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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (6 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In response to the Deputy's question, the information on published post enactment reports is contained in the table. I can further confirm to the Deputy that work is underway in my Department to complete such reports on a number of other Acts. Post-Enactment Reports No. Title of Act Date of publication of Post-enactment Report 1 Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 5 May 2015 2...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (6 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In response to the Deputy's question on the number of acts passed since March 2011 that my Department is responsible for; the date each Act was signed into law. The requested information in relation to this request is provided in the table at the link. In addition I would mention that my Department also currently has seven Bills before the Oireachtas, ten Priority Bills for publication and 23...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the information sought cannot be provided in the time allowed. As soon as the information has been collated I will write to the Deputy on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 provides for a number of amendments to the Civil Registration Act 2004, all of which have yet to be commenced. Certain sections in Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 provide for the registration and re-registration of the birth of a donor-conceived child. The current position is that these sections need to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: There are currently no staff from my Department seconded to work within the public sector of other EU member states.There are no formal secondment schemes of this nature operated by my Department. In the past, staff from my Department have participated in the National Experts in Professional Training (NEPT) Programme, managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which provides...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that additional staff resources have been assigned to process applications currently being received under the Special Scheme for Students launched in October, arising from the judgement in the cases referred to by the Deputy. INIS has taken a number of measures to address the cohort of complex...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy and I will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of this report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed that two former governors are currently employed to carry out business process reviews in the Irish Prison Service. One person has been employed since September 2017 and another since February 2018 on salaries of approximately €40,000 and €30,000 per annum, pro rata. Both persons were employed on 12 month contracts, with an option to extend for an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As outlined in responses to previous parliamentary questions, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department became aware in September of customers experiencing difficulties booking registration appointments. Some of these difficulties had arisen because third party agents had been able to secure multiple appointments through the use of automatic software. A set...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: 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. Neither type of CCTV system may be established without authorisation by the Garda Commissioner under section 38 of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service (IPS) that the bed capacity figure for each prison which appears daily on the IPS website represents the maximum number of beds available. Typically, the actual number of beds available at each individual prison on a given day will be less than the bed capacity figure as beds may be temporarily unavailable for different reasons,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department, along with all public sector bodies, is committed to achieving a 33% reduction in energy usage by 31st December, 2020, over a baseline of energy used in 2009 - a target set out in S.I. 426 of 2014. It is therefore fully engaged in the Public Sector Energy Reporting Programme. By the end of December, 2017, my Department had achieved a reduction of 32.4% in energy use, and is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputies will know, the legislation is a matter for my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, who I am sure will be available to answer questions by way of Topical Issue debate or otherwise. My concern is for the students involved and I acknowledge what Deputy Barry said about protections for students. I urge any students...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I assure the Deputies that officials from my Department and the Department of Education and Skills are available to see how best this issue can be managed with a view to reassigning students to other language schools or considering the matter of the learner protection insurance and a refund of fees already paid.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I hear about CCTV schemes from many groups all over the country and in my capacity as a rural Deputy, I am fully aware of the desire for CCTV in local areas. I appreciate the sense of security that CCTV brings to many communities. In responding to community demand, the Government has made significant funding available to assist groups...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am confident the guidance issued recently by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding data protection will be helpful to all those concerned and I put on the record my thanks to those local authorities which have already supported their communities in setting up such schemes. I assure them that my officials are doing all they can to further streamline and simplify the process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224, 225 and 256 together. 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. Neither type of CCTV system may be established without...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: From 2008 - 2015, a total of €987,899 was made available to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for the purposes of supporting intercultural football programmes with the objective of promoting integration and combating racism through the medium of sport. In 2017 a grant of €150,072.75 was awarded to the FAI. The first instalment of €45,021.83 was paid in 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In respect of the Deputy’s question please see the table in the following link, which outlines the external consultant reports commissioned by my Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of same; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (4 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that I have previously received other correspondence in relation to allegations made by the person in question against the Gardaí. I have replied to that earlier correspondence indicating that, as Minister, I cannot interfere in the matter which has been the subject of a Garda investigation, a decision of the DPP and has resulted in court proceedings which are...