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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware and in accordance with Articles 13.9 and 35.1 of the Constitution, judicial appointments are made by the President, acting on the advice of the Government. The assignment of judges once appointed is the responsibility for the respective president of the various Courts. Presidents of the Courts and the presiding judges are, under the Constitution, independent in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy, that of the 15,629 international protection applications pending with the International Protection Office on 1st July 2023, only 290 of these are waiting over 24 months for a determination. The types of situations where cases are in the system for a number of years will only arise in the most exceptional of circumstances. These can include cases before the courts, or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that the IRP card income is the largest component part within the Immigration Registration fees and is classified as an appropriation-in-aid in the Department's Appropriation Account (Vote 24) each year. The nature of appropriation-in-aid income is that it is not reinvested against any specific area of expenditure. Similar to all appropriation-in-aid income...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (11 Jul 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 the management of the Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS). As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. The table below, which was provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: Road safety remains a high priority for An Garda Síochána and for my Department, working closely in cooperation with the Department of Transport. Any serious injury or fatality is of great concern. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: Road safety remains a high priority for An Garda Síochána and for my Department, working closely in cooperation with the Department of Transport. Any serious injury or fatality is of great concern. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: Road safety remains a high priority for An Garda Síochána and for my Department, working closely in cooperation with the Department of Transport. Any serious injury or fatality is of great concern. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Service Executive (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: A number of the recommendations in the Meenan Report are dependent on the introduction of a pre-action protocol for clinical negligence cases. Justice Plan 2023 commits to legislating for new pre-action protocols in respect of clinical negligence to encourage early resolution of allegations of negligence, promoting timely communications between parties and reducing the number of clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Women's Resource Centres (6 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: A key aim of the Third National Strategy is the doubling of the number of refuge places over its lifetime, bringing it to 280. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, we are working with all stakeholders to put in place the necessary structures and supports to accelerate the delivery of additional refuge accommodation year on year. Work undertaken to implement the Strategy has already...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Websites (6 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Justice has a process in place for managing security certificates on our infrastructure. The Department’s records do not show any instance of the department website being unavailable due to SSL certificate expiry. An SSL certificate was only added to the Department website in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy does not state the nationality of the person referred to. However, it is noted that the address provided is in South Africa and South African nationals are not visa required and may seek to enter and reside in the State on visitors conditions for up to 90 days. Entry into the State, for both visa required and non-visa required nationals, is solely at the discretion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer, the visa application referred to was refused. A letter issued to the applicant on 04 July 2023 outlines the reasons for this refusal. An appeals process, which is free of charge, is available which allows applicants, in the event of a refusal of the application at first instance, to address the factors which gave...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer, the visa application referred to was refused. A letter issued to the applicant on 04 July 2023 outlines the reasons for this refusal. An appeals process, which is free of charge, is available which allows applicants, in the event of a refusal of the application at first instance, to address the factors which gave...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: As this is a new amendment, it is important to lay out what we are doing here. In essence, these amendments will provide a mechanism for Ireland's co-operation with the European Public Prosecutor's Office, EPPO, an independent EU body established in 2017 as an enhanced co-operation measure. It has responsibility for investigating and prosecuting crimes against the financial interests of the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: Where EPPO undertakes the investigations, it is specific to member states that are signed up. We have not signed up officially but we are putting in place a mechanism to allow for that exchange of information. The UK has engaged with and is working to ensure that there is no loss of ability to exchange information now it is outside the EU. Depending on where the incident happens or the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Senator for her contribution and what she is trying to address here. I have met with Safeguarding Ireland and I understand that there are a lot of vulnerable people who need further protection in two ways - looking at it from a criminal justice side and making sure all the right rules, regulation and oversight are in place where you have vulnerable people. It is not just in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: When a person is convicted of stalking or harassment offences, essentially, the court will have the power to make a no-contact order prohibiting any type of communication or that person going within a certain distance of the other person's residence, education or employment, and if that person is in breach of such an order, it is a very serious offence. What these amendments do is complement...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: This amendment provides for restrictions on the publication of the identity of alleged victims of harassment and stalking offences under section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. It provides that it is an offence to publish or broadcast information, photographs, depictions or representations of physical likeness that are likely to lead to the identification of the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: This is a transitional provision to ensure certificates signed prior to the changes made to section 25 of the 1997 Act when coming into effect will remain valid and will not be affected.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: These amendments provide for the making of civil restraining orders under section 20 on an urgent basis. As Senators pointed out on Committee Stage, an immediate risk may exist to a person from stalking behaviour and delays may arise placing a person on notice. The amendments provide for an application for an order to be made ex parteand for the grant of an ex parteapplication where there...