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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: No, it does not impact it. What I brought to Cabinet today was a memo for information-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I do not think the Senator is because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I do not think the Senator is aware of what I brought to Cabinet because she said it was legislation about Nigeria. What I have brought today is a memo for information to outline that we are designating the country from where we have the most applications coming into the accelerated procedure. We are not designating it as safe; we are saying that it is the country with the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: We would make that decision ourselves. That does not impact it at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am telling the Senator that we would.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: May I respond briefly? It is really important that we talk about facts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: It is really important we deal with facts. The Senator asked whether this would be impacted by our joining the pact. It is absolutely the case that it would not be impacted. People can choose to believe that or not, but I have to state the facts here. The facts are very clear that that would not be the case, in the same way as the facts are clear that the 5 million people the Senator...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Temporary Protection Directive – which provides immediate protection in EU countries for people displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine – was extended to March 2025 at a meeting of the European Council last September. I wish to acknowledge again the enormous goodwill and welcome shown by communities across the country to those who have arrived. The Government will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department commissioned an independent consultant to undertake the statutory review of Part 4 of the Act but, due to a number of reasons, it was not possible for the review to be completed within the desired timeframe. I acknowledge that the report is now significantly overdue and the Deputy is aware, from previous questions, of the circumstances that have delayed its completion. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: Road safety is a shared responsibility, and while led by the Department of Transport, it is one which is taken very seriously across Government. We have 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. I continue to engage with colleagues across Government, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 and 27 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the Judicial Council Act 2019 provided for the establishment of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee of the Judicial Council. Its functions include the preparation of draft sentencing guidelines and the monitoring of the operation of those guidelines, together with the collation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I want to assure the Deputy that I am conscious of, and hugely committed to, tackling the devastating impact that illegal drugs have on communities across the country. My Department is steadfast in working in many ways to address the harms caused to families and communities by the activities of transnational organised crime groups and, as part of this, all the laws and powers available to An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP) was established under the Prisons Act 2007 and is independent in how it carries out its functions. The Inspector's role is to carry out regular inspections of prisons. The Inspector's three day monitoring report of the Dóchas Centre was received in my office in August 2020, and it was deemed possible following...