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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects that local community safety partnerships will be established across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26441/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I want to give the Minister an opportunity to update us on the local community safety partnerships, how the pilots are getting on and when she expects to be able to establish them across the rest of the State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for his ongoing interest in the development of the local partnerships. The Government's community safety plan is about people being safe and feeling safe in their own communities, and both of those are equally important. At the heart of this policy is the principle that every community has the right to be safe and to feel safe in order for individuals and communities to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. The mission statement of An Garda Síochána is to reduce crime, the causes of crime and also the fear of crime. Restorative justice can tick all those boxes but a recent study demonstrated referral statistics for restorative justice remain at pre-pandemic levels, excluding restorative cautions which have been delivered by An Garda...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)

James Browne: The Probation Service will soon publish a three-year restorative justice action plan aimed at promoting greater awareness and supporting increased use right across the system. This plan will detail how the Probation Service will further drive the integration of restorative justice into all its services. Restorative justice is really important. We did some very good work back in the 1990s...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: Studies around the Commonwealth system in particular show restorative justice, where properly implemented, has a satisfaction rating for both sides of up to 90%. We all know in District Courts around the country there is an almost ad hoc system where solicitors get together with representatives of the other side and do it on a casual basis. If there was a formalised system in place to deal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)

James Browne: I agree with the Deputy that restorative justice has huge potential. There are three elements needed, namely, the community, the victim and the offender. For the victim it can have quite a cathartic effect when it is handled right. The Deputy understands restorative justice needs to be handled very carefully. The offender has to be willing and understand and face up to their offence. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (20 Jun 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, following the recent 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the engagements she has had with the families and survivors of the bombings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26525/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken to support the families and survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in their campaign for justice and truth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26528/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to assisting the families and survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in their campaign for justice and truth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26526/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all files in possession of her Department relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be released to the families and survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26527/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister knows, we have just passed the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, where 34 people were murdered and 258 injured in an atrocious bombing carried out by loyalists, almost certainly with the collusion of the British state or elements of it. Families and victims are still fighting for justice. The question is about the Government and the State's responsibility...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5, 10, 12 and 17 together. As the Deputy correctly pointed out, last month marked the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974. It is deeply regrettable that to date no person has been held responsible for what were absolutely barbaric attacks that killed 34 people, injured 258 and impacted many more lives. The Garda investigation...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Has the Minister been in contact with GSOC since that article was written at the weekend? Has she satisfied herself that this is, as she has put on the record of this House, very limited? Is she absolutely satisfied that is the case? If so, on what basis is she satisfied it is the case? Is she aware that a legal case is likely to flow from this? It was reported in one of the newspapers...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: GSOC has assured me in the last week that it is acting in accordance with the law. There is nothing to suggest there are any other cases of this type. I will be very cautious in speaking about the case the Deputy has referenced because it has been suggested that a legal case may be taken but that case refers to something that happened back in 2016. Subsequently, there was a review...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to reform of the Garda vetting system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26261/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister for Justice have any plans to reform the Garda vetting system and will she make a statement in that regard? We know the importance of the Garda vetting system. I have heard from many organisations about inconveniences relating to the system. Does the Minister have any plans to reform or change it?