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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the international visits I have undertaken on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government is provided in the table below. Year Date Location Flight Cost Accommodation Cost Number of Nights Purpose 2021 December 1 London ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: A central element of delivering on the Zero Tolerance goal of the Third National Strategy (TNS) is the establishment of a statutory domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) agency under the aegis of my Department. I established Cuan on 1 January 2024. Cuan has a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the strategy across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, earlier this year the Government established Cuan, a new statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The agency has a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, earlier this year the Government established Cuan, a new statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The agency has a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 354 together. The Deputy will be aware that the primary purpose of the employment vetting carried out by the National Vetting Bureau is to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate the importance of this task and the need for it to be carried out thoroughly and correctly. Vetting is carried out by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was refused by the Visa Office in Dublin. The reasons for this decision was set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicant on 12 October 2022. An appeal of this decision was received on 08 December 2022. All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their application as they feel is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that the application referred to was created on the 17 May 2023. Supporting documentation was received in the Tehran office on the 12 June 2023. You were informed, in error, via Oireachtas Mail on 14 November 2023 and 19 January 2024 that the application had not yet been received in the Dublin Visa office. I apologise for any confusion or concern this may have caused...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The information requested is currently being compiled and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not incurred any cost in relation to the provision of Departmental or Ministerial public relations services in the timeframe outlined. It is my Department's policy to use in-house resources as much as possible and to minimise the use of external consultants.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The information requested is currently being compiled and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below. - Furniture Office Space* IT Equipment* 2014 €3,092.29 €691,080.00 €542,666 2015 €27,490.47 €779,080.00 €974,050 2016 €106,696.08 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The role of the Irish Prison Psychology 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. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) that the Psychology Service has the following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, earlier this year the Government established Cuan, a new statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The agency has a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Combatting all forms of domestic, sexual and gender-based remains a priority for this Government, the Department of Justice and the Garda Commissioner. 'Zero Tolerance,' the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV), sets out an ambitious whole of government five-year programme of reform to achieve a society which does not accept DSGBV or the attitudes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 366 together. Over the course of the last year, the IPO increased the number of monthly determinations to over 1,000 in November 2023, and plans to deliver at least 14,000 decisions in 2024, an increase of 5,000 cases on the level achieved in 2023. In November 2022, I signed a regulation to introduce an accelerated procedure for international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: Under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 230 of 2018), persons are eligible to apply for labour market access permission if: • They are an international protection applicant; and • They have waited at least 5 months from their “Application Received” date for their first instance recommendation; and • They are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: On 20 October 2023, I launched a wide-ranging consultation to inform the development of proposals for comprehensive reform of the Coroner Service in Ireland. Public consultation closed on 19 January 2024. The consultation provided an opportunity for members of the public, stakeholder groups and members of the Oireachtas to express their views, express observations and provide proposals on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The information requested is currently being compiled and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand. I can assure the Deputy that my Department is working to have an appropriate answer for both PQ 3749/24 and PQ 5514/24 ready shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the prosecution of offences in these instances are a matter for An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions, who are independent in the exercise of their functions in this regard; as Minister I have no role in such prosecutions.