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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware there are a range of legislative measures in place to provide protections to victims of domestic violence. These include provisions under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 which provides a range of offences which may occur in a domestic violence context including assault, assault causing harm, assault causing serious harm and coercion. The Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I strongly support the principle of Community Policing and the development of partnerships between An Garda Síochána and local communities. The Garda National Model of Community Policing plays a key part in responding to crime and encouraging community engagement by taking into account and responding to local conditions and needs, and all Gardaí have a role to play in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (28 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. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (28 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: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) was established by Government Decision on 10 September 2015 as a direct response to the humanitarian crisis that developed in Southern Europe as a consequence of mass migration from areas of conflict in the Middle East and Africa. Under the programme the Government has pledged to accept a total of 4,000 persons overall under the EU Relocation and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: On 21 October 2015, the previous Government published a roadmap to Ireland’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which outlines the considerable legislative changes to be undertaken to enable Ireland to ratify the Convention, along with the estimated deadline of end-2016 for ratification. The Roadmap to Ratification, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Given that the shocking and tragic event to which the Deputy refers is still under investigation it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the specific case other than to reiterate my deepest condolences and sympathy for the family of the victims. Domestic violence is a social evil and the protection of members of society from domestic violence remains a priority for me and my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a hugely important role in ensuring that public confidence in the Garda Síochána is safeguarded, and has extensive powers under the 2005 Act to enable it to carry out its responsibilities. GSOC has been operating now for 10 years and in that time its role has been expanded by, for example, bringing complaints against...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that violently disruptive prisoners are managed under the Irish Prison Service Violently Disruptive Prisoner Policy, which was revised as recently as September 2016. Management in accordance with the policy includes an input from all of the relevant services in relation to the prisoner’s conditions of detention. This involves case conference...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Livestock Theft (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am of course very conscious of the serious impact of the theft of livestock, as well as the theft of farm equipment and similar crimes, on farm families and rural communities. In relation to policing measures to counter livestock theft in the areas referred to, I am advised that local Garda Management closely monitors the allocation of all resources, including mobile patrols, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a person must be in possession of either a valid travel document or national passport in order to make a visa application. Should a person not meet this criterion, they will need to either obtain a national passport from their home country or a travel document from a humanitarian organisation such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that sickness absences are not recorded in the manner requested by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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, which includes arranging for the training of Garda members and civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that each Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The "Programme for a Partnership Government" includes a commitment to double the Garda Reserve to act in a supportive role undertaking local patrols and crime reduction measures. Reserve members have undergone training in many of the skills required to be an effective full-time member of An Garda Síochána and it is important that we build on the very real contribution that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that there is no serious or undue delay in the Garda employment vetting process which hampers employment in the sectors in respect of which vetting is provided. I am informed by the Garda authorities that at present 80% of vetting applications are processed by the Garda Central Vetting Bureau in under five working days. I do not consider that this is an...