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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately the information was not received on time. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 21 May 2024 refers to the number of Gardaí by rank attached to each divisional drugs unit as of 14 May 2024 in tabular form. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, as well as for decisions on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately the information was not received on time. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 21 May 2024 refers to the number of dry custody cells in each district within the DMR as of 14 May 2024. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible under the law for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including any decisions in relation to the allocation and control of Garda equipment and resources....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately the information has not been received on time. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training matters. As Minister, I have no role in this regard. I am informed by the Garda authorities that training courses available from the Garda College are provided on a needs...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: While I have met many Chief Superintendents since my appointment as Minister, I have not had the opportunity to meet formally with the Chief Superintendent for DMR North, as yet. I can, however, assure the Deputy that I meet with the Garda Commissioner on a regular basis. I meet him formally on a quarterly basis and I also meet him to discuss matters as the need arises or on specific...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes the administration of the Garda Age Card scheme. As Minister, I have no role in the issuing of Age Cards. I have contacted the Garda authorities and have been advised that, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that a snapshot analysis of the prison population is conducted on the last day of each month. The most recent analysis was conducted on 31 May 2024 and it is this analysis which has been used to provide the information requested by the Deputy. On 31 May 2024 there were 580 individuals in custody, comprising 66 women and 514 men, who are serving a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As you will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no role in these matters, nor can I direct the Commissioner with regard to them. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: The role of the Psychology Service in the Irish Prison Service is to deliver, develop and manage an integrated mental health and criminogenic needs assessment and treatment service for people in custody, in line with service plans and objectives, and within established professional standards, guidelines and policy. The Irish Prison Service continually monitors staffing requirements and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training matters. As Minister, I have no role in this regard. I am informed by the Garda authorities that Gardaí with specialist training in public order policing perform duty...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, which includes the recording of incidents/crime data on the Garda PULSE system. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there is no specific...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: In 2022, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Department of Health and my Department introduced changes to the working arrangements and immigration permissions for non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHD). These changes were intended to be beneficial to doctors who require such permissions and who have made an enormous contribution to the Irish health service. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Our approach to community safety is a whole-of-Government one. We want to bring the relevant social service providers and the Gardaí together with the community in a collaborative manner, by focusing on the concerns identified by the local community itself. The Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs) are provided for in Part 3 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 296 together. I can advise the Deputy that my Department provides indicative processing timeframes for certain immigration applications on the immigration website, www.irishimmigration.ie. It is important to note that these are business targets for the immigration service. Processing times for these applications will vary depending on the type and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department operates the Third Level Graduate Programme which allows legally resident Irish educated non-EEA graduates who hold a level 8 or level 9 award from a recognised awarding body to remain in Ireland after their studies for a period of 12 or 24 months. This residence permission is for the purposes of seeking graduate level employment and applying for a suitable employment permit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: The introduction of the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 meets an important commitment made in the programme for Government to update existing incitement to hatred laws which pre-date online and social media communications, and to introduce hate crime offences for the first time in Ireland. However, I acknowledge that a number of concerns have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: Family reunification as provided for in S56 of the International Protection Act 2015, allows people granted International Protection to apply for certain family members to join them in the State. An application for family reunification must be made by the sponsor within 12 months of them being granted an International Protection permission and is subject to the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: A bilateral agreement on Immigration Matters was put in place in 2001 between the Irish Government and the Federal Republic of Nigeria to establish a formal framework for readmissions and related immigration matters. While the agreement was never officially ratified by Nigeria, Ireland receives good cooperation from the Nigerian authorities on readmission of their citizens and both States...