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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Leave to remain is not applied for by applicants - it is a potential outcome of the consideration of whether or not a deportation order should be made in the case of a person who has been served with a formal notification of intention to deport.  Persons under 18 years who are the subject of this process are considered as part of the overall family in each case.  The...

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, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I understand that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities, so as to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Authority Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's Vote (Vote 24) provided grant funding to local authorities under the following categories in 2016 and 2017 (categorised in line with the categorisation applied in the C&AG Report on the Accounts of the Public Services): Category 2016 2017 Recreation and other local services (Cultural projects) €344,023 €74,845...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Repossessions Rate (23 Oct 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, I have had inquiries made and the Courts Service has informed my officials that it is not in a position to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Coroners Bill 2007 provided for a comprehensive reform of the Coroners Act, 1962 and of the existing coroner system, including the establishment of a new Coroner Service.  It incorporated many of the recommendations made by the Coroners Review Group in 2000 and by the Coroners Rules Committee in 2003, as well as those emanating from a detailed review of reforms to the coronial...

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

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that there has been very significant investment in Garda resources across the State in recent years. The Government's Capital Plan 2016 – 2021 provides €46 million for investment in the Garda fleet, to ensure that An Garda Síochána has a modern, effective and fit-for-purpose fleet, in addition to the investment of almost €30 million...

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, including members of the Garda Band. I am informed by the Commissioner that he is committed to the Garda Band...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Waiting Times (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The provision of civil legal aid in the State is delivered by the Legal Aid Board pursuant to the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 1996 to 2017. There are significant demands on the Board and I am conscious that this gives rise to waiting times for certain services at most of the Board's law centres.  However, waiting times have been reduced over the last...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 to 340, inclusive, together. Following the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform's budgetary measures this month, I announced that GSOC would be allocated an additional €1.6 million in funding for 2019. I secured a budgetary increase of €0.6 million for 2019 and €1 million has been redirected...

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

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 342 together. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the New Delhi Visa Office has been experiencing high volumes of visa applications due to seasonal demands at this time of year. This is in line with similar trends from previous years and measures have been put in place to deal with this...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is not my place to comment but I note the absence of Senators for a very important debate.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is certainly in stark contrast to this time last year when the rafters of the House were lifted with frenzied indignation on the part of many Senators who are not yet here to discuss the third interim report of the disclosures tribunal but I expect they will attend later. Any reading of the report leaves us in no doubt that a good member of An Garda Síochána was badly treated by...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I hope Senators will reflect on their contributions to debates inside and outside this House last November. A frenzied rush to judgment on the part of many brought down a good and decent woman. Returning to the tribunal’s central findings, it is also accepted that the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, did not speak with Commissioner O’Sullivan and the tribunal finds that in...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: What we expect of others we should also expect of ourselves. During her tenure as Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan was frequently before Oireachtas committees. She was subjected to questions that sometimes crossed the line that divides robust inquiry from personalised attack. In the end these allegations, which have been found by the tribunal to be unsupported by evidence,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: This is a question primarily for the Garda Commissioner and his team. I am happy to update the Deputy once I have the appropriate information on the individual Garda station.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that matters are progressing with the new Garda headquarters in Sligo. I would be happy to provide the detail to him at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities working in close cooperation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. The Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016-2021 is an ambitious 5-year Programme based on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 vests full control, direction and operation of An Garda Síochána in the office of Commissioner. The allocation of resources including recruitment and training of Garda members and members of the Garda Reserve is entirely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and I, as Minister, have no responsibility in this matter. To inform...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy's question relates to the circumstances of the tragic death of a young man, Shane O'Farrell, in a road traffic accident. As the Deputy will be aware, there is a current investigation being conducted by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission into conduct which may lead to disciplinary proceedings against one or more Garda members. That investigation is on-going and I do...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the Thornton Hall site was purchased in 2005 with the intention of constructing a large scale prison campus to replace the 19thcentury complex at Mountjoy Prison which the then Government planned to sell to fund the development. Due to the downturn in the economy, the scale of the project could not be accommodated within the capital allocation available and the...