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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that since early September, some customers have experienced difficulties in booking registration appointments.  Some of these difficulties have arisen because third party agents had been able to secure multiple appointments through the use of automatic software. A set of software fixes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there are currently two online appointments systems in operation for non-EEA nationals.  These systems are for registration of permission to reside in the State, and for applications for an emergency re-entry visa appointment. With regard to the on-line system used by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Industrial Relations (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, last year the Government accepted the recommendations of the Working Group on Industrial Relations in An Garda Síochána which included the introduction of legislation to allow Garda members have access to the industrial relations machinery of the State. The second phase of the Working Group is currently underway and the members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that section 10 of the Road Traffic Act, 2010 provides for Mandatory Intoxicant Testing checkpoints (MIT).  The powers of An Garda Síochána under the 2010 Act were extended under the Road Traffic Act 2016 to allow preliminary, oral, fluid-testing for drugs to be undertaken at these checkpoints, in additional to the current,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that the number of Gardaí that have been trained to use the specified devices is given in the table below, broken down by Garda division.  Region Division No. of personnel trained Eastern Region Meath 117 Wicklow 57 Kildare 55 Laois/Offaly 55 Westmeath 101 DMR DMR North 14 DMR South 58 DMR East 52 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 7 September 2018 (copied below for reference). Unfortunately, it is not possible at this time to give a definitive date as to when this particular appeal will be finalised. The Deputy can be assured that the applicant will be advised of the outcome in due course. Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 7 September 2018. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of all Garda resources, including personnel, is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I have no direct role in this regard. However, I can assure the Deputy that An Garda Síochána continue to regard all forms of anti-social behaviour very seriously. Working with communities to tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have not had meetings or correspondence with the individual in question in the past 3 years.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the legal representative of the person concerned has not been in contact with INIS in relation to the change in the person's circumstances.  I am further advised that it is open to the person's legal representatives to write to Unit 1, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division, INIS,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have the received the correspondence to which the Deputy's question refers.  A response will issue to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that appointments are not available to individuals to discuss their visa status and that such queries should be dealt with by email to the relevant section. A list of contact emails can be found on the website . Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the recruitment, training and appointment of its members. I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that there...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vacant Properties (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department does not own or lease this property and is not aware of any plans for its use. The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW), including the premises occupied by the Office of the State Pathologist.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel and Garda station opening hours, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased that the recent Budget provides resources to increase the number of sergeants in An Garda Síochána by 110 and the number of Inspectors by 81.  As the number of members of An Garda Síochána continue to increase towards the target of 15,000 by 2021, it is critical that sufficient numbers of supervisors are in place. At the moment, promotions to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the matters raised in the Deputy's question and I will be in contact with the Deputy directly on receipt of this report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware the Commission on the Future of Policing published its report on 18 September. The report contains a wide range of recommendations which comprehensively address all the themes set out in the Commission's terms of reference. The Report makes many innovative proposals aimed at strengthening our national security arrangements; empowering the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of all Garda resources, including personnel, is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I have no direct role in this regard. However, I can assure the Deputy that An Garda Síochána continue to regard all forms of anti-social behaviour very seriously. Working with communities to tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote and is responsible for the effective and efficient use of the resources at his disposal.  In accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Commissioner is also responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Community CCTV is governed by section 38 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order 2006 (SI No 289 of 2006). This legal framework requires that any proposed community CCTV scheme must: - be approved by the local Joint Policing Committee, - have the authorisation of the Garda Commissioner, and - have the prior support of the relevant local...