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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the deployment of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this deployment under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of available resources. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there are fewer than 10...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the deployment of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this deployment under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of available resources. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there are fewer than 10...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda vehicles. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. The unprecedented allocation of over €2.35...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to building stronger, safer communities – and strengthening An Garda Síochána is at the core of that. The record budgetary allowance of €2.3 billion is allowing for sustained investment in recruitment, training and equipment. As the Deputy will be aware, by law the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management of An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of An Garda Síochána as well as for decisions in relation to the purchase, allocation and management of Garda equipment and resources. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. To...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda vehicles. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions. The unprecedented allocation of over €2.35...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, and will contact him once this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...order to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Such an order may remain on the person’s record permanently subject to review by the Minister on request by the person concerned. The existence of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...all been shocked by the recent loss of life on our roads, and concerned by the worrying increase in road fatalities after many years of progress in making our roads safer. While the focus of An Garda Síochána is on their efforts on enforcement, a multi-faceted approach is required to reduce fatalities and collisions that cause serious injuries. It is acknowledged that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department has responsibility for frontline immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. Other airports and other ports of entry are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). I am advised by the Garda Commissioner of that the number of members of An Garda Síochána, trained as Immigration Officers, assigned to Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including all operational policing matters. I have contacted the Garda authorities and have been advised of the below. The below table provides the number of Fixed Charge Notices issued for parking on a cycle lane by Garda Region. These figures are as held on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: Combatting all forms of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) remains a priority for this Government, for me as Minister for Justice and for the Garda Commissioner. 'Zero Tolerance,' the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV), sets out an ambitious whole of government five-year programme of reform to achieve a society which does not accept...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. I can advise the Deputy, there are no plans provide an additional pathway to naturalisation to benefit members of An Garda Síochána. Applicants are required to have 5 years reckonable residence in the State prior to making an application, except for spouses of Irish nationals and people granted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As you may be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing matters. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions. In March of this year, there were 631 Gardai assigned to roads policing. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As you may be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing matters. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions. In March of this year, there were 631 Gardai assigned to roads policing. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (9 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible under section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) for the general management and administration of Garda business. This includes the enforcement of all applicable legislation and the management of the Fixed Charge Notice system. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following offences for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: 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 managing the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am assured that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (9 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...strengthening the notification requirements for sex offenders and providing for the court to prohibit a sex offender from working with children. The 2023 Act also provides additional powers to An Garda Síochána to take photographs, fingerprints and palm prints from a convicted sex offender and has given Gardaí the power to disclose information regarding a convicted sex...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...for human rights, the rule of law and democratic principles. The Deputy will appreciate that for security and operational reasons it is not the practice to comment on the specific means used by An Garda Siochana under the relevant statutes, i.e., the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 and the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (8 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...investigation function. I understand that the holding of certain inquests may await receipt of a final post-mortem report from a pathologist, or the outcome of an ongoing investigation by An Garda Síochána or other statutory bodies (such as the HSE, GSOC, the Inspector of Prisons, or the Health and Safety Authority). Inquests may also be unable to proceed when the Coroner is...