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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Government has, in the Programme for a Partnership Government, recognised community policing as the embodiment of An Garda Síochána, providing a means of recognising that every community, both urban and rural, has its own concerns and expectations. It commits the Government to ensuring visible, effective and responsive policing in every community,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The purpose of the in camerarule in family law and child care proceedings is to protect the identity of the parties and any child to whom the proceedings relate. While the general principleas set out in Bunreacht na hÉireannis that justice be administered in public, the underlying concern is that family law proceedings relate to matters which are sensitive and private to the parties and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 132 together. As the deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for distribution of Garda resources and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Garda authorities that, on foot of a review of the Computer Crime Investigation Unit (CCIU) under the Garda Síochána's Modernisation and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Non-EEA nationals require an appropriate permission in order to work in Ireland. The Government's policy in this area is a matter for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, whose Department administers the Employment Permits system.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I am deeply conscious of the serious issue of road safety and mindful of the increase in 2016 of road traffic fatalities. I am also mindful of the traumatic impact of road traffic collisions on those directly affected and their families, as well as the impact of dangerous driving more generally on the quality of life of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would inform the Deputy that insofar as the receipt of this report is concerned, the position is that the final report was submitted on 7 January 2009. An earlier draft of the report had been submitted on 10 December, dated 8 December, on the basis that the independent legal person who submitted it had asked to be permitted to make amendments for the purposes of correction, accuracy and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dormant Accounts Fund Grants (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, funding under the Dormant Accounts Programme is accessed though an annual call for proposals from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. I understand that a new call for proposals will issue in the first quarter of 2017. The funding allocated to my Department under the Dormant Accounts subhead increased from €3.3m in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Homeless Persons Supports (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have no direct function in relation to the matters raised by the Deputy. I would suggest the Deputy raises the issues of homelessness and the criteria for access to housing with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Likewise, the habitual residency condition is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of information on the courts system, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that, based on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 to 144, inclusive, together. Tá deonú shaoránacht na hÉireann trí eadóirseacht faoi rialú fhorálacha Acht Náisiúntachta agus Saoránachta Éireann 1956, arna leasú. Mar cheann de na coinníollacha, ní mór don iarratasóir dearbhú sa tslí fhorordaithe go mbeidh...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions, which include the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (17 Jan 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: Departmental Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are a number of capital investment projects with an approximate valuation of €45m approved and currently underway in Co. Wexford. In addition, the table below gives details of other grants which have been provided by my Department to organisations in Wexford. Year Description Amount 2016 Grant payment to Ferns Diocesan Youth Service for International Roma Day event....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Co-operation (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 to 150, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, allegations regarding an undercover police officer in this jurisdiction were first made public in 2011. A report was sought from the Garda Commissioner on the matter at that time and that report was provided to my predecessor in March 2011. The report noted that no evidence had been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2016-2021 envisages a range of actions to be implemented by State, voluntary and community sector organisations aimed at preventing and responding to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. An Garda Síochána is committed to supporting this strategy, and in 2015 a number of Garda units were brought...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy may be aware, statutory provision in relation to young offenders is set out in the Children Act 2001 (as amended). Part 4 of the Act makes provision for the operation of the Garda Diversion Programme under the general superintendence and control of the Garda Commissioner. The aim of the Diversion Programme is to deal with young people who offend, by way of administering a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the training of its members and civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have asked the Garda Commissioner for the specific information requested and when it is to hand I will inform the Deputy accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an on-line application may be made on the INIS Automated Visa Application Tracking System (AVATS). The required supporting documentation, including the application summary sheet and original passport, should be sent to the relevant Irish Mission. I understand the person referred to did complete...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Property Prices Register (17 Jan 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) was formally established on 3 April 2012, pursuant to the Property Services (Regulation) Act, 2011. The Residential Property Price Register, available at www.propertypriceregister.ie, is produced by the PSRA in accordance with the provisions of Section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. The purpose of the Register is to bring...