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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The table, provided by An Garda Síochána, outlines by incident-type, different incidents involving on-duty Garda vehicles in respect of each year during the period 2011 to 2018. The table includes information on ramming incidents and malicious damage, as well as accidents, and serves to illustrate the dangers facing members of An Garda Síochána while using vehicles to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, there has been unprecedented investment in An Garda Síochána in recent years, in support of the Government’s commitment to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country in order to maintain and strengthen community engagement and provide reassurance to citizens and deter crime. The resources provided by Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will understand, prior to making an appointment to the position of recruit prison officer, the Irish Prison Service is obliged to make such inquires as are deemed necessary to determine the suitability of candidates. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed, a final determination as to the success of any candidate cannot be made, nor can it be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I understand that the Inspector of Prisons is currently considering the establishment of an advisory group, but that this has not been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an appeal was received by the Visa Office in Dublin on 12 December 2018.  The Appeals Officer has requested additional information and is waiting for a reply. All documentation submitted with the original application and any additional information submitted will be fully considered. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (22 Jan 2019)

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 inquiries made and the Courts Service has advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the manner in which the resources of the Garda Síochána are deployed is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I, as Minister, have no direct role in this regard. It is a matter for the Divisional Chief Superintendent to determine the optimum distribution of duties among the personnel available taking account of those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239, 240 and 250 together. The Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme (IHAP), which I announced in May 2018, provides a new humanitarian pathway for eligible family members coming from the world’s top ten major source countries of refugees based on the UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report. The IHAP is part of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The matter raised by the Deputy is the subject of a recommendation made by the Cost of Insurance Working Group in its Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance published in January 2018. As the Deputy will be aware, the Cost of Insurance Working Group, chaired by Minister of State Michael D'Arcy TD, brings together the relevant Departments and Offices...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that as a result of a tender competition for a substantial development at Limerick prison a preferred bidder has been identified.  It is anticipated that the Irish Prison Service will be in a position to issue a Letter of Acceptance in the very near future.  Capital payments will be released following certification of the work by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the manner in which the resources of the Garda Síochána are deployed is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I, as Minister, have no direct role in this regard. I am informed by the Commissioner that Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Data (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The principal manner by which those who have been granted refugee status by the State can seek family reunification is provided for in the International Protection Act 2015.  Specifically, sections 56 and 57 provides for reunification where the family member is as defined in section 56(9) of that Act.  In addition, earlier this year I announced a new scheme for family reunification...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

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. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had inquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that, at present, the Courts Service has a capital buildings...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department are preparing for a variety of scenarios, including the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. As part of those deliberations, arrangements for current holders of EUFAM permissions already granted under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 are currently being examined...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Department of Justice and Equality uses the central government air travel contract for commercial air travel. This contract was awarded to Club Travel, following a public procurement exercise carried out by the Office of Government Procurement, and came into effect on 1 August 2017. Costs are kept to a minimum through seeking the most competitive rate available at the time of request...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The total spend on newspapers by my Department in 2018 was €53,067. A sustained effort has been made to reduce the spend on newspapers over recent years, this has brought the spend down to the current figure from a total of €80,818 in 2010. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the primary purpose of Garda vetting for employment purposes is to support protection for children and vulnerable adults and that the processing of vetting applications by the Garda National Vetting Bureau is an operational matter for the Garda Authorities and is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that visa processing times have improved in the New Delhi Visa Office in recent weeks. The Embassy website has been updated to reflect current processing times for each visa category. As outlined previously, the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family reunification...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As set out in, and attached to my response to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question number 70 of 5 July 2018, the following table from the Garda authorities sets out the number of incidents recorded for offences under the Betting Acts 1853/1931, as amended, as well as offences under the Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956 for the period 2010-2017. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána. Further, the allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Commissioner, in light of the...