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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (12 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by the Irish Prison Service that figures for 2018 expenditure on drug treatment programmes are not yet available. The aggregate spend in the previous five year period is set out in the table below: Year  Drug Treatment Pharmacist Service Addiction Counselling  Addiction Psychiatry Methadone Treatment Total 2017 €417,067 €1,036,361...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passports for Investment Scheme (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I understand the Deputy has since clarified that he is referring to the Immigrant Investor Programme of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department. However, I want to be absolutely clear that the State does not operate a ‘passports for sale scheme’ and that an investment under the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) does not confer any preferential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Applications Administration (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The Act was signed into law on 30 December 2015 but has not yet been fully commenced. New administrative processes and support measures, including the setting up of the Decision Support Service within the Mental Health Commission (a body...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Arrangements (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Personal Insolvency Acts provide for three debt solutions, depending on the nature and scale of the person’s means and debts. As you are aware, a Debt Relief Notice (DRN) is an insolvency arrangement for those with very low income and assets which allows for the write off qualifying debt up to €35,000. Under the Acts, this solution is provided by Approved Intermediaries, who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 137 together. The Fresh Start Agreement provided for the establishment by the two Governments of the Independent Reporting Commission to facilitate monitoring of the implementation of measures aimed at ending paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland. An international agreement between Ireland and the UK, establishing the Independent Reporting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that CCTV systems installed for the purposes of crime prevention and as aids to policing in areas to which the general public routinely have access, such as town centres, fall into two distinct but complementary categories, namely Garda CCTV systems and community-based CCTV systems. Community CCTV is governed by section 38(3)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Justice and Equality Vote Group includes the Department of Justice and Equality, An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service, the Courts Service, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Policing Authority. Vote 24 relates to the Department of Justice and Equality. Within Vote 24, an amount of €28,570,000 of the total capital allocation of €28,920,000...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, following the publication by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform of the Estimates for Public Services on 9 October 2018, the capital allocation for 2019 for the Courts Service was confirmed at €51.517 million. Furthermore, there was a carryover of €2.5 million in capital expenditure from 2018 to 2019, which is allocated to Information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Justice and Equality Vote Group includes the Department of Justice and Equality, An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service, the Courts Service, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Policing Authority. Vote 20 relates to the An Garda Síochána. The Deputy will be aware that the resources provided by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the allocation of Capital Funding is subject to change as projects progress through various phases of their lifecycle. Below is the latest estimate for 2019. Project Estimated Expenditure Commencement Completion Limerick New Build Prison 19,100,000 2019 2022 D Block Demolition & Military Compound...

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

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the reason a large number of gardaí are present at court venues both...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information in relation to the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floor each night in all prisons during November and December 2018 and January 2019 is available in the tables attached in the link below as provided by the Irish Prison Service. I am advised that the attached tables reflect the number of instances of prisoners sleeping on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The murder of two innocent young people in Belturbet in December 1972 was a appalling act of brutality. The perpetrators of this bombing demonstrated a callous disregard for human life which, as the Deputy has stated, claimed two lives and injured many other people. The Deputy will be aware that this crime was methodically investigated by An Garda Síochána at the time with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána. Further, the allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Commissioner, in light of his identified operational demands. In keeping with these...

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

Charles Flanagan: My Department, with close cooperation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is finalising a General Scheme for a Bill to establish the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval (ICIR). The ICIR will be a cross-border institution which will be established to receive information on troubles-related deaths and to prepare a report on the circumstances of the death for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the persons concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: In accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 24 January 2019, to submit representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made against him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days. The applicant’s judicial review...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. On completion of the necessary processing the application will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. Should further documentation be required it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (7 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application referred to will be examined shortly, and a decision will issue directly. For applications of this type, the Deputy will know that the Policy Document on Family Reunification published in December, 2013 contains a stated business target that visa applications to join Irish citizens...