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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Discussions in relation to Budget 2017 are currently ongoing with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department's responsibilities are extensive and spread over 8 separate votes. The funding requirements for the Justice Vote Group under discussion include maintaining resourcing for the Garda Síochána across the range of its activities,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for decisions in relation to Garda station opening hours and I, as Minister, have no direct role in these matters. I have requested the Garda authorities to provide the information requested by the Deputy and will revert to him as soon as I have this to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy may be aware, the phased commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will begin as soon as possible before the end of the year. The Act provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The specific decision-making supports available under the Act to adults with capacity difficulties are decision-making...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for a Partnership Government recognises that community policing is the embodiment of An Garda Síochána, providing a means of recognising that every community, both urban and rural, has its own concerns and expectations. It commits the Government to ensuring visible, effective and responsive policing in every community, including the most...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: This Government is committed to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country in order to maintain and strengthen community engagement, provide reassurance to citizens and deter crime. Key to achieving this goal is the commitment in the "Programme for a Partnership Government" to continue the ongoing accelerated Garda recruitment programme with a view to increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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 made of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that if the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection in the State, the Deputy is advised that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until they have fully completed the protection process. This is in accordance with Section 19(1) of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda authorities that members of the Garda Reserve as part of their training programme spend 15 days in attendance at the Garda College, including the graduation ceremony, and 40 hours assigned to a Garda Station. Following attestation, the annual allowance payable to Reserve members as a contribution towards their expenses is set at €1,000 per annum. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Office of Public Works has the primary responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation and works closely with the Garda authorities in this regard. The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016-2021 includes the development of a new Garda station at the District Headquarters of Bailieboro, Co Cavan. I am happy to inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: On 29 February 2016 an authorisation was granted to the claimant to apply to the High Court for compensation in accordance with the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945 provide for a scheme of compensation for members of An Garda Síochána who are maliciously injured in the course of their duty or in relation to the performance of their duties as members of An Garda Síochána and for the dependants of members who have died from injuries maliciously inflicted on them. Before...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested the Garda authorities to provide information in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy and will revert to him as soon as I have this to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda authorities that payroll costs for new Garda recruits include a basic allowance of €184 per week plus a living allowance of €77.92. After 32 weeks of training, Garda recruits are attested and move on to the first point of the Garda pay scale: €23,750; rising to a maximum of €45,793 per annum after 19 years. The annual cost of 100 new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts and Units, and I as Minister have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keep this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will recall, towards the end of 2015 I secured some €6.5 million in additional funding for the purchase of Garda vehicles to be delivered in 2016. Taken with the sum allocated under the Government's Capital plan in 2016 for vehicles (almost €6 million), over 500 vehicles have come on stream in 2016 at a cost of some €12.5 million. The situation with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Joint Agency Task Force was one of the important commitments under the 'Fresh Start' Agreement to tackle cross-border organised crime, including that linked to paramilitarism. The Joint Agency Task Force is led by the police and revenue services and brings together the relevant law enforcement agencies to better co-ordinate strategic and operational actions against cross-border organised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The European Commission is currently conducting a feasibility study on an EU Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), where visa-exempt travellers would register relevant information regarding their intended journey. The system under consideration would be similar to the US Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) scheme. The final report of the feasibility study is due...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Valuation Office (27 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Valuation Office is currently undertaking a systematic national programme of revaluing, for rates purposes, all industrial and commercial properties in the State on a rating authority area basis. The purpose of revaluation is to bring more equity, fairness and transparency into the local authority rating system and to distribute the commercial rates liability more equitably between...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Since its publication in June, 2015 the Report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers, has been under proactive consideration; in the first instance by the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform and thereafter on an ongoing basis in my Department and other relevant Government Departments...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Startup Gathering (27 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the Start Up Entrepreneur Programme was reviewed in 2014 and there are no current plans to conduct another review. It is intended, however, to carry out a review of the Immigrant Investor Programme which will be completed in early 2017.