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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Legal Aid Board is the statutory independent body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to persons of modest means in the State. The Board also has responsibility to provide a family mediation service. I have had enquiries made with the Legal Aid Board on behalf of the Deputy and they have provided the following information. Civil legal aid and advice is provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of the official recorded crime statistics, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. As the Deputy will be aware, crime figures of the Central Statistics Office currently remain “Under Reservation”....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: There are approximately 3,700 desktop computers supported by the ICT Shared Service within my Department which currently run on the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. A project to upgrade this operating system is underway and is scheduled for completion prior to Windows 7 going out of support in January 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It is not envisaged that my Department will pay additional premium payments to Microsoft after the Windows 7 Operating System goes out of support, as it is intended that the operating system on the ICT Shared Service will be upgraded in advance of this. In the event that a small number of devices have not been upgraded by then, the situation will be reviewed to ensure that the best...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: There are approximately 3,700 desktop computers supported by the ICT Shared Service within my Department which currently run on the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. The ICT Shared Service also supports 34 other bodies. A project to upgrade all computers supported by the ICT Shared Service is underway and is scheduled for completion prior to Windows 7 going out of support in January 2020....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The resources provided by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached record levels, with an allocation for 2019 of €1.76 billion. I am pleased to have secured an overall increase of €122 million to increase An Garda Síochána's budget for 2020 to an unprecedented €1.882 billion for next year. Very significant capital investment is also being made in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for managing An Garda Síochána and for the allocation of Garda resources, in light of identified operational demands. This includes responsibility for personnel matters and the distribution of personnel across the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I am assured, however,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy may be aware that Section 16 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister for Justice and Equality may waive any or all of the statutory provisions for naturalisation as provided in Section 15 of the Act, where the applicant is of Irish descent or Irish associations. Having considered the application concerned, I am not satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It is important to be clear that under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for management of An Garda Síochána and for the allocation and efficient use of Garda resources. This includes responsibility for personnel matters and the distribution of personnel across the various Garda Divisions. As Minister I have no direct role...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that as of 21 October 2019 there are 2,480 staff employed in my Department. Of those, 2,128 work full-time, and 352 work part-time (i.e. any work pattern less than full time). These totals include permanent and non-permanent staff employed by or through the Department, and include, among others, staff in the Probation Service, Forensic Science Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that out of the €265 million provided for capital measures in Budget 2020, a total capital allocation of €116.5 million will be made available to the Garda Vote. This will provide for continuing ICT investment, upgrade and expansion of the Transport Fleet and various building construction and maintenance works. The precise amount to be allocated to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that as the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote, the Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of the organisation. I am informed by the Commissioner that the costs incurred by An Garda Síochána for the storage of seized vehicles are set out in the following table. Year Spend ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matters raised by the Deputy. I will write directly to the Deputy once I receive it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (5 Nov 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. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has provided the following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Firstly, I wish to advise the Deputy that the State cannot and does not deport people who are in the process of seeking asylum or international protection applicants, who have applied under the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) or under the International Protection Act 2015. Such persons may remain in the State while their application is examined. If, after these procedures, an applicant has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the managing An Garda Síochána and for the allocation of Garda resources, in light of identified operational demands. This includes responsibility for personnel matters and the distribution of personnel. As Minister I have no direct role in these matters. I understand however that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. Government policy in relation to drug and alcohol misuse is set out in Ireland’s National Drug Strategy, ‘Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery’, a health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. This represents a whole-of-Government response to the problem of drug and alcohol use in Ireland. My...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, Tusla has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual or gender based violence. As such, the relevant Minister in terms of the core funding of domestic violence services is the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, by virtue of her responsibility for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, which funds those services. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for managing An Garda Síochána, including the training of its members and civilian staff. As Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by An Garda Síochána that there are a range of training programmes in place to enable Gardaí to learn how to deal with incidences of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (5 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by An Garda Síochána that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of the annual funding for specialist training in the area of domestic violence in the past five years. The training plan costs the delivery of overall programmes and the provision of funding for niche training. Unit costs of courses which are delivered as part of longer running courses such...