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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was issued with a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in light of the fact that they had no valid basis to remain in the State. This notification advised the person concerned of the options open to them as a result. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Jun 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. Should further documentation be required it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the manner in which any criminal investigation is conducted is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I, as Minister, have no role in such matters. Under our law, criminal investigations can only be carried out by An Garda Síochána who then submit a report to the Director of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (11 Jun 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, and this includes the provision of information on the courts system. I have requested information from the Courts Service and it has provided the following data. I should add that the Courts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is statutorily responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters, and I, as Minister, do not have responsibility for this 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: Garda Expenditure (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The resources provided by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached unprecedented levels, with an allocation for 2019 of €1.76 billion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of An Garda Síochána as well as for decisions in relation to the allocation and management of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Inspector of Prisons has an important role in ensuring an effective independent oversight of our prison system.  Following her appointment in May 2018, Ms. Patricia Gilheaney contracted PA consultants to carry out a review of the functions and arrangements of her office.  The report was submitted to my Department and discussions regarding resources, legal powers and other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The resources provided by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached unprecedented levels, with an allocation for 2019 of €1.76 billion. Very significant capital investment is also being made in An Garda Síochána, including a total of €46 million which is being invested in the Garda fleet between 2016 and 2021. This continuing investment is intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (11 Jun 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 or to provide comment on what stage such applications are at in the administrative process. Under Section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015, it is an offence to identify an international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the person referred to had sought the setting up of an inquiry under section 109 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 arising from his dissatisfaction with the progress of his complaint to GSOC. I examined the matter in light of the person's request and, as I am required to do under the Act, I consulted with GSOC.  Following that consultation I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, last week I accepted an invitation from Ministers Bruton, McGrath and Senator Noone to meet with community groups in the Dublin 13 and 17 areas, under the umbrella of the Northside Partnership.  This meeting involved representatives of various community initiatives in the Coolock, Darndale and Clongriffin areas, local school principals, Gardaí and local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to is expected to be examined in the coming week by the visa office in Abuja. A decision will then issue directly to both the applicant and the sponsor. I am further advised that the Policy Document on Family Reunification contains a stated business target that visa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: When an international protection applicant is issued with a labour market access permission under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 and takes up employment, the employer (or the applicant in cases of self-employment) is obliged to inform the Minister within 21 days. A standard form for this purpose is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The details will be set out in the published statement.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I assume that one of the attributes to be taken into consideration would be experience.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I do not agree. The published statement may set out different selection procedures depending on the judicial office or, indeed, the procedures that may have been applied from time to time. It deals with the various offices, be it at District Court, Circuit Court or High Court level, and so on. Paragraph (b) covers a situation where the applicant may already have been a serving judge of the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I dealt ad nauseamwith the points raised by Senator Norris. The wording of section 52(2)(b), “a particular judicial office”, is a distinction from the office already held. If the word “particular” was not there, then the subsection would read a “judicial office where applicants already hold judicial office”. This will be a particular judicial office...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It could well do. These would be issues for the procedures committee.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: No. It is clear the committee can recommend procedures that may, from time to time, vary between offices, no more and no less. There is no conspiracy. It merely allows the committee to recommend certain procedures from time to time.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I merely want to state, yet again, that what we are doing here in terms of the practice and procedure in respect of this statement may well vary from time to time, as indeed it might be desirable to do so between the procedures that apply in the form of selection for somebody who does not have a judicial experience and somebody who has.The section refers to "a particular judicial office". It...