on or after 1 November 2019. This will facilitate parents in spending...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance.  I am advised that as of 26 September 2019, 7,355 persons were being provided with accommodation by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: On 15 August, the National Standards for accommodation offered to people in the protection process were published by my Department.  The Standards were prepared by a Standards Advisory Group, established in 2017 and comprising officials from my Department, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the HSE National Office for Social Inclusion as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. Due to an unexpected rise in applications (figures are up 53% in the first nine months of this year), existing Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: As the Deputy may be aware, Statutory Instrument 420 of 2019 European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 gives effect to Directive (EU) 2017/853 in national law. The main changes introduced relate to: - marking of firearms; - new storage requirements for firearms and ammunition; - prohibition of the acquisition of large capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (3 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I can inform the Deputy that an expert Steering Group is currently developing the new Youth Justice Strategy, including a review of the Children Act. The Steering Group commenced its work in February and has had a series of meetings during this year which will continue into next year. The Group is tasked with advising and guiding the development of the new Strategy, including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. I am advised that as of 29 September 2019, 7,462 persons were being provided with accommodation by the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. I am advised that as of 29 September 2019, 7,462 persons were being provided with accommodation by the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I am advised by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS, formally the Reception and Integration Agency), that the person referred to by the Deputy was initially accommodated in one of the emergency accommodation locations under contract to my Department. Accommodation in these locations is provided on a temporary basis until an applicant can be transferred to an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: My Department is responsible for offering accommodation and related services to international protection applicants while their claim for protection is being examined. These services are demand led and generally it is difficult to predict demand far in advance. I am advised that as of 29th September 2019, 7,462 persons were being provided with accommodation by the International...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (8 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: A new Anti-Racism Committee will be established later this year. This Committee will review and make recommendations on strengthening the Government’s approach to combating racism and building on the actions currently included in the Migrant Integration Strategy. The committee’s work will have two strands: i. a public sector strand to allow for more in-depth discussions of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: I thank the Seanad for supporting this Bill. The primary purpose of the legislation is to give effect to provisions of the EU Council Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA on the cross-border recognition of decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention. While the Bill is complex in drafting, it has a simple purpose, namely, to enable a person who is the subject of...