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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (10 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: On behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, I am pleased to address the Seanad on the subject of methadone maintenance treatment. I acknowledge the work Senator Ó Ríordáin did when he was Minister of State and his continued genuine and passionate interest in this area. I also acknowledge his support for the Minister of State, Deputy...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (10 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I certainly will convey the Senator's comments to the Minister. As the Senator said, she is deeply committed to, and passionate about, this area. She wants to make a difference and is working hard on that, following the work the Senator did in a similar capacity in the last Government. I also note his point with respect to the public perception and the fact that addiction is an illness and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (10 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: My officials were not aware of the centre in question. However, they have made enquiries and the centre appears to have opened in May 2016 and it accommodates some migrants as well as serving as a "drop-in" centre offering a range of general activities and supports. There are a large number of migrant facilities in Athens. Irish officials do not visit shelters as this is not the process...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (10 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I understand that the Deputy is interested in particular in the engagements with stakeholders that have occurred in the eighteen month period from May 2015 to November 2016. There has been ongoing communication in this period with a number of interested parties including the Irish Bookmakers Association, the Licensed Gaming Association of Ireland, the Gaming and Leisure Association of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (9 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: When a person makes an application for international protection, they are offered accommodation in State provided accommodation. Whilst there is no obligation on them to accept this offer, approximately 50% of applicants avail of the accommodation offered. They are not obliged to remain in this accommodation and can leave and indeed return as they so require. In addition, those who refuse...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (9 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: At the end of October 2016 there were approximately 4,300 persons availing of State provided accommodation. Approximately 400 of those persons have some form of permission (not exclusively refugee status) to remain in the State. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of those resident in State provided accommodation that are awaiting a decision on their right to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (9 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 67 together. The Deputy will be aware that 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 aim of the Bill is to update all existing laws on the regulation of gambling, including betting and gaming but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (9 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 69 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested by her, as held by my Department, is set out in the following tables. The Deputy will be aware that the Betting (Amendment) Act 2015 brought remote betting operators within the licensing regime for the first time. Accordingly, details on applications from such operators are only...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Districts (8 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: On behalf of the Tánaiste, who cannot be here today, I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. The Government has, in its programme for a partnership Government, recognised community policing as the embodiment of An Garda Siochána, providing a means of recognising that every community, both urban and rural, has its own concerns and expectations. It commits the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Districts (8 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: Once again, on behalf of the Tánaiste, I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter in the House. As I mentioned, the Policing Authority has, in accordance with section 117(2) of the Garda Siochána Act 2005, formally requested the Garda Siochána Inspectorate to examine the dispersal and use of resources available to the Garda Siochána in the delivery of policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (8 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: 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 will provide for the licensing of all forms of on-line...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (3 Nov 2016)

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)of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: Drugs.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: On behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality and on my own behalf, I thank the Members for their contributions to the debate on this legislation. Dealing with such a range of issues in a single Bill is challenging, as Deputies have pointed out, but I believe the debate demonstrates the determination of this House to ensure the necessary measures are in place to combat...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: As indicated in my previous to the Deputy's Question (Question 138 of 18 October last), the functions of the former Equality Tribunal (both in relation to discrimination regarding employment and in the provision of services) became the functions of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on the merger of the Equality Tribunal and other bodies to form that Commission. I regard as appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (3 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) has never threatened to evict any persons from its accommodation centres who have been granted leave to remain or any other form of status. In terms of the number of persons in RIA accommodation who have been granted some form of status, there are in the region of 500 such persons among the 4,200 residents across the system. This number fluctuates...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (3 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 44 together. The Deputy will be aware that the State has a solemn obligation to protect the identity of those in the protection process as set out in Section 19(1) of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended). Providing the level of detail that has been requested by the Deputy could lead to individuals in the protection process being inadvertently identified...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (3 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: The specific information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of current second level students or the number who may have completed second level education while availing of State provided accommodation is not readily available. However at the end of October 2016, there were 163 children aged between 13 and 17 availing of accommodation provided by RIA. The education of these...

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I have only five minutes to respond to a two hour debate. First, I acknowledge the emotion, sincerity, frustration and anger of colleagues here this evening to what we have seen on our television screens. This is the issue of our age, namely, 65 million people that we know of displaced across the world and, so far, 4,000 people that we know of who have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Workplace Relations Commission (2 Nov 2016)

David Stanton: I would refer the Deputy to the amendments to the Equal Status Act 2000 made by the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015, which prohibit discrimination on the basis outlined in the Question as a stand-alone provision within the Equal Status Acts. I am informed by the Workplace Relations Commission that 40 complaint applications have been lodged since August 2016 under the Equal...