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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application has been approved. The applicant has been advised that her passport and visa may be collected from the Honorary Consulate's office in Manilla. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Considerable progress has already been made to overcome the remaining legislative barriers to Ireland's ratification of the Convention. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was signed into law on 30 December 2015 and is a comprehensive reform of the law on decision-making capacity. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 commenced its second stage reading in the Dáil on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Tax (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The primary purpose of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 is to reform the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and to facilitate the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). These are bodies established for the management of such areas, the membership of which comprise the owners of residential units...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Careers (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The management of staff and issues arising is a matter for my Department's Secretary General and his officials. If a member of staff of my Department has a query related to their employment they have the opportunity to raise such matters with Human Resources Division. The Deputy may wish to note that all staff, including Staff Officers are afforded the same promotion opportunities as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy may be aware, on 31 May this year I announced my intention to amend the legislative framework for lawful interception and covert surveillance in the context of the fight against organised crime and terrorism. The Government subsequently approved my proposals to draft a number of amendments to the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications (Regulation) Act 1993 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 for the purpose of protecting children and vulnerable persons requires an organisation or employer before employing a person to receive a vetting disclosure from the National Vetting Bureau, where that person will have regular contact with or access to children or vulnerable persons. A vetting disclosure will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (6 Dec 2016)

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 have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and Units and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of Gardaí is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (6 Dec 2016)

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 a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Solicitors practising in Ireland are regulated by the Law Society of Ireland. Details of solicitors who hold a current practising certificate and professional indemnity insurance in Meath are available on the Society's website www.lawsociety.ie. I presume that when the Deputy refers to “a voucher for a legal board office solicitor” he is referring to a voucher for free...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons Data (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The following table shows the number of persons recorded as Missing Persons each year since 1951 who remain recorded as missing: Year No. of Persons Year No. of Persons Year No. of Persons Year No. of Persons 1951 2 1967 2 1984 9 2001 54 1952 2 1968 5 1985 6 2002 59 1953 2 1969 6 1986 13 2003 48 1954 4 1970 1 1987 6 2004 32 1955...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate the processing of vetting applications by the Garda National Vetting Bureau is an operational matter for the Garda Authorities and is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-1016 and other relevant law. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the National Vetting Bureau...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised that the matters referred to have been the subject of a Garda investigation and have also come before the Courts. The Deputy will appreciate that it is not open to me to intervene in relation to particular Garda investigations, and that it would not be appropriate for me to comment in relation to the outcome of court proceedings. However, to be of assistance to the Deputy, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: To coincide with the first anniversary of the publication of the McMahon Report last June 30th, a comprehensive account of progress on the implementation of the recommendations was compiled. I was pleased to publish and note the considerable progress made at that stage. I can confirm that a further half-yearly analysis of progress is currently underway in my Department who are also...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that the Criminal Assets Bureau currently has a staffing level of 71, incorporating staff on secondment from the Revenue Commissioners (12), the Department of Social Protection (6) and An Garda Síochána (37). In addition, there are 16 members of staff from my own Department. Additional Garda resources have also been made available to the Bureau in support...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (6 Dec 2016)

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: Garda Operations (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda authorities are responsible for policing strategies in relation to the matters referred to. In this regard, I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of resources is continually monitored and reviewed, taking into account all relevant factors including crime trends, demographics, and security assessments relating to the area in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Remembrance Commission (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can confirm to the Deputy that I received correspondence from the person to whom the Deputy refers in his question. I should say and I know that the Deputy will share my view, that this was a cowardly and brutal murder carried out by the Provisional IRA which robbed a woman and her children of a loving husband and father, and also deprived the State of a dedicated servant. While the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) established by Government Decision in September 2015, the Government pledged to accept a total of 4,000 persons into the State by the end of 2017, through a combination of the EU relocation mechanism established by two EU Council Decisions in 2015 to assist Italy and Greece, and the UNHCR-led refugee resettlement programme currently focused...