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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Reverse canvassing.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: That is not something we have heard of before.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: No, I have dealt with this issue.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I refer to sections 27 and 28 because I do not believe we can read the amendments, in particular amendment number 86d, without reference to the confidential information and the duty of confidentiality of certain proceedings and matters, as evidenced by the sections 27 and 28 of the Bill that have already been passed. From listening to Senator McDowell, it seems this is about the role and...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I thought I had made that clear. A reading of sections 27 and 28 makes it clear that members of the commission shall be bound by confidentiality. A member of the commission is the Attorney General. Therefore, the Attorney General will be bound by a similar stricture.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: He would be on the commission if it were not for the amendment-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Debt Relief (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) is an independent statutory body established under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012. The objective of the ISI is to restore insolvent persons to solvency. The ISI’s functions include authorising, supervising and regulating both Approved Intermediaries and Personal Insolvency Practitioners. An Approved Intermediary is a person or class of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 to 95, inclusive, 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. Persons from the following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Transfers are initiated by individual staff contacting other Departments to be placed on their incoming transfer list. This process is managed by the receiving organisation. My Department does not hold information on staff members who are transfer lists for other Departments.  A new Civil Service wide mobility scheme launched last year. This scheme is co-ordinated by the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that I, as Minister for Justice and Equality, have no role in relation to the collation of data on driving offences, which is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána. I have been informed by An Garda Síochána that Garda road traffic statistics are not recorded in a way that allows for the disaggregation of the data in the manner you have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commemorative Events (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Government's approach to commemorations over the remainder of the Decade of Centenaries will continue to be supported by the guidance of the Expert Advisory Group on Centenary Commemorations. The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht published the most recent guidance from the Advisory Group earlier this month.  Plans to mark the centenaries of particular significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (31 Jan 2019)

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: Online Safety (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Law Reform Commission produced a report on Harmful Communications and Digital Safety in September 2016. This report contained a number of recommendations to improve the criminal justice and regulatory response to harm perpetrated online. The report is essentially divided into two parts: It proposed the appointment of a Digital Safety Commissioner to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 to 104, inclusive, together. I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities and I will contact the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. On completion of the necessary processing the application will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his legal representative should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly, as appropriate. The IPO...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that if the person concerned wishes to apply for a travel document he or she must complete a Travel Document application form and submit it to the Travel Documents Section, Ministerial Decisions Unit, Repatriation Division, INIS, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. The application form and information about...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned made an application for permission to remain in the State as the spouse of an Irish national in November 2018. The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in chronological order. INIS acknowledged the application without delay and informed the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, made following the refusal of their asylum and subsidiary protection applications and the consideration of their case under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). Representations were received in October 2018 from the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (31 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...