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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (12 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...Order signed on 29 September 2017. This Order requires the person to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. As previously advised, representations were received from the person concerned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as...

Domestic Violence: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...organised by the National Observatory on Violence Against Women, which focused on aspects of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The Garda Commissioner also addressed this important event where he highlighted the disturbing fact that domestic homicides have outpaced murders in the context of organised crime, although they...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...engaged extensively. We have engaged with the Office of the Attorney General in our consideration of the Bill. The views of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions were sought, as were those of An Garda Síochána. The views of the Courts Service have also been received and given full and careful consideration. As well as that, my officials have met Senator Ó...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...of this House would be aware, the current legal position is that perjury is a common law offence that has rarely been prosecuted in this country. In fact, over the course of the past ten years, according to figures supplied by An Garda Síochána to the Central Statistics Office, there have been just 31 recorded incidents of perjury before our courts, an average therefore of...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...committees are most useful opportunities for public representatives to engage in a meaningful way with the chiefs of policing communities. I want to acknowledge a recent undertaking on the part of the Garda Commissioner and his senior team to visit as many joint policing committees as possible and hear first-hand from local communities. Once that exercise is complete, which it will be in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...welcome but it fits very well into the implementation plan and Government policy. I have not had the opportunity yet to read the report in detail but it is of value not only to me but also to the Garda Commissioner, bearing in mind that this House recently voted a record sum of €1.76 billion to An Garda Síochána, an increase on last year.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Dec 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. I have requested a report from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The resources by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached record levels, with an allocation for 2019 of €1.76 billion, increasing to an unprecedented €1.88 billion for 2020. Very significant capital investment is also being made in An Garda Síochána, including a total of €46 million for investment in the Garda fleet between 2016 and 2021. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of times an on-duty Garda vehicle has been involved in an accident while on duty in 2019 up to and including 30 November is 496. The following table provided to me by the Garda authorities provides a breakdown of the different incidents involving on-duty Garda vehicles in 2019. The table includes information on ramming incidents and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda College (11 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for management and control of An Garda Síochána, including responsibility for personnel matters and by arranging for the recruitment, training and appointment of its members. The Commissioner has indicated that there will be four attestations in 2020, most likely on the following dates: 21...

Appointment to the Policing Authority: Motion (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move: That Dáil Éireann recommends, pursuant to section 62C(7) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, that Dr. Deborah Donnelly be appointed by the Government to be a member of the Policing Authority.

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

Charles Flanagan: ...will include representatives of the public, private and voluntary sectors. This Committee will have a mandate to examine what needs to be done by public sector bodies as well as the wider community to challenge racism. An Garda Síochána have also taken a number of important steps recently, consistent with the Migrant Integration Strategy. A Diversity and Integrity Strategy has...

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

Charles Flanagan: ...appointments with information supplied to them by customers. My Department strongly advises our customers not to provide sensitive personal data to these unregulated agents. Matters pertaining to Garda investigations are a matter for the Garda Commissioner. My Department will shortly be tendering for a replacement online appointments system, which is being designed to prevent the...

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: Criminal Assets Bureau (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...and programmes by organisations involved in the delivery of such services. Finally, the Deputy may be interested to know that Section 21 of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 requires the Bureau, through the Garda Commissioner, to provide a report of its activities each year to the Minister for Justice and Equality who is then required to lay copies of the report before each House of 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: Cash for Gold Trade Regulation (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...contribution to the work within my Department regarding the ‘Cash for Gold’ trade. In addition to that public consultation, officials from my Department also met with relevant parties, including An Garda Síochána and other Government Departments and stakeholders, during 2018 to allow them to input their views on the issue.I can confirm to the Deputy that my...

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: ...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 Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national...