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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (29 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service (IPS) that data in relation to the length of time individual prisoners were held on a restricted regime is not collated in the format requested by the Deputy. However, the data is available in the format outlined in the table below: April 2018 Census Prison 0<10 days 11<20 days 21<50 days...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (29 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: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (29 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that Venezuelan nationals are required to obtain a visa in order to travel to Ireland.  A visa required person, including Venezuelan nationals, must apply for a visa for the particular purpose of their visit.  I am further advised that any person who wishes to come...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Transport (29 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In accordance with the arrangements for Ministerial transport agreed by Government in 2011, office-holder vehicles are provided from the overall Garda fleet for the President, Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Justice and Equality, Chief Justice and Director of Public Prosecutions. As the Deputy will appreciate, management of the Garda fleet is a matter for the Garda...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (29 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Senator Clifford-Lee for raising this important matter. The Senator will appreciate that the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities in close co-operation with the OPW. The latter has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. This includes identifying and progressing any necessary...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (29 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: At this stage it is not entirely possible to provide a strict timeframe for the opening of Rush Garda station. It depends on a number of factors, including, for example, the extent of the required refurbishment based on current building regulations. There are also agreed standards and specifications for Garda cell areas and custody suites that may well have to be incorporated into the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (29 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am happy to assist the Senator. I am sure if she contacted the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Moran, he would be equally obliging with appropriate information.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales Legislation (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, I am not in a position in my capacity as Minister for Justice and Equality to provide legal advice in response to Parliamentary Questions. However, the general position is that section 2 of the Licensing (Ireland) Act 1902 (as amended), provides that where premises have not been licensed during the preceding year but had been licensed at any time during the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: During discussions on section 30 in the Select Committee, and once again during Report Stage discussions, I pointed out that the processing of personal data for marketing and profiling purposes takes place under the so-called “legitimate interests” ground in Article 6.1(f) of the GDPR, and that the Court of Justice had already addressed the issue of whether national law could...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can assure Senator Craughwell that he is not wasting my time but he is wrong to conflate the wasting of my time and the acceptance on my part of the amendment because I will not accept it for a number of reasons. In doing so, I acknowledge the sincerity of the three Senators under the influence, however, of Senator McDowell, a former-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: He is a former Attorney General, an illustrious Minster for Justice and a man of considerable influence-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: -----as can be evidenced by the debate.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I committed to a process of reflection and I have engaged in that reflection over the past while. I consulted again with the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, so I have given this matter full and careful consideration. The right of election to a jury trial has been an issue for Senator McDowell down through the years. I go back to 1992...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: -----was entitled to rely on the integrity of the DPP and that office. The commission stated, "The District Court judge will be charged with protecting the constitutional rights of the accused". To say that there is no protection or that this is in any way a less than fulsome process is not a full-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: -----reflection of the picture. The right of election was still provided for in the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 but provisions of that legislation must be considered in light of the law regarding the matter of theft offences that preceded that - the earlier Act. At least some of the offences contained in the Act were previously contained in the Larceny Act 1861 and...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am not sure that the Standing Orders of the Seanad permit me to make a point of order.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Acting Chairman. I would like to find some pathway to accommodate Senators. I would be happy to go along with whatever device is used to allow for a greater level of debate, having regard to the importance of the amendments. In the event of a change in the Order of Business, I ask the Acting Chairman to count me in.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My second point of order is in response to Senator Norris.The Minister was not late.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: No problem.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Yes, I was here.