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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for the effective and efficient use of the resources available to An Garda Síochána and for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána. I have asked the Commissioner for the information requested and when it is received I will write...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465, 466, 472, 489 and 491 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I have addressed the matters referred to in these questions over the recent weeks and months in some detail. While the status of the GSOC investigation remains unchanged I can offer Deputies some update into the investigation of issues related to this tragic case. The outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am unable to provide the figures requested by the Deputy. The allocation of dwellings by local authorities is a matter for the relevant local authorities and as such does not come within my remit. The responsibility of my Department relates to those who present here seeking international protection (i.e. asylum and subsidiary protection), to whom accommodation and coverage for certain...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Mobility Strategy aims to provide frontline members with greater connectivity to back-office systems harnessing the power of mobile technology and forms part of the Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2016-2021. A pilot programme was operated in Limerick Garda Division from December 2017 to September 2018, with very positive feedback. A key application developed for the Mobility...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of the resources. The Garda strength of the Cork City Division by Rank from 2009 to 30 November...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it received an application for permission to reside in this State on 8 November 2018. I am further informed that INIS wrote to the person on 11 January 2019 seeking further information and documentary evidence. The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in chronological order and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mutual Legal Assistance (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The provision of mutual legal assistance by Ireland to another state is governed by the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act, 2008, which provides for, amongst other things, a legislative basis for the 1959 Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Assistance, to which both Ireland and Turkey are signatories. My Department is obliged to deal in confidence with requests for mutual legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Support Services (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I know the Deputy will agree that we should never underestimate the dangers the men and women of An Garda Síochána face and the traumatic incidents they encounter in the course of their duty. The Government is committed to supporting the work of An Garda Síochána and to ensuring that the organisation is properly resourced to carry out its important role in protecting our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parole Boards (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware, the report of the Penal Policy Review Group, submitted to Government in November 2014, recommended that a Parole Board should be established on a statutory footing with the power to make decisions on sentences. Following the publication of the report, work commenced on a General Scheme of a Bill on the establishment of a Parole Board on a statutory basis. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the decision referred to has not yet been finalised. It is not possible to give a definitive date but the Deputy can be assured the applicant will be advised when a decision is made. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Decisions regarding the grant or refusal of visas are made in a number of INIS Visa Offices overseas, the INIS Visa Office in Dublin, and at Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from my Department. The processing times for visa decisions are published on the Visa pages of each Visa Office and Embassy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: All short stay visas are referred to as ‘C’ visas, and are issued for a number of different reasons, including tourism, business and family reasons. Persons from visa-required countries seeking to enter the State for business purposes can apply for a short stay business visa, which enables them to travel to Ireland and work within one 14 day period. Where appropriate, a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Industry Regulation (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The law and procedures governing the execution of Court Orders is contained in the Enforcement of Court Orders Acts, 1926 to 1940 and the Rules of Court made thereunder. Sheriffs or County Registrars acting as Sheriffs are responsible to the Court for the enforcement of court orders. Sheriffs are officers of the court and are independent in the exercise of their functions and duties under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. Its primary objective is to identify the proceeds of criminal activities and deprive people of the benefits of such criminal proceeds. The CAB operates nationally and is supported in its work by a network of approximately 380 trained asset profilers. These asset profilers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 a protected disclosure refers to the disclosure of relevant information which, inter alia, tends to show one or more relevant wrongdoings, including commission of an offence or failing to comply with a legal obligation. As the Deputy will appreciate, not all protected disclosures involve allegations of corruption. It is not necessary for a person to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible in the timeframe available to collate the information sought for the period in question. I will revert to the Deputy as soon as this information has been compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that CCTV systems installed for the purposes of crime prevention and as aids to policing in areas to which the general public routinely have access, such as town centres, fall into two distinct but complementary categories, namely Garda CCTV systems and community-based CCTV systems. Community CCTV is governed by section 38(3)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (15 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 484 and 485 together. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal administers the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted. Under the terms of the Scheme, the Tribunal is entirely independent in the matter of individual decisions on applications for compensation. I can advise the Deputy that in 2018 a total of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (15 Jan 2019)

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 and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to her on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (15 Jan 2019)

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 in...