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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) team at Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels currently consists of seven officials from the Department of Justice made up of one Counsellor, four Attachés and two administrative staff. There are currently no vacancies in the JHA team. The role of officials in the JHA team is to offer assistance to Ministers and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) team at Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels currently consists of seven officials from the Department of Justice made up of one Counsellor, four Attachés and two administrative staff. There are currently no vacancies in the JHA team. The role of officials in the JHA team is to offer assistance to Ministers and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (14 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...; - early intervention work with younger children (8-11 years); and - work with schools to support retention of young people with challenging behaviour in the education system. Under the Youth Justice Strategy 2021-27, the intention is to further develop this service so that it is available to every child in the State who could benefit from it, through an ongoing expansion of existing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: In relation to the EU migration pact, there is a motion to refer it to the justice committee. The justice committee can scrutinise it. It will come back here, and the Government will give it ample time. Deputy Murphy can make her contribution both before the justice committee-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: ...how the absence of an Executive stymies some levels of engagement. However, I am pleased to say there is excellent ongoing cross-Border co-operation with counterparts in Northern Ireland on relevant justice matters. It is important I state that clearly. This includes co-operation between my Department and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland on a range of issues as well as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: I will have to ask the Minister for Justice to revert directly to the Deputy. I am aware work is under way in the Department of Justice in respect of that matter. Certainly, it is my view, and I think it is also the Minister for Justice's view, that in certain cases of particularly heinous crimes, there is merit in considering the idea of a minimum tariff.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...to take Questions Nos. 545 and 571 together. As the Deputy may be aware, last year, my Department committed to undertake a public consultation on the issue of parental alienation as part of the Justice Plan 2022. The consultation presented an opportunity for individuals and organisations to offer their views and experiences of parental alienation, its impact and how it could be responded...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (27 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: ...implementation plan for the Third National Strategy, build on the reforms already introduced under Supporting A Victims Journey. These reforms are focused on creating a more victim centred criminal justice system to ensure that victims, and in particular vulnerable victims, feel empowered to report crimes, and that when they do, they are fully supported at every stage of their interaction...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (18 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Government is determined to overhaul the operation of the Family Justice System, to ensure that we have a more efficient and user-friendly family court process that puts the family at the centre of its work. As the Deputy is aware, on the 16th of November 2022, then Minister for Justice Helen McEntee published the first National Family Justice Strategy. The Strategy sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (3 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that there is excellent ongoing cross-Border co-operation with counterparts in Northern Ireland on relevant justice matters.  There has been regular contact between my predecessors as Minster for Justice and the Minister for Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive. There is also excellent ongoing cross border co-operation between our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 (RWRCI Act) makes provision for a range of primary and community health services (and benefits) in Ireland for women who qualify under the Department of Justice & Equality Restorative Justice Scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalene Laundries and similar institutions. The RWRCI Act provides a statutory basis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (16 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: ...-medical and industrial and because of its legitimate uses it is not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977-2016 or under the International Drug Conventions. Under Section 3 of the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 it is an offence to, inter, sell, import or export a psychoactive substance for human consumption, including Nitrous Oxide. The Criminal Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Inquiry (26 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: Mr Justice Meenan's report on an alternative system for dealing with cases arising from CervicalCheck was published on 16 October 2018. Following consultation with relevant Departments, the Government agreed on 18 December to my proposal to establish an independent statutory tribunal, chaired by Ms Justice Mary Irvine, to deal with claims arising from CervicalCheck. The Tribunal will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...implemented which were necessary to ensure that Ireland is in compliance with the obligations of the Optional Protocol. Enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 and the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 were significant steps on the pathway to the ratification of the Optional Protocol. Further smaller legislative amendments relating to the extra-territorial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: ...infringement proceedings - The reform of licensing and regulation of gambling in Ireland, including the establishment of a new independent gambling regulatory authority - Matters relating to Youth Justice which fall under the responsibility of the Department of Justice, including the delivery of a Youth Justice Strategy in conjunction with the Minister of Justice - The establishment of an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Justice provides funding to Muintir na Tíre to cover the costs incurred by communities in administering the Text Alert Scheme. The Scheme is administered on a refund basis whereby communities submit their annual costs to Muintir na Tíre and a maximum refund of up to €450 is provided to the community. This funding is provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...However, any such request, to have a realistic chance of having a favourable outcome, would need to be founded on new information or changed circumstances which were not put before the Minister for Justice, nor were capable of being put before the Minister for Justice, when the decision to make a Deportation Order was taken. Where such a request is made, the outcome of that request will be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 94: In page 29, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 5 of Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 34. Section 5(5)(c) of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 is amended by the insertion of “6A,” after “6,” and the insertion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexual Offences Data (7 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: Active consideration is being given by the Department of Justice and Equality and other relevant Government Departments to a further SAVI type study with factors receiving consideration including the new sources of more recent data in relation to sexual violence available to underpin and inform policy development, along with the need for ongoing investment in support services for victims....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce measures to remove barriers by persons with disabilities in accessing the justice system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17177/13]