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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (24 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will also be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda ICT systems. As Minister for Justice, I also have no role in such matters. However, to be of assistance, I requested related information from the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jan 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 can however assure the Deputy that the Government is committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (24 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, the Private Security Authority (PSA), an independent body under the aegis of my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for licensing and regulating the private security industry in Ireland. I am advised by the PSA that the current Employment Regulation Order (ERO), came into effect in 2017 (S.I. 231 of 2017) and the PSA checks for compliance with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: It has not been possible to collate the information requested within the timeframe. I will revert to the Deputy directly as soon as the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. With regard to the residency criterion, in order to be eligible for a grant, a "student", as defined in Section...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. With regard to the residency criterion, in order to be eligible for a grant, a "student", as defined in Section...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not yet available. The following tables show the enrolments on CORU approved programmes for 2021/2022 academic year and the number of graduates from 2018 to 2021. This data was sourced from the Student Records System (SRS) from the Higher Education Authority and is the most up to date information available. Table 1 - Enrolments (rounded to nearest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: Expressions of interest (EOI) were recently sought by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) from institutions with capability to expand existing courses or create new courses in academic year 2024-25 or 2025-26, in a number of areas including veterinary. The process is currently in a second stage with further information sought from institutions. The closing date for receipt of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023, I secured a significant cost of living package for third level students, including a once-off €1,000 in support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes in the academic year 2022-2023. A key principle of the design of the free fees initiative and the SUSI scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Healthcare Policy (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government contains a commitment to “provide a range of free, adequate, safe, and suitable period products in all educational publicly-funded settings (including schools, colleges and HEIs), to ensure that no students are disadvantaged in their education by period poverty.” Free period products are currently available in a number...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: My Department's officials have engaged with SOLAS on this issue and have been informed that currently, a SOLAS statutory apprenticeship requires that in certain designated crafts, apprenticeship applicants must pass the Ishihara colour vision test without the use of corrective lenses. SOLAS are continually reviewing the existing statutory apprenticeships and the matter of colour vision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, however, 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: International Protection (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: It is open to any person who was denied temporary protection to make a subsequent application if they feel that they are eligible under one of the qualifying criteria. Temporary Protection in Ireland applies to the following groups of people who have had to flee Ukraine due to the invasion by Russia: a. Ukrainian nationals who were residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022; b. Nationals of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions under Section 2(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended). As Minister I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland signed the Istanbul Convention in November 2015. At that time a number of legislative and administrative actions were identified as necessary to enable Ireland’s ratification of the Convention. These actions were incorporated into the Second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2016-2021, which was launched the following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Support Services (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: I understand that the Department of Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth undertook a scoping exercise to examine the recommendations contained in a report of a pilot Child Contact Centre. I further understand that the Barnardos/One Family Pilot Report recommended an integrated response by the Department of Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth in that regard....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: The citizenship application of the person referred to by the Deputy was approved and their Certificate of Naturalisation was issued on 06 December 2022. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Jan 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: Immigration Status (19 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: The person referred to by the Deputy had permission to remain granted, valid to 10 December 2019, and this was communicated in writing by letter dated 18 June 2018. This letter advised the person referred to that any future renewals of the permission to remain granted should be applied for four weeks in advance of the permission expiring to the Acknowledgments Unit, Repatriation Division,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1022 and 1024 together. My Department has begun a national review of State supports for PhD researchers. In this regard, I was pleased to recently appoint Dr Andrea Johnson and David Cagney as Co-Chairs for the review. The scope of the review includes: - Current PhD researcher supports including financial supports (stipends, SUSI supports and others); -...