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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296, 300, 301, 303 and 304 together. I am aware of the recent coverage about the death of the person in question and her infant baby in 1984. This was a particularly tragic case and one that still resonates with the Irish people after all this time. I am advised by the Garda authorities that an inquest was held into the death of the person in question...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service collates and publishes the prisoner population breakdown, including those serving prison sentences, on a daily basis and this information is available on the Irish Prison Service website www.irishprisons.ie.. The average number of prisoners in custody in Limerick Prison is outlined in the following table: Daily Average Male Female...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Expenditure (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that individual prisons do not have a separate budget allocations. Instead each budget area is managed centrally by the appropriate Directorate in Irish Prison Service Headquarters. The overall budget allocated to the Irish Prison Service 2013 - 2018 and the overall expenditure in Limerick prison for the period 2013 – Apr 2018 are included in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 May 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: Crime Data (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the statistics sought by the Deputy and I will be in contact with the Deputy directly on receipt of this report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In accordance with the provisions of the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995, the Legal Aid Board is independent in the exercise of its functions. In particular, Section 11 of the Act provides that the staffing of the legal aid functions is determined the Board. I am advised by the Board that there has been a total of 56 promotions made in the Legal Aid Board from 2014 to date. Of these 32 were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The Act provides that if either of a child's parents was, at the time of that child's birth, an Irish citizen, that child is an Irish citizen irrespective of the place of birth. In this particular case as neither parent was an Irish citizen at the time of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Primary responsibility for dealing with North-South co-operation and Northern Ireland related issues rests with the Northern Ireland Division in my Department. There are 12 members of staff assigned to that Division, two of whom are on secondment to the British-Irish Joint Secretariat in Belfast. This Division also deals with security matters. Aside from this specific area of my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an incomplete application was returned twice by registered post to the person concerned, firstly on 14 March 2018 and subsequently on 26 March 2018. On both occasions the incomplete application was returned to my Department by An Post, marked as 'not called for'. This application could not be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this case relates to a person who brought a Judicial Review to the High Court of a decision refusing to consider an application for a change or extension to a permission to remain. As the case is still sub judiceI do not propose to comment further at this time. Queries in relation to the status...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I understand that officials from my Private Office have been in contact with the Deputy seeking further information. A response from the Deputy is awaited and on receipt, a response will be provided if required.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (15 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: 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 enquiries made and the Courts Service has advised that the...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: When this Bill was discussed in the Seanad and when it went through the rigorous select committee process, I explained comprehensively the consultation processes that resulted in the Government proposing a digital age of consent of 13 years. I do not propose to repeat those points this afternoon, not least because I thought the argument in favour of 13 being set as the relevant age was well...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: There has been no secrecy.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to make two points by way of concluding remarks. The first relates to age. I wish to reiterate all the points made relating to the consultation process and the arrival at the age of consent of 13 years. I am a little concerned at issues being introduced that were not considered earlier in the debate. Deputies have talked about secrecy of the public consultation process. I wish...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I will make early contact with Commissioner Jourová on the disposition of Members. I share the object of Members but I have no wish to do anything that might ultimately give rise to exposing the State to infringement proceedings.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have made a comment but I am adding to it as well. I would be happy to bring the actual concerns, as raised by Deputy Daly and Deputy Shortall, directly by way of written early communication with Commissioner Jourová. I appeal for that to be accepted. Of course I will circulate any further correspondence that comes in on that particular issue.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am unable to accept the amendment which, as we said earlier, arises out of something of a misreading of the purpose of subsection 35(4). As it stands, subsection (4) permits regulations to identify different toolbox measures for different categories of personal data or different categories of controllers. However, it is probably not appropriate to have such a differentiation in all cases....

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 17:In page 32, to delete lines 8 to 27 and substitute the following:"(5) Subject to subsection (6), regulations may be made under subsection (2)—(a) by the Minister following consultation with such other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate, or (b) by any other Minister of the Government following consultation with the Minister and such...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is important to retain section 37 for legal certainty and for transparency and I cannot therefore accept the amendments. In the field of social protection, for example, certain important and valuable schemes operated by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, operate on a non-statutory basis, such as the free fuel scheme, free travel scheme, back to school clothing and...