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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UK Referendum on EU Membership (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Firstly let me say that this Government is committed to minimising any adverse impacts on our economy and on the free movement of people, goods and services on these islands as a result of the UK's EU referendum. Clearly the result of the referendum in the UK was not the one that we had hoped for, but we will now work with both our UK and our EU partners to ensure that the outcome of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UK Referendum on EU Membership (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The entitlement to Irish citizenship, as well as the conditions pertaining to a grant of citizenship through naturalisation, are governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship through naturalisation, if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory conditions as prescribed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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 these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will appreciate that the investigation of cases such as the one referred to is a matter for the Garda authorities in the first instance and I have no direct role in this regard. However, I have asked for a report on the case from the Garda authorities and when this is to hand I will contact the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that there is no undue delay or backlog in the Garda employment vetting process. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that at present 80 percent of vetting applications are processed by the Garda Central Vetting Bureau in under five days. I do not consider that this is an unreasonable timeframe. This represents a dramatic improvement in turnaround times...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, I have met with the Stardust Victims' Committee and I have appointed an official in my Department to liaise directly with them in relation to matters about which they have expressed concern. There has been a significant degree of engagement between the Committee and my Department since the putting in place of that liaison arrangement. Following on from discussions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware there are a range of legislative measures in place to provide protections to victims of domestic violence. These include provisions under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 which provides a range of offences which may occur in a domestic violence context including assault, assault causing harm, assault causing serious harm and coercion. The Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I strongly support the principle of Community Policing and the development of partnerships between An Garda Síochána and local communities. The Garda National Model of Community Policing plays a key part in responding to crime and encouraging community engagement by taking into account and responding to local conditions and needs, and all Gardaí have a role to play in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Community Gardaí, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for a Partnership Government recognises that community policing is 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. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for a Partnership Government recognises that community policing is 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, including the most...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) was established by Government Decision on 10 September 2015 as a direct response to the humanitarian crisis that developed in Southern Europe as a consequence of mass migration from areas of conflict in the Middle East and Africa. Under the programme the Government has pledged to accept a total of 4,000 persons overall under the EU Relocation and...