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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Provision (11 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...considered future use options for the site. This included discussions with Fingal County Council. More recently, the site has also been flagged to the Department of Housing and Local Government, and to the Land Development Agency. As such, the site will be considered both in the context of broader State requirements for land assets and future requirements in relation to detention of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Crime (29 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...the IFA in my constituency of Laois-Offaly. The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as amended, contains provisions specifically relating to the unauthorised entry onto and occupation of land, including farmland. Part IIA of that Act, comprising sections 19A to 19H, as inserted by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, provides for offences relating to illegal trespass...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission (29 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...the submission in question, and so don't propose to comment on its detail. For the information of the Deputy, Mr James Hamilton, former DPP and Anti-Corruption expert, is chairing a Review of Ireland’s Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption structures. This review is an Action Point, assigned to the Department of Justice & Equality, contained in the Government’s plan to...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...which are proposed under section 44 aim to do exactly what Senator Norris suggested earlier, namely, deal with the exceptional cases of seniority, the three most senior judicial positions in the land, that of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal and President of the High Court. What I wish to do is signify alternative arrangements for these appointments to acknowledge the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...Public Officials in International Business Transactions, as well as providing for some of the recommendations of the Mahon Tribunal. The Act creates several new offences to strengthen the law on corruption in Ireland. New offences include: - Offering or agreeing to accept a gift, consideration or advantage to induce another person to exert an improper influence over an act of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (20 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that the process of drafting the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill is nearing completion. The principal purpose of the Bill is to broaden the range of matters a court must take into account when deciding whether to grant a possession order to a lending institution in respect of a borrower's principal private residence. Following completion...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Standards (13 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...refurbishment, which includes the provision of extra prison spaces, has placed additional pressure on prison capacity during the period in question. Relevant projects included refurbishment at D1 Landing at Cloverhill Prison, two Units at Wheatfield Place of Detention, the construction of the Violence Reduction Unit at Midlands Prison, and renovation and refurbishment works at Castlerea...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (6 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...future use options for the site. This included discussions with Fingal County Council. More recently, the site has also been flagged to the Department of Housing and Local Government, and to the Land Development Agency. As such, the site will be considered both in the context of broader State requirements for land assets and future requirements in relation to detention of prisoners.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...with Fingal County Council.  More recently, the site has also been flagged to the Department of Housing and Local Government. As such, the site will be considered both in the context of broader State requirements for land assets and future requirements in relation to detention of prisoners. As requested by the Deputy, the table below has been updated to include the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Repossessions Rate (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...448 76 524 TABLE  B Period Primary Home Buy to Let Other/Unknown Total September to December 2014 319 103 117 539 2015 918 148 218 1,284 2016 854 62 172 1,088 2017 733 15 130 878 The Deputy should note that under section 101 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, all applications for repossession in cases of ‘housing loan’ mortgages created...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (17 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ..., has been shared at Dublin Airport with the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS). Other immigration-related functions undertaken by GNIB include the removal of persons who have been refused permission to land in the State; enforcement of Deportation, Removal and Transit Orders; the provision of a non-national registration service outside of Dublin &...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (17 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: .... However, it is also a right that must be exercised peacefully and with respect for the rights of others. In this context, we must not lose sight of the fact that the members of An Garda Síochána were enforcing the law of the land in what were very difficult circumstances. As the Deputy has pointed out, there has been some disquiet about members of the Public Order Unit...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Coroners Service (3 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Senator Colm Burke for raising this matter. It is distressing when the remains of deceased people are sometimes discovered on land or washed ashore on our coasts, as in the case mentioned by the Senator. The relevant State authorities make every effort to identify such people by whatever means possible. I am informed by coroners that fortunately there are very few cases in which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ..., had stands at the Ploughing Championship or were present at stands, reflecting the broad range of work carried out in the Justice sector. The Legal Aid Board, the Insolvency Service of Ireland, the Property Services Regulatory Authority, and An Garda Síochána, were present. Both the Legal Aid Board and the Insolvency Service of Ireland had stands in the tent of the Citizens...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (20 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). My Department, including agencies under its remit, does not own any land in County Meath.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...and facilitated. However, this right must also be exercised peacefully and with respect for the rights of others. In this context, we must not lose sight of the fact that the members of An Garda Síochána present were enforcing the law of the land in what were very difficult and tense circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: .... However, it is also a right that must be exercised peacefully and with respect for the rights of others. In this context, we must not lose sight of the fact that the members of An Garda Síochána were enforcing the law of the land in what were very difficult circumstances. As the Deputy has pointed out, there has been some disquiet about members of the Public Order Unit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Industry Regulation (19 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ..., it is also a right that must be exercised peacefully and with respect for the rights of others. In this context, we must not lose sight of the fact that the members of An Garda Síochána were enforcing the law of the land in what were very difficult circumstances. It is a sad fact and a worrying development that Gardaí, and particularly those who undertake public order...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (7 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...íochána who have been appointed as Immigration Officers in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Act, 2004, fulfil immigration control duties at ports which have been approved for the landing of non-nationals. Airports which are not approved for entry into the State for the purposes of the Act are monitored by members of An Garda Síochána in the relevant...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...for the placing of these type of contracts for the expert assistance that is available in the private sector. Why not have the public sector engage in the best practice that is available in our land?