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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; his views on whether it is necessary to make adjustments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place for a successor scheme to the future growth loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department provides support for farmers and agri-food businesses to develop new markets at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the destinations that are earmarked for trade missions to help expand existing and develop new markets for Ireland’s agri-food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill; the timeline for its passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to review the Fines Act 2010 and the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 to determine if they require amendment to reduce committal rates for defaults on court-ordered fines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7118/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is tracking the progress of the removal of Covid-19 restrictions in Irish prisons; the details of the restrictions that have been removed across the prison estate and in each prison particularly in regard to the removal of legal and family visitation restrictions in prisons; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (10 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government is on track to meet the Programme for Government deadline for the ratification and implementation of the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture within 18 months of the formation of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7120/22]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister for attending. I want to ask her a couple of things about Garda numbers and recruitment and so on. Can she give a little more detail on her opening remarks, particularly around the next stages of the Garda campaign and when it is likely to open? The redeployment of Garda members to operational front-line duties is a significant change that has been happening over a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is the reference to Garda staff strength?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Could I have the figures for Garda recruitment?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My next question is somewhat linked. On the provision of office facilities for Garda staff, co-location in Garda stations is not always required. Even in my area, there is an opportunity to develop an office building for Garda staff. Is that part of the programme for capital expenditure? There are pressures on some Garda stations because of their size. On Templemore, recruitment is to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does the Minister envisage a greater concentration of professional administrative functions? Will there be more distinct separation?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: From a cyber security perspective?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No problem.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In regard to domestic, sexual and gender based violence, as Deputy Daly said, we anticipate an increase in enforcement so it is important that funding is available to support that. Significant work is being done on the new strategy and the link with how services have been covered with Tusla. On a related point in respect of the youth justice strategy and the Garda youth diversion office,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is it. While it is not at the level of the Minister, to take the example of the efficiency of the service level agreements, if they are not being resolved until November of the calendar year, by whatever agency is involved, that makes delivery very difficult. Similarly, multi-annual funding as opposed to year-on-year funding is among the important structural changes on the ground that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have an identical problem in Dún Laoghaire. It is a large constituency but it has no refuge service. We have gone through the process exactly as described by the Minister. The difficulty we have reached is to find suitable accommodation that is available. As Deputy Smyth said, it is a subtle and nuanced task because not all accommodation is suitable. One needs accommodation that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I too acknowledge the extraordinary work of the Prison Service in protecting everybody, particularly from the more virulent or dangerous strains of Covid-19 at an early stage. Clearly, the Omicron variant got us all in one way or another. The Prison Service did exceptional work in an enclosed environment. I want to question the remaining Covid restrictions, insofar as they are in place. I...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is understandable. Family visits are so important, for obvious reasons, but so is the taking of legal instructions. It is understandable in the context of the broader modernisation programme that it is not necessary for people to attend every court appearance. That may particularly be the case on the criminal side of things. On the family law side of things, though, cases involving...