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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 7 September 2018, following the refusal of the international protection claim made by the person concerned.  That Order remains valid and in place. Representations have been received requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked in this case, and these representations will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Section 8 of the International Protection Act 2015, commenced on 31 December, 2016, sets out the applicable reasons for persecution when considering an application for international protection on the grounds referred to by he Deputy. Applications are processed by the International Protection Office (IPO). The Chief International Protection Officer and the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that it is not an offence for individuals to not wear high visibility clothing when walking in the dark. As the Deputy may be aware, S.I. 182/1997 Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, as substituted by Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 include Rules for Pedestrians (Article 46). These rules...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The following table outlines the breakdown of staff in my Department by grade as of 15/10/2018.  These figures include staff in a range of agencies under the Department's aegis, including the Probation Service, Forensic Science Ireland, certain staff of the Irish Prison Service, Insolvency Service Ireland, and the Data Protection Commission. Grade Total  Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As indicated in response to a previous Parliamentary Question by the Deputy, I am aware of the case referred to. I would again point out that I was not a party to these legal proceedings.  However, I have had further enquires made with the Chief State Solicitor's Office and I understand that that office has been in recent contact with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As part of the recent Estimates process some €20 million of the capital allocation for the Justice sector in 2019 per the National Development Plan has been reprofiled to 2020. This reprofiling is to more accurately reflect when it is envisaged expenditure will fall due in relation to the multi-year project for the provision of a new Forensic Science Laboratory in Backweston, Co....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal addresses matters at the heart of policing in Ireland. Its findings and conclusions are, as I have already said in the House, stark. Mr. Justice Charleton does not mince words and is very clear about where serious failings took place, how they were allowed to happen and who allowed them to happen.  It is clear...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Cost of Insurance Working Group proposed exploring the possibility that a specific unit, funded by the insurance industry, be established within the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) to tackle insurance fraud. I understand that the GNECB has engaged with Insurance Ireland in relation to this matter and submitted a mechanism for establishing an insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injuries Commission (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the Second and Final Report of the Personal Injuries Commission made recommendations aimed at positively impacting the overall Irish personal injury claims environment. One of these recommendation refers to the Judicial Council, on establishment, compiling guidelines for appropriate general damages for various types of personal injury and further recommends that, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy notes, the Judicial Council Bill is currently awaiting Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann, having completed Second Stage on 22 November 2017.  The Bill provides for the establishment of a Judicial Council, the function of which will be to promote and maintain excellence in the exercise by judges of their judicial functions.It will also provide a formal mechanism for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injuries Commission (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The matter raised by the Deputy is also the subject of Recommendation 5 of the Cost of Insurance Working Group made in its Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance published in January of this year. As the Deputy will be aware, the Cost of Insurance Working Group, chaired by Minister of State Michael D'Arcy TD, brings together the relevant Departments and Offices involved...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Capital funding of €43.570 million in 2019 relates to the construction of a new Forensic Science Laboratory in Backweston Co. Kildare.  While certain enabling works have already been carried out on the site it is expected that the construction of the new laboratory will commence in 2019 and is expected to be completed by 2021. The balance of the capital allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, following the publication by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform of the Estimates for Public Services on 9 October 2018, the capital allocation for 2019 for the Courts Service was confirmed at €51.517 million. It comprises €8.92 million for maintenance and development of new and existing Information Communication Technology (ICT) systems,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote and as such is responsible for the effective and efficient use of the resources at his disposal. Those resources have reached unprecedented levels, with an allocation for 2018 of more than €1.6 billion.  And I can confirm that €1.76 billion has been allocated to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The capital allocation for the Prisons Vote in 2019 comprises €32.3 million of which the redevelopment of the Limerick Prison will account for the majority of the expenditure. The allocation also includes other building/refurbishment works to be carried out across various locations within the Prison Estate. In addition this expenditure will include investment in Cell Windows, CCTV,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to the reply given to his recent Parliamentary Questions No. 277 of Tuesday 18 September 2018 and No. 107 of Thursday 27 September 2018. The status of the person concerned is as set out in the issued replies: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned presented a new passport on 5 April 2018 at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application is received and every application is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a request from the person concerned for permission to reside in the State on Stamp 3 conditions was received on 5 January 2018.  The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in chronological order. I am also advised that INIS wrote to the person's legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his legal representative should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly, as appropriate. The IPO...