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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1115 and 1117 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). This includes responsibility for the recruitment, training and deployment of Garda members and members of the Garda Reserve. As Minister I have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, an independent study was commissioned by my Department into familicide and domestic homicide reviews. This independent research involved consultations with a wide range of stakeholders including family members of victims, state agencies and non-governmental organisations, with a view to making recommendations to improve the State's response to familicide and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1119 and 1120 together. I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will contact the Deputy directly once this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs, which is reflected in an allocation of over €2 billion in Budget 2023. This level of funding will provide a steady pipeline of new Gardaí in the coming years, supporting the recruitment of up to 1,000 Garda members and 400 new Garda staff. The attached document outlines the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will appreciate, Garda staff are civil servants and therefore civil service salary scales apply. Salary scales are set out in the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform's most recent pay circular published on www.gov.ie. The circular sets out all the pay scales for Civil Service staff, ranging from cleaner to Secretary General level. I can however assure the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The DPP is wholly independent in her functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended) and, as Minister, I have no role in the operations, decision making process, governance or oversight of the Office of the Director. As a result I am unable to provide any statistical...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 criminalises the non-consensual distribution of intimate images. It is a criminal offence to share, or threaten to share, an intimate image of another person without their consent. This includes sharing intimate images purporting to be of another person - often referred to as ‘deep-fakes’. The legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 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 Garda vetting system. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. However, I am advised that the primary purpose of the employment vetting carried out by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The the Government is committed to ensuring An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to deliver a modern, fit-for-purpose, policing service. Budget 2023 provides funding of €2.14 billion for An Garda Síochána, of which €10m has been allocated for investment in the Garda fleet. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: 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 enforcement of road traffic legislation. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters. I have been provided by the Garda authorities with the below table, outlining a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 301 together. My officials have requested details of the course in question from the Deputy’s office. On receipt of these details, my officials will make enquiries with the relevant Education and Training Board.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Mar 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 Citizenship division of my Department wrote to the person concerned on 2 March, requesting further...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303, 304 and 305 together. Each individual investor application to the Immigration Investor Program (IIP) is a standalone application and must be submitted in association with a particular project. A specific project may have numerous individual investor applications associated with it, depending on the amount of funding sought. The statistics in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, and all applications are processed in line with the eligibility criteria as set out under the Act. It is open to the person details supplied to make an application for Naturalisation when they meet the criteria as set out in the 1956 Act. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, and all applications are processed in line with the eligibility criteria as set out under the Act. Each application is assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the numbers waiting to progress their off-the-job training is being compiled by SOLAS. An answer will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants scheme opened on 31 January 2022 and closed on 31 July 2022. This once in a generation scheme was designed to give long-term undocumented people without a current permission to remain in the State, the chance to regularise their status, access the labour market and begin their path to citizenship. The scheme was only open to those who did...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The application for the person referred to by the Deputy was received by the Undocumented Unit of my Department on 23 February 2022 and continues to be processed. Due to the large number of applications on hand it is not possible to provide a definitive timeframe for a decision to issue. The processing times of applications will vary depending on the complexity of the application, whether...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: It has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 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 any decisions in relation to the allocation and control of Garda resources. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. The Commissioner, as the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote under...