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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by An Garda Síochána that the proposal for the redevelopment of Transair House at Dublin Airport to meet the requirements of both a Garda station and a facility for Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) have been agreed between Garda management and the Office of Public Works (OPW). The OPW is currently engaged with the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The frontline immigration checks in Terminal 1 and the Transit area of Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport are undertaken by civilian staff of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department. During the course of this year, INIS staff will take over these checks in Terminal 2 of the airport and the arrangements are in place for the deployment of the necessary additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that a competition for Recruit Prison Officer was advertised by the Public Appointments Service in 2016 with a closing date of 28 July 2016. The terms and conditions for this competition were set out in the booklet for the competition. Any person interested in the role of Recruit Prison Officer is required to go through the recruitment process which was provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Government has, in the Programme for a Partnership Government, recognised community policing as 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my responses to a number of recent Questions on this subject. As the Deputy is aware, when concerns were raised in 2011 with regard to allegations about the conduct of a UK police officer operating undercover in Ireland, a report on the issues arising was sought from An Garda Síochána. The report from the then Garda Commissioner was received in March 2011 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that Section 35 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009 as amended by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2011 provides for registration of easements (such as rights of way) and profits à prendre acquired by prescription (long use) to be made directly to the Property Registration Authority (PRA) under Section 49(A) of the Registration of Title...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that applications for registration based on possession are dealt with under Section 49 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964. The processing of Section 49 applications is not affected by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, as title to be shown is based on “adverse possession” under the Statute of Limitations 1957. These are complex legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I advised the Deputy in my response to question number 140 of the 12 July 2016, section 5(1) of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 states that the principle function of the Legal Aid Board is, inter alia, to provide legal aid and advice in civil cases to personswho satisfy the requirements of the Act. The Board has always interpreted the word ‘persons’ to mean natural persons only...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: By way of supplementing the important information set out in my earlier Written Reply to Question No.81 of 15 February 2016, I would like to reiterate that the current working focus remains very much on the phased commencement of the respective sections or Parts of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015. I would also like to assure the Deputy that the Chairperson and members of the Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The case to which the Deputy refers was a callous and unjustified act of violence carried out in the course of a robbery. I sympathise with the tragic bereavement that the family of the victim suffered. Indeed, this crime was an attack on the State itself. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the Serious Crime Review Team at the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 and 88 together. The Deputy will appreciate that I have no ministerial responsibility in relation to TUSLA. My Department was not consulted about nor informed in advance of the issuing of an apology by TUSLA to the person in question. Accordingly, there were no discussions of the kind referred to by the Deputy in advance of the issuing of an apology.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 31 January, 2017. I am also advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that they will get in touch with the person concerned. The Deputy may wish to note that queries may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: An Inter-Departmental Committee was set up in 2011 to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were run by 4 different Orders of nuns over a period of 70 years. Chapter 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: An Inter-Departmental Committee was set up in 2011 to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were run by 4 different Orders of nuns over a period of 70 years. Chapter 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Mr. David Stanton TD is Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration. Minister Stanton does not have a programme manager or advisor among his staff. In addition to Minister Stanton, Mr. Dara Murphy TD is the Minister of State for Data Protection at my Department and the Department of the Taoiseach. He is...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As Deputy Cowen well knows, this country was in an extraordinarily difficult situation just a number of years ago. Yesterday we saw the employment figures again improving and we saw the level of unemployment being reduced to 6.8%, a figure which the Deputy's party said would never be reached, and it also said that the targets in the Action Plan for Jobs would never be reached. That is the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: -----but the figures speak for themselves when it comes to employment. In regard to housing, the approach to it has been spelt out clearly by the Minister, Deputy Coveney. We have more money, more input than ever before and more detailed work with various local authorities to provide housing. We accept the seriousness of the situation. That is why we have a Minister with particular...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: There has been detailed engagement, as the Minister, Deputy Coveney, has often outlined here, between his Department and local authorities to ensure that housing is built as rapidly as possible. It is worth looking at some of the initiatives that have taken place and have been delivered already. In 2016, 18,380 social housing supports were provided to people, exceeding the target of 17,240,...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy talks about whether the Government is meeting the targets that have been outlined. He might now listen to some of the targets-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: -----that have been met.