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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Immigration Support Services (26 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: On behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, who cannot be here as she is attending the meeting in Malta of the Justice and Home Affairs Council which is discussing the migrant crisis, I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. The Senator will be aware that in September 2015 the Government took the decision to establish the Irish Refugee Protection...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Immigration Support Services (26 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I am glad that the Senator took up the invitation to visit the centre in Monasterevin and that she found the visit very productive and a good learning experience. Any advice she could give us based on the visit would be welcomed. If other colleagues want to visit other centres in a discreet and respectful manner, they can be facilitated. The Senator has raised important issues that go...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: In my role in the Department of Justice and Equality, I have responsibility for equality legislation, which provides for retirement ages in line with the relevant EU Directive provision that differences of treatment on the grounds of age are permissible if, within the context of national law, they are objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim including legitimate employment...

Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I thank the House for giving time to this Bill. As I said earlier, this is significant legislation. I thank Deputies for their contributions and general support for the Bill. It is clear that there is a shared determination to combat cybercrime by bringing our laws up to date. The Bill focuses on protecting information systems, and the data they contain, from unauthorised access or...

Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to introduce this Bill to the House on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, who regrets that she is unable to be present. The Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016 is a relatively short but significant piece of...

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I thank the Members on the opposite side of the House, in particular Deputy Thomas P. Broughan, for raising this matter and for the contributions made to the discussions this evening. The appalling circumstances of the tragedy at the Stardust have been recounted with very strong emotions; even after all these years the emotion still comes through. The magnitude of the event and its legacy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware, 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 this programme, the Government has pledged to accept a total of 4,000 persons into...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I wish to inform the Deputy that the company which responded to the original expression of interest is the company with whom the Department negotiated the contract to run the EROC in Ballaghaderreen. The directors of this company then established a separate company to manage and provide service in the EROC in question. This is normal commercial practice.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: The current contracted capacity of the Eyre Powell Hotel, in Newbridge County Kildare, is 87 persons. The number of children availing of accommodation in the Eyre Powell with their families at the end of the last six years are set out in the following table: End of year Number of children residing in Eyre Powell (with their families) 2011 17 2012 21 2013 21 2014 19 2015 13 2016 5*...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: The current contracted capacity of the Eyre Powell Hotel, in Newbridge County Kildare, is 87 persons. The number of persons availing of accommodation in the Eyre Powell at the end of the last six years are set out in the following table: End of year: Number of persons: 2011 73 2012 81 2013 70 2014 81 2015 71 2016 68* The occupancy level of any centre rises and falls with the number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (25 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: Details of the numbers of persons with a form of status who continue to reside in State provided accommodation is not available on a monthly basis for 2016. Arrangements are now in place to record this information at monthly intervals so monthly returns will be available going forward. What can be said is that the numbers of persons with some form of status residing in State provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (24 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: As I have indicated previously, the question of recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group in Ireland is being considered in the context of the development of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. There is no requirement for legislation and no proposals for legislation on this issue. In September 2015, my predecessor brought a paper to the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Social...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Centre Services (24 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, a number of persons are to be temporarily accommodated in the Emergency Reception and Orientation Centre (EROC) to be located in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, under the relocation strand of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). As the name suggests, an EROC is largely about reception and orientation for those who are to be subsequently resettled. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 107 together. The General Scheme of the Gambling Control Bill was published in July 2013 following approval by the Government and is currently in drafting by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Bill, as proposed, will update all existing laws on the regulation of gambling, including betting and gaming but excluding the National Lottery. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Women's Strategy (24 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: The National Women's Strategy 2007 to 2016 has concluded. A public consultation on a new National Women's Strategy for the period from 2017 to 2020 is under way and will close on 31 January. Three public consultation meetings have been held in Cork, Athlone and Dublin and applications are still being accepted to attend a further meeting on the morning of 31 January in the Sligo Park Hotel....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: As the Deputy may be aware, an Irish refugee resettlement programme has been in operation since 2000. 1,717 vulnerable persons from 27 different countries, including Iraq and Syria, have been resettled under this programme in Ireland to date. Refugees have been resettled in 39 different communities throughout Ireland and in all four Dublin local authority areas to date. The key elements...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (19 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, the Tánaiste announced her intention to make fundamental long term reforms of firearms licensing by establishing a new Firearms Assessment and Appeals Authority. The primary function of the Authority will be to determine, on the basis of an objective assessment of all the issues, with safety of the public being paramount, whether particular forms of firearms may...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Culture (18 Jan 2017)

David Stanton: As I have indicated previously, the question of recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group in Ireland is being considered in the context of the development of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. In September 2015, my predecessor brought a paper to the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Social Policy on the question of recognising Travellers as a distinct ethnic group within Irish...