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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: Community Policing (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: 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: Drugs in Prisons (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been advised by the Irish Prison Service that any prisoner who enters the custody of the Irish Prison Services while presenting with addiction issues has access to addiction services, and is actively encouraged to engage with those services. The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that the treatments available are based on the principles of best practice, and are similar to those...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my response of 21 June 2016 to Question No. 106 of 2016 in relation to this matter (copied underneath). The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department understands that the persons concerned have appointments to obtain new travel documents from their home country in November, 2016. Until they are in possession of valid travel documents, INIS...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Since the Irish Prison Service (IPS) Statistics Unit commenced the collation of a quarterly Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners in July 2013 - available on its website www.irishprisons.ie - the number of prisoners on 22/23 hour lock up has decreased from 211 to 74 i.e. by 137 (65%). I am advised by the Director General of the IPS that he has established a high level group to look at...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: 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. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of members is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors including crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I have advised the Deputy previously, there has been significant change in the procedures for members of the Gardaí who wish to report allegations of wrongdoing. The Protected Disclosures 2014 Act was part of the then Government's comprehensive approach to enhancing the protections available to whistleblowers, including members of the Garda Síochána. Under the Act, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that 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 Strength (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of members is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors including crime...

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: Crime Levels (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am very much aware of the impact of burglary and related crime on householders and local rural communities, which is why I initiated a wide ranging review of our response to this type of crime. On foot of this we have developed a considered and robust strategy to confront the criminals involved in organised burglary gangs who have targeted communities around the country, including County...

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: 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: Road Traffic Offences (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, a number of arrangements are in place in relation to the production of driver licences in Court. Insofar as the bringing of prosecutions regarding the offences referred to are concerned, the Deputy will appreciate that I have no role in the bringing of particular prosecutions. However, I am informed that there is ongoing consultation between An Garda...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: The ongoing migration crisis is a serious and extremely complex challenge facing the EU with numerous pressure points and it is important that there be a coherent and coordinated response. Persons who are currently in another EU Member State, including those in the camps in Calais, and who are in need of international protection, are entitled to make an application for asylum in that country,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UK Referendum on EU Membership (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Since the result of the UK referendum, there have been a number of discussions at Government and official level with our British counterparts on the consequences of the UK vote to leave the EU. The UK is in the process of formulating its negotiating position on withdrawal from the EU and thus it is not yet clear what the implications of a withdrawal would be for the free movement of persons....

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

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which...