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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: That is correct.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: This is not the first occasion on which we have been entertained with the concept of a judge being interviewed on his or her ideological stance, preferences or disposition. Senator McDowell knows well that in no place does the Bill provide for the type of question that may be asked in an interview, if there is an interview at all. I do not accept that the concept of interviewing judges is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Senator is being entirely mischievous.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I think we should put the amendment.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I ask that the question be put. It is only a row. Again. I have sat here quietly for the last 40 minutes.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It is a phoney row.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it received an application for permission to reside in this State from the person concerned under the Special Scheme for Students 2005 to 2010 on 23 October 2018. The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in chronological order. I understand that the application is under active...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures Data (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised that since the introduction of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 to 31 December 2018, the number of Protected Disclosures received in my Department classified as such, following assessment, is 52. Under the Act, a Protected Disclosure is defined as being a disclosure of relevant information relating to wrongdoing made by a worker in the manner specified in the Act. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathology Service (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: My Department does not own or lease this property and is not aware of any plans for its use. The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW), including the premises occupied by the Office of the State Pathologist, adjacent to the address referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have sought further information in relation to the Deputy's query and I will contact him directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rape Crisis Network Funding (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate Tusla, the Child and Family Agency is the primary statutory funder for sexual violence services, including rape crisis centres in the state. In 2019, the Tusla national provision for frontline Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence services is €25.3 million. This allocation includes direct funding provision to the rape crisis centres and I am advised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (19 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 for investment in the Garda fleet between 2016 and 2021. This continuing investment is intended to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: In accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including the allocation of Garda resources. As such, decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles across the various Garda divisions are a matter for the Commissioner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: 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 including personnel matters. I am informed by the Commissioner that the number of members of An Garda Síochána who were absent from duty due to illness for a period greater than six...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of the resources. I am advised by the Commissioner that Garda Juvenile Liaison Officers (JLOs) are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As outlined in my responses to Parliamentary Questions number 234 of the 24th May and number 167 of the 29th of May, my Department is currently finalising the statutory review of the Defamation Act 2009. I expect a draft report with options for reform to be submitted to me in the coming weeks, with a view to my bringing proposals for legislative change to Government in the autumn. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the Government agreed in April 2017 to progress the objective of establishing an independent Parole Board on a statutory footing by focusing on the Deputy's Private Member's Bill, and to bring forward appropriate amendments to the Bill at Report Stage. As well as providing for the establishment of the new Parole Board, the Bill sets out the criteria to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, 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. I am considering the report in the light of advice from the Attorney General with a view to publishing it in accordance with section 31 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As previously outlined to the Deputy, the CSO's official crime figures remain “Under Reservation”, however, it is clear that progress is being made by An Garda Síochána and the CSO in improving the quality of the crime statistics. In December 2018, the CSO published a third review of the quality of recorded crime statistics, based on data recorded on the PULSE...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed that the assessment of the caseload of the Tribunal will be submitted to me shortly and I will provide the Deputy with a further update at that point. I can further inform the Deputy that the Law Reform Commission published its fifth Programme of Law Reform on 5 June 2019. A review of the Scheme of Compensation for Injuries Criminally Inflicted is one of the fifteen...