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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

James O'Connor: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in each district in the Cork East constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38186/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

James O'Connor: I raise the important issue of Garda resources and numbers in my constituency. I ask the Minister of State to set out the number of gardaí in each district in the Cork East constituency and if to make statement on the matter. I raise this issue because we have seen a substantial decline in the number of gardaí in my constituency. According to our latest available figures, we are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: I thank Deputy O'Connor for raising the very important matter of the number of gardaí in each district in the Cork East constituency. Everyone deserves to be safe and feel safe in their own communities, and of course having a visible Garda presence in the community is an important part of that. Everyone deserves to have that sense of safety. The unprecedented allocation of over...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for that information. Above all else, I am here to represent the people of Cork East and it is an honour to do so. It is a constituency that is growing incredibly quickly. A sign of this was the latest census and constituency boundary review. More than 20,000 electors have been moved to different constituencies and this just gives an idea of the scale of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

Denis Naughten: They are not coming to Roscommon or Galway.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Questions Nos. 5 and 6 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Willie O'Dea: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to double the number of refuge spaces over the lifetime of the zero tolerance strategy, from 141 to 282. [38171/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am inquiring as to the progress on the strategy that was announced in June 2022, when the Government established a zero-tolerance attitude to gender-based, sexual and domestic violence. One of the commitments was that we would double the number of refuge spaces available. Will the Minister give us an update on how that is progressing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for his interest in this very important issue. As he has mentioned, one of the overarching goals of the Zero Tolerance strategy is to ensure that everyone across the country who needs a refuge space will have access to one. Our commitment to double what we currently have represents the fastest ever expansion of refuge accommodation in this country. Earlier this month,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the fact that two years ago, in June 2022, the Government published its strategy, Zero Tolerance. The House will be aware that the central aim of that strategy was the adoption, as a society and a State, of a zero-tolerance attitude to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. What was beneficial about the strategy that was launched was that it was accompanied by an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: The ambition is to double the number in the lifetime of the strategy, which is only two years into its progress. We have not achieved that yet but I am confident that we will achieve it over the lifetime of the strategy. We are also developing safe houses. This is not just about providing wraparound support within the refuge itself. It is also about making sure that there are step-down...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I was pleased to read the implementation report in respect of 2023, which said that the number of safe homes, as it referred to them, had doubled in 2023 with 17 additional safe homes coming on stream, bringing the total number to 49 by the end of the year. I am also pleased to hear that the Minister expects we will be able to achieve the objective of the strategy, which is to double the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. As she knows, it has been announced that we now have our site and our build in Carlow. We have an old house that is being done up. We are working with Cuan. The lead agency is Amber Women's Refuge. The Minister was on KCLR and I have been on to her about this women's refuge every few weeks for the last few years. It is a really good story for Carlow. The Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I support the sentiments expressed by my colleagues and acknowledge what the Minister has undertaken. I will point out that, in my time in public life, I have never seen the level of violence towards women and mothers of children that I have seen in the past couple of years and in the past two years in particular. There is also this friction whereby the victim has to pursue the other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputies. I have said this many times and I will say it again; I believe we are dealing with an epidemic. It is in every town, village and corner of our society. More women are coming forward. It is mainly women although men are, of course, also victims. It is a very positive thing. We need to be able to respond with resources and supports. It is not just about providing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I wish to refer to correspondence that came in to Deputy Pa Daly's office. It came from an Irishman who is married to a man who does not have Irish citizenship. His husband had exceeded the wait time considerably and he was in contact with a number of others who were in the same situation. Many people received emails from the Department of Justice stating that there was a delay but that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: I acknowledge that in the past there were significant delays in processing citizenship applications. What the Minister, the officials in the Department and I have done to streamline matters and introduce a new processing system with the online application form and e-vetting has led to a significant change in the processing time relating to citizenship applications. I am confident that by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is very positive, and it should be the aim. It is a matter of making sure it happens. Regarding workflows in the Department, there have been backlogs in respect of a number of immigration permissions. The Minister of State referred to citizenship applications and the processing of asylum applications. The numbers have risen in all these areas. I suppose only so much can be done...