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Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy talks about whether the Government is meeting the targets that have been outlined. He might now listen to some of the targets-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: -----that have been met.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Under the housing assistance payment homeless pilot in Dublin-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: -----810 stable and supported housing tenancies for homeless individuals were delivered by the end of 2016.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Housing assistance payment has been introduced in nine local authority areas. At the end of 2016, 350 rapid-build homes-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: -----and, wherever possible, housing was delivered by local authorities and land made available.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I said, 8,500 units are under way at present.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As Deputy Cowen well knows, this country was in an extraordinarily difficult situation just a number of years ago. Yesterday we saw the employment figures again improving and we saw the level of unemployment being reduced to 6.8%, a figure which the Deputy's party said would never be reached, and it also said that the targets in the Action Plan for Jobs would never be reached. That is the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: -----but the figures speak for themselves when it comes to employment. In regard to housing, the approach to it has been spelt out clearly by the Minister, Deputy Coveney. We have more money, more input than ever before and more detailed work with various local authorities to provide housing. We accept the seriousness of the situation. That is why we have a Minister with particular...

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....