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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: In September 2021, following on from the commencement of Coco’s Law, my Department launched the first phase of a campaign to raise awareness of the strong legislation in place to combat intimate image abuse and to make victims aware of the support and assistance available. The first phase of this campaign focused on the sharing of intimate images without consent and included...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the Government will establish a statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The agency will have a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to tackle this complex social...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the Government will establish a statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The agency will have a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to tackle this complex social...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department published a research report and policy paper on parental alienation on our website last May. A link to both can be found here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/20df3-parental-alienation-research -report-and-policy-paper/. My officials also briefed Oireachtas members and stakeholder groups on the paper’s recommendations. Both the paper and the report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, I announced earlier this year that the Drogheda Implementation Board would be extended for another year until September 2024. The extension of the Board’s term will allow it to maintain the positive momentum already built to improve community safety in Drogheda and to strengthen co-operation between State agencies in the town and surrounding areas. There...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 was published on 17 July 2023. It is expected to begin its progress through the Dáil next week. The Bill will implement important reforms in relation to knowledge of consent, ensure anonymity for victims and the accused in sexual offence trials and will clear the final legislative hurdles for ratification of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The Stormont House Agreement, concluded by the two Governments and the Northern Ireland Parties in December 2014, provides for a framework of measures to address the legacy of troubles-related violence in Northern Ireland. The framework of measures agreed include the establishment of the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval (ICIR). Given the cross-border nature of the ICIR, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The visa applications referred to by the Deputy was refused by the Visa Office in Abu Dhabi on 14 August 2023. The reasons for this decision were set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicants at that time. An appeal of this decision was launched on 31 August 2023. Appeals for applications of this type are processed in the order in which they are received, to be fair to all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The Family Law Act 2019 made a number of amendments to the law relating to divorce in Ireland. The enactment of the Act followed the signing into law of the Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Act 2019 which amended Article 41.3.2° of the Constitution to remove the minimum living apart period for spouses seeking a divorce. Section 3 of the Family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy continues to be processed by my Department. Persons making an application, for a certificate of naturalisation, for themselves or on behalf of a minor, are required to provide satisfactory evidence of their identity and nationality. This is usually in the form of a currently valid passport and may include other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The naturalisation application from the person referred to by the Deputy continues to be processed by my Department. Persons making an application, for a certificate of naturalisation, for themselves or on behalf of a minor, are required to provide satisfactory evidence of their identity and nationality. This is usually in the form of a currently valid passport and may include other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, for reasons of maintaining full confidentiality, it is not my Department's practice to comment on whether an application for international protection has been made in the State. An applicant for such protection status, or their legal representative, should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: Management of the courts, along with related operational matters and logistical functions, are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and through the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: Management of the courts, along with related operational matters and logistical functions, are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and through the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The EU Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC) has been activated in response to the Ukraine crisis. Ireland participates in this measure, which is given legal effect under Section 60 of the International Protection Act 2015. Those eligible for Temporary Protection (granted initially for one year, but renewable) have immediate access to the labour market, on a full time basis and without...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (26 Sep 2023)

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 roads policing. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the table below provides of the number of Fatal Road Traffic Collisions in which a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: An application under the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme by the person referred to by the Deputy was refused on 09 February 2023. An appeal of this decision was also refused on 11 September 2023. The applicant has made representations under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), detailing why deportation orders should not be made in respect of them....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: With the enactment of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2019, members of An Garda Síochána gained access to the industrial relations machinery of the state, including the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. In parallel, new internal dispute resolution mechanisms were introduced in An Garda Síochána at that time and the management of industrial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to building stronger, safer communities and the 2023 budget of over €2 billion will allow for the continued recruitment of Garda members and staff, with Garda recruits entering Templemore approximately every 11 weeks. I can assure the Deputy that the Government remains committed to reaching its current targets of 15,000 Gardaí and 4,000 Garda staff....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420, 421, 422 and 423 together. The Legal Aid Board is the statutory, independent body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to persons of modest means, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 1996 to 2021. Section 3(3) of the Act states that the Board shall, subject to the...