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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a decision issued to the person concerned on 28 June, 2016 in respect of an application for a residence card which falls to be considered under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. I am also informed that there is no record of an application for a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (30 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 11th March, 2005 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. The person concerned has been evading his Deportation Order since 2005. Representations were received from the person concerned pursuant to Section 3...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (30 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to provide investment in CCTV systems along the road network and in urban centres. I am very conscious of the value that communities, especially rural communities, place on CCTV as a means of deterring crime and assisting in the detection of offenders. With this in mind, I instigated a review of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (30 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 to 69, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will appreciate, I, as Minister, have no function in relation to contractual arrangements entered into by an Garda Síochána with third parties. I am informed by the Garda authorities that towing management contracts are advertised to the market by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: This Government is committed to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country in order to maintain and strengthen community engagement, provide reassurance to citizens and deter crime. As the Deputy will be aware, when the financial crisis hit, the Government of the time introduced a moratorium on recruitment and the four year National Recovery Plan, published in 2010,...

Garda Síochána (Appointment of Senior Officers) Bill 2016: First Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: No.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The report must be laid before the House by tomorrow and it will be.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Of course, there will be discussion. Deputies discussed the issue this morning at the Business Committee. It is up to the Business Committee to decide when the debate will take place. Deputy Bríd Smith has a representative at the committee. It is a question of agreeing when the debate will take place. The report will be available tomorrow. We will give people time to read and...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The report has to be laid before the Houses by tomorrow. That is what has to be done by tomorrow and it will be.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Minister of State at my Department, Deputy David Stanton, is working on the Bill. He is examining whether some elements of it could be dealt with separately from the overall Bill. He is examining how best to progress the Bill. There are some very important current issues in the country that need to be addressed in the Bill.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is intended that the heads of the Bill will be published, as I said previously, in July.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Departmental officials and I have had some initial discussions with the Judiciary on how best to meet that obligation in the programme for Government. Therefore, we have started discussions. Obviously, setting up a new court is quite complex. We are examining how best to deliver on the commitment to have a dedicated court dealing with mortgage arrears cases.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The GSOC legislation was reviewed and this House made changes to it last year. There are no plans to change it, but it can and obviously will be kept under review. There may be a need to update it and GSOC may approach the Government with changes it would like to see implemented. It approached us about quite a number of changes when we were reviewing the legislation and we included as many...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to express my deep disappointment and concern - the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has already done so - in respect of the further delay in the Ibrahim Halawa case. I wish to assure the House that our ambassador in Egypt was once again present in the court for the hearing and embassy officials have been present for all hearings in this case. Many members of Government...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I will have to come back to Deputy Howlin on the implementation of the important lobbying Bill, which the Deputy. Some sections have been commenced and there are others yet to be commenced. I will liaise directly with the Deputy on the matter. It is not accurate to say that members of the Independent Alliance said they were getting separate advice. We had a discussion on the Bill that...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The landlord and tenant (law reform) Bill has been approved and work is continuing on it. Landlords are accepting 1,000 new tenancies each month for people who are on rent supplement. It is illegal to refuse a tenancy on the basis that the prospective tenant is in receipt of rent supplement. If the Deputy has information on particular cases, he should make us aware of them.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

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Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Let us recognise the facts.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Landlords are accepting rent supplement recipients for 1,000 new tenancies each month.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: On the second point raised by Deputy Micheál Martin, as he will be aware, a consultative process was carried out on this issue and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is considering its outcome. On the point the Deputy raised about credit unions, this is a priority for the Minister for Finance. I do not know the precise timetable, but I will ask the Minister...