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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (12 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that Irish Prison records indicate that over the past 10 years 298 persons are deemed to have absconded, and that 15 remain unlawfully at large.  Annual figures provided in the following table show a significant reduction in the number of absconders, particularly since 2012 when the Director General of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (12 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware it is the Garda Commissioner 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 the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, on foot of a number of Supreme Court judgements, it is necessary to amend legislation which facilitates the transfer of prisoners from abroad to serve their sentences here in the State.  Last month, the Government approved a General Scheme of a Bill to amend the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts 1995 to 1997.  Following this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and will write directly to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and will write directly to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law Review (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 provides for two new offences of paying for sexual activity with a prostitute and paying for sexual activity with a trafficked person. The Act also removes those who offer their services as a prostitute from the existing offences of soliciting for the purpose of prostitution. Part 4 of the Act specifies that, not later than 3 years...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts 1995 to 1997 give effect to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons 1983.  The Deputy will also be aware that there have been a number of recent Court judgements which have implications for transferring prisoners from other States to Ireland.  These judgements raised a number of complex issues about the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the manner in which the resources of the Garda Síochána are deployed is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I, as Minister, have no direct role in this regard. I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that insufficient details have been provided by the Deputy, and I am therefore  not in a position to answer the question as it currently stands.  Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by e-mail using the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Appointments (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I can advise the Deputy that to date in 2019 I have appointed 10 individuals to the Office of Peace Commissioner. Their date of appointment, names and locations are outlined in the following table: 2019 Month Date Name  County Garda Sub-District January 17 John Nisbet Dublin Ballymun 31 Caroline Clarke Clare Shannon February 13 Rosemary  Conway Smith Meath...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 together. I can inform the Deputy that new applicants arriving today at the International Protection Office (IPO), who complete their questionnaire, are now being scheduled for interview as follows: for prioritised applications, within 4 months of application; and for non-prioritised applications, within 8 to 10 months. The IPO target is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance (E&PL report) was published in January 2018.  Among the recommendations contained in the report was the production of statistics by An Garda Síochána relating to insurance fraud.  I am informed that, to facilitate this, an insurance fraud...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State as an exceptional measure on an individual and personal basis in July 2015. This permission was subject to a number of conditions including that the person concerned does not become a burden on the State and...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I stress to Deputy Ó Laoghaire that we are dealing with this legislation solely in respect of the consequences of a crash out or a no-deal Brexit. We are looking at putting together a comprehensive contingency plan for that scenario. From the outset of the contingency planning, the need to ensure the protection of the citizenship provisions of the Good Friday Agreement was clear to the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputies' spots never change.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: There are two issues I wish to develop. The first is on the amendments before us and the second is that Deputy Ó Laoghaire spent more time in his contribution addressing the amendments that were disallowed rather than on the others, but I am anxious to reassure the Deputy. The provisions in sections 88 and 89 are inserted for the purposes of correcting what has been something of a...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I acknowledge the points raised by Deputy Ó Laoghaire and advise the House that in this Bill we are dealing with a no-deal scenario which would be the worst outcome of Brexit. We are dealing with what I describe as a catastrophic no-deal Brexit across a range of areas. As has been said numerous times, all sides of the House hope this legislation will not need to be relied on. It is in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, disciplinary matters within An Garda Síochána are governed by the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007 and are a matter for the Garda Commissioner. I am advised by the Commissioner that no Garda Staff (civilian) were subject to official disciplinary action over the misuse of the PULSE...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no staff in my Department that are subject to disciplinary action over the misuse of computer information systems, electronic data or file storage systems or other information systems from 1 January 2018 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cyber Security Policy (6 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The security of the State and the people is a matter of the highest priority for the Government. I can assure the Deputy that, in the context of national security matters, the level of threat is kept under constant and active review by An Garda Síochána. My Department liaises on an on-going basis with An Garda Síochána in this regard. Considerable resources are deployed...