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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government commits the Government to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country in order to maintain and strengthen community engagement, provide reassurance to citizens and to deter crime. A cornerstone of this commitment is the Government plan to achieve an overall...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (12 Apr 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. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As set out in my letter to the Deputy of 27 February 2017, I am advised that An Garda Síochána engages with a wide range of stakeholder groups as an integral part of its approach to policing and crime prevention. At national level, a Strategic Retail Forum is convened twice a year as an important element in the implementation of the Garda Theft from Shops Crime Prevention and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Administration (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Programme for a Partnership Government contains a commitment to resource the Courts, particularly the Circuit Court, to deal with increased non-summary prosecutions of serious crimes. As the Deputy is aware, at its meeting of 6 December 2016, the Government decided to reassign, by appointment, three specialist judges of the Circuit Court as ordinary judges of the Circuit Court. These...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Recidivism Rate (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Prolific offenders may be subject to a range of supervision orders. These include Post Release Supervision orders under the Sex offender Act 2001 or Part Suspended Sentence Supervision orders under the Criminal Justice Act 2006. In the management of these cases, the level of supervision in the community is determined by the level of risk indicated through the application of formal risk...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Programme for a Partnership Government contains a commitment to commission an annual study on court efficiency and sitting times as outlined by the Deputy and my Department has examined options to develop the most effective approach to implementing this commitment. It is intended that this study will be incorporated into a wider review of the administration of civil justice which has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government contains a commitment to bring forward legislation to reduce excessive delays to trials and court proceedings, including proposals for pre-trial hearings. The Criminal Procedure Bill is currently in the drafting process with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The primary aim of the Bill is to reduce delays and increase...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Apr 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. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Apr 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. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Apr 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. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I was here.

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: “recognises that:- the recent controversies surrounding An Garda Síochána are of the utmost seriousness and go to the heart of policing in the State; - it is essential that the Government, this House and all our citizens can trust members of An Garda Síochána to...

Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Where is Deputy Murphy now?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 to 95, inclusive, together. Revaluation is a statutory process and the same basis of valuation, as set out in Part 11 of the Valuation Acts, 2001 to 2015, is used to assess all ratepayers in a local authority area. Accordingly, there can be no question of differential treatment for particular categories of ratepayers. The outcome for each ratepayer,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (11 Apr 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 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 including crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Car Test (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to in the Deputy's question and I will contact the Deputy directly upon receipt of a Garda report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Car Test Data (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to in the Deputy's question and I will contact the Deputy directly upon receipt of a Garda report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 to 101, inclusive, together. As indicated in the Government's response to the recent PMB Motion on this issue, it is my intention to bring legislative proposals to Government, which will provide for statutory leave during the period between a premature birth and the expected date of birth of a child. This leave will be in addition to the current...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945 provide for a scheme of compensation for members of An Garda Síochána who are maliciously injured in the course of their duty or in relation to the performance of their duties as members of An Garda Síochána and for the dependents of members who have died from injuries maliciously inflicted on them. The total number of cases in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Office of Public Works, working closely with Garda management, has primary responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda stations and, as Minister, I have no direct role in relation to these matters. I understand from the Garda authorities that the areas of Portrane and Donabate are policed by members attached to Swords Garda station. That...