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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Government is committed to building a new Family Law Centre and Children’s Court in Dublin 7. The Government’s Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021 provides for development of a Family Law and Children’s Court at the Hammond Lane site. The project is to be delivered as a Public Private Partnership. As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Privacy (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can confirm that the Inspector of Prisons has furnished me with a copy of the report of her investigation, carried out under section 31 of the Prisons Act 2007, into allegations of improper surveillance and other wrongdoing in prisons. In line with standard practice, I am considering the report in consultation with the Attorney General with a view to publishing it in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (2 Apr 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 may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Paramilitary Groups (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Government attaches the highest priority to the security of the State and the people.  Combating terrorism, whatever its origin, remains a primary and priority task of An Garda Síochána, supported where necessary by the Defence Forces.  The State has a strong body of laws in place to counter terrorism and sustain our national...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy continues to be processed and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. If further documentation is required it will be requested from the applicant in due...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I must inform the Deputy that information regarding the number of prosecutions for abuses of animals is not held by my Department.  Under Irish law, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) operates independently of me and my Department, and decides whether or not someone should be prosecuted for a crime, following a Garda investigation. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Witness Intimidation (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 to 219, inclusive, together. I must inform the Deputy that the specific information being sought in relation to numbers of prosecutions is not available within my Department. As the Deputy is aware, the intimidation of a witness or juror is an offence pursuant to Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999, which specifies the offence as harming,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (2 Apr 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 enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.  All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act.  A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a deportation order made on 12 November 2018. The person concerned was deported from the State on 28 March 2019.  The effect of the deportation order is that person concerned must remain outside the State. Queries in relation to the status...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that as my Department did not provide the grant funding to the organisation in question, I cannot comment on the details of the funding.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Apr 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 may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that I have no role, in my capacity as Minister for Justice and Equality, in relation to operational matters, such as the matter referred to in the Deputy's question. However, I am informed by An Garda Síochána that every report of a missing person made is appropriately assessed, with a view to determining the level of risk and degree of urgency which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Interdepartmental Working Groups (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Surrogacy Interdepartmental Group is comprised of senior officials from the Department of Justice and Equality, the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, together with the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Office of the Attorney General. The Group first met in 2011 to jointly develop a guidance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018, the Data Protection Commission is independent in the exercise of its functions.  I am advised by the Data Protection Commission that, during the period referred to by the Deputy, prosecutions were conducted pursuant to the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The formulation and development of social media content by my Department is generally undertaken internally by the Department’s Press and Communications Office, in consultation with relevant policy Divisions as appropriate. The only exception to this in recent years is ‘What Would You Do?’, the national awareness campaign around domestic violence. This three year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: My Department’s social media channels are managed internally by the Department’s Press and Communications Office. he Press and Communications Office also creates the vast majority of multi-media content featured on those channels, in consultation with the relevant policy divisions, and engagement with other relevant Departments on cross-cutting areas of public service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Department of Justice and Equality has an operating Irish Language Scheme under Section 11 of the Official Languages Act 2003. A PDF copy of the Scheme can be accessed at the following link: . The Scheme, which was confirmed by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, commenced with effect from 30 June 2006. Tá Scéim Gaeilge atá i bhfeidhm ag an Roinn...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am reluctant to enter into a debate on prison infrastructure and policy but, lest that reluctance be interpreted as indifference, I have lived and worked throughout my career in the town of Portlaoise, which is perhaps best known for its prison complex, the largest urban prison complex in Great Britain and Ireland. I am very familiar with the workings of prison and with prison policy and...