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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, there has been an unprecedented level of investment in An Garda Síochána in recent years, in support of the Government’s commitment to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country, including a budgetary allocation to An Garda Síochána for of €1.76 billion for 2019.  Significant capital investment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who has responsibility to manage and control generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including where Gardaí are deployed. The 2014 Garda Inspectorate Report on Crime Investigation notes, in relation to forensic Crime Scene Examiners (CSEs),that in most other police services the function...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that visa appeals were received in the Visa Office in Dublin on 26 February, 2019. Appeals are processed in the chronological order in which they are received.  While every effort is made to process applications as soon as possible, processing times will vary having regard to  the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 was initiated and published yesterday, 8 April, 2019. The Bill is available from Government Publications and on the Oireachtas website at the following link: . A date to is currently awaited for Dáil second stage.  

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that this Bill is a priority for me and the Government.  The Redress for Women in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill is listed as a priority for publication in the Government legislative programme for the summer session.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Time Zones (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Following an EU wide consultation last year, the EU Commission published a proposal to abolish the twice-yearly clock change.  Member States are being asked if they are in favour of ending the seasonal clock changes and whether they wish to stay on "summer" or "winter" time.  Under the current version of the proposal, the practice of a twice-yearly clock change...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that my Department does not provide direct funding towards the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. However, at the National Ploughing Championships last September, I announced details of the 2018 Text Alert Rebate Scheme, which was available to over 1,000 local groups registered under the Garda Text Alert Scheme, including many Community Alert and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As outlined in responses to previous parliamentary questions, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department became aware in September 2018 of customers  experiencing difficulties booking registration appointments.  Some of these difficulties had arisen because third party agents had been able to secure multiple appointments through the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Waste Disposal (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: 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 inquiries made and I can indicate that, following the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Witness Intimidation (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As outlined in my recent response to the Deputy, the information being sought about numbers of prosecutions relating to jurors or witness intimidation is not available within my Department.  The Deputy will appreciate that the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of the recorded crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Data (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: A reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 21 February 2019 issued on 8 April. The substance of the reply is repeated below for the sake of clarity. In my original response I had indicated that the information requested was not recorded centrally and that I had asked my officials in the Irish Prison Service to examine relevant information collated at Governor...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 and 276 together. 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The Act was signed into law on 30 December 2015 but has not yet been fully commenced.  New administrative processes and support measures, including the setting up of the Decision Support Service within the Mental Health Commission (a body...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Interdepartmental Working Groups (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: For the purposes of clarity, the cases to which the Deputy refers are family law cases arising where children are born as a result of surrogacy arrangements entered into outside the state, previously referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 2 April 2019.  The Attorney General is the notice party to the cases referred to in my answer to that question, and these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of the resources. Community policing is at the heart of An Garda Síochána as it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 281 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of the resources. I am informed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of the resources. I am advised by the Commissioner that recent census data is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that CCTV systems installed for the purposes of crime prevention and as aids to policing in areas to which the general public routinely have access fall into two distinct but complementary categories, namely Garda CCTV systems and community-based CCTV systems. Community CCTV is governed by section 38(3)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: There has been an unprecedented level of investment in Garda resources across the State in recent years. The allocation to An Garda Síochána for 2019 amounts to €1.76 billion and significant capital investment is also being made in An Garda Síochána including €342 million being invested in Garda ICT infrastructure between 2016 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the fees applicable are administrative fees set to cover the cost of processing a visa application.  The current fee for a short stay visa is €60 for a single journey visa and €100 for a multiple journey visa.  The fee is classified as a diplomatic and consular fee and is therefore set by my colleague, the...