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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and review of the State’s performance before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination took place last week in Geneva. The State was represented at the Committee by a cross-Departmental group led by Minister of State Stanton. Ireland’s national statement to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 234 together. It is my understanding that the Deputy is referring to EU Regulation (650/2012) of July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of successions and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession. I can inform the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235, 247, 278 and 279 together. My Department became aware in September 2018 of customers experiencing difficulties booking registration appointments. Some of these difficulties had arisen because third party agents had been able to secure multiple appointments through the use of automatic software. A set of software fixes was introduced in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 237 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the recent judgment which issued from the Court of Appeal and the certainty it brings to the Citizenship application process. My Department is currently undertaking an in-depth analysis of the judgement and is assessing the next steps. Yesterday, my Department hosted a citizenship ceremony in Killarney where approximately 2,000 persons received their certificates of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target a person's assets, wherever situated, which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. Since its inception, the Bureau has been at the forefront of fighting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, due to a large volume of applicants for naturalisation the Citizenship Ceremony which took place on 9 December, reached its full capacity in a short timeframe. However, the person referred to by the Deputy will be invited to the next available ceremony. While a date for this has yet to be confirmed it will be published on my Department's website...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 248 together. Entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The Act distinguishes between the entitlement to citizenship by birth and descent and to the acquisition of citizenship through the naturalisation process. Following a referendum of the Irish people, the 27th amendment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is statutorily responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these matters. I am assured that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 286 together. The resources provided by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached record levels, with an allocation for 2019 of €1.76 billion and this is due to increase further to an unprecedented €1.88 billion for 2020. The capital budget for An Garda Síochána has also been significantly increased - a total of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the Registration Office of the Immigration Service in my Department operates an online appointment system which aims to provide certainty to those who come for registration so that they are dealt with within the hour of their appointment. The onus rests with the applicant to ensure that they apply in good time prior to the expiry of their residence permission....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cash for Gold Trade Regulation (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: A consultation took place on the regulation of the ‘Cash for Gold’ trade in 2015. A total of six submissions were received following this public consultation, many of which had common proposals for introducing safeguards to prevent stolen items of jewellery being sold to businesses trading in precious metals and stones. This public consultation was a valuable contribution to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together. The International Protection Act 2015, which was fully commenced on 31 December 2016, brought about significant reforms to our international protection process. The most significant of these was the introduction of a single application procedure. By replacing the previous multi-layered and sequential process, the single application...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: In accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including the allocation and efficient use of Garda resources. I have requested the relevant information from the Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy directly when I receive it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 253 together. I refer to the Deputy’s previous questions 3606/19 of 24 January 2019 and 45496/18 of 6 November 2018 in which information was requested on the number of all detected sexual offences as recorded by An Garda Síochána in specific categories in each of the years 2004 to 2017 in tabular form. I would first point out that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Commissioner is statutorily responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these matters. I am assured that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, for reasons of maintaining full confidentiality, it is not my Department's practice to comment on whether an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State. An applicant for such protection status, or their legal representative, should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Corporate Governance (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation is lead in relation to progress on the report referred by the Deputy. A number of actions are led by my Department. As requested, I have set out below in tabular form the position in relation to those actions. Action Point No. Action Point Timeline Relevant Bodies Lead/Owner Status ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: My Department engages in public information campaigns, where appropriate, in order to draw attention to important issues in the Justice and Equality sector. The main awareness campaign the Department runs is aimed at targeting domestic, sexual and gender based violence. The 'No Excuses' campaign is a high impact media campaign designed to reach a national audience featuring TV, cinema,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: On the basis of the clarifications that have been provided by the Deputy’s Office, I wish to confirm that my Department does not have data-sharing agreements in place with organisations that are not other Government Departments or State Agencies. My Department does have Controller Processor contracts in place with service providers who process data, including personal data, on...