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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 was enacted with the primary purposes of reforming the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and facilitating the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). These are companies registered under the Companies Act, the members of which are the owners...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government has an agreed overall vision for the Garda workforce of 21,000 personnel by 2021 to include 15,000 Garda members, 2,000 Garda Reserve members and 4,000 civilians. This very substantial investment in personnel is driven by our commitment to ensuring that all citizens have the reassurance of a visible, responsive and effective policing service. At present there are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured that Garda management keeps the allocation of resources of a Regional Divisional and District level, under continual review taking into account of a range of factors...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for decisions in relation to the distribution of Garda resources, including Garda station opening hours, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in these matters. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of Gardaí is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, Operation Thor has been put in place to tackle burglary and related crimes, in both rural and urban areas. It is encouraging to note that since the launch of the operation in November 2015, the burglary figures have shown a significant downward trend. Indeed, the most recent CSO official recorded crime statistics for Q3 of 2016 show a decrease of 31% in burglary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am very conscious of the value that communities, especially rural communities, place on CCTV as a means of deterring crime and assisting in the detection of offenders. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to providing investment in CCTV systems and that I have secured €1 million in Budget 2017 to begin a new round of community CCTV...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The archive of State records of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Magdalen Laundries (the McAleese archive) is held in the Department of An Taoiseach. The McAleese report specifically states that it was agreed that the most appropriate course of action would be that the archive of the Committee’s work would be deposited with An Taoiseach. The records provided by the religious...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86, 88, 89 and 102 together. I refer the Deputies to my response to Questions 112 and 113 of Tuesday 21 February in which I explained the background to the issue of the Application for International Protection Questionnaire (form IPO 2) and dealt comprehensively with the issue of the time afforded to applicants for protection to complete the questionnaire....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed that since the commencement of the International Protection Act, the Legal Aid Board has committed to providing all international protection clients with early legal advice on all aspects of their application (including, for example, Asylum, Subsidiary Protection and Permission to Remain). The provision of the Board’s service is consequently front-loaded to the first...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and Units and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of Gardaí is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Administration (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Student migration and international education contributes significantly to Ireland both culturally and economically. Its importance has been underscored by successive Programmes for Government and Ireland's International Education Strategies 2010 and 2016. The first round of student immigration reforms began in 2011 with the publication of the ‘New Immigration Regime for Full-Time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a 'join family' visa from the person referred to was received in the Ankara Visa Office on 25 August, 2016. Such applications, where the sponsor is an Irish national, can normally be expected to be dealt with within 6 months of receipt of all the required documentation as set...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and Units and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of Gardaí is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (23 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: Prison Staff (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been advised by the Irish Prison Service that it has engaged over a period of time with the prison officer to whom the Deputy refers and that it will continue to do so in its capacity as a responsible employer.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would like thank the Deputy for raising the serious issue of speeding on our roads. The increase in the number of road traffic fatalities in 2016 and the early indications of a similar figure in the year to date highlights the need to continue to deploy all effective measures to reduce speeding, and therefore road traffic collisions. Road safety is of course a shared responsibility and it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am very conscious of the value that communities, especially rural communities, place on CCTV as a means of deterring crime and assisting in the detection of offenders. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to providing investment in CCTV systems and that I have secured €1 million in Budget 2017 to begin a new round of community CCTV...