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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda vehicles. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Deputy is referring to Parliamentary Questions No. 520 of 14 February and 526 of 7 March 2023 seeking the estimated amount that An Garda Síochána has spent on sending out poor quality CCTV images to external companies in order to get the image quality improved in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in tabular form; and if any of these companies are located outside of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defibrillators Provision (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Deputy is referring to Parliamentary Questions No. 461 of 24 January 2023, 521 of 14 February 2023, 514 of 7 March 2023 and 572 of 28 March 2023 seeking the estimated full-year cost of installing two defibrillators in each Garda station that is opened on a 24-7 basis; and the number of Garda stations that currently have a defibrillator installed. As the Deputy will appreciate, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The General Scheme for the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants closed on 31 July 2022. This once in a generation scheme was designed to give long-term undocumented people without a current permission to remain in the State the chance to regularise their status, access the labour market and begin their path to citizenship. 6,548 applications were submitted in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Deputy will appreciate that high level visits to Ireland are of significant importance in the development and maintenance of our relations with other States. Such visits are to be welcomed and offer important opportunities to us, as a small outward-looking State, for positive engagement with partners. In terms of the cost associated with the visit to Ireland of President Biden, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy but regretfully, this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the structure of Units and distribution of members distributed throughout the State. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, in 2021 an expert group was established to carry out an independent review of the Offences Against the State Acts. The Review Group is chaired by Mr Justice Michael Peart, former Judge of the Court of Appeal, and is tasked with examining all aspects of the Offences Against the State Acts having regard to the current threat posed by domestic/international terrorism...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including responsibility for the recruitment, training and deployment of Garda members. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I am, however, assured that Garda management keeps the distribution...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The Government is committed to ensuring An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to deliver a modern, fit-for-purpose, policing service. Budget 2023 provides funding of €2.14 billion for An Garda Síochána, of which €10m has been allocated for investment in the Garda fleet. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for all operational policing matters, including responses by An Garda Síochána to emergency calls. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am advised by the Garda authorities that An Garda Síochána operates a Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: My Department and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners have established a Joint Review Group to examine the role of Sheriffs, as currently constituted, in respect of State work. The Review Group is independently chaired by a former Secretary General of this Department, and comprises of representatives from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Courts Service, the Departments of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, by law the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration of An Garda Síochána, including the distribution of Garda members between the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these operational matters. I am assured that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the distribution of Garda members between the various Garda stations, districts and divisions is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. As Minister, I have no role in these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: WRU02100 type: 7 --> As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recruitment, training and deployment of Garda members. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I can however assure the Deputy that the Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The granting of a multiple entry visa is at the discretion of the Visa Officer and multiple entry visas are usually only issued to an applicant who has shown a compliant travel history. As a person builds such a record and adheres to the conditions of their visas with subsequent visits/visa applications, a Visa officer may give either a 1, 2 or a 5 year multi entry visa. In April 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics. The CSO also continues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy continues to be processed by my Department, with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation. It will be submitted to me for decision in due course. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, in 2017, at the request of the Minister for Justice, the CSO instigated the process of carrying out a survey to provide high quality national prevalence data on sexual violence in Ireland. The results of that survey have now been published and are available on the CSO website at www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-svsmr/sexualviole...