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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the recruitment and training of the members of An Garda Síochána. Further, the allocation of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Foireann Roinne (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Molaim Ceisteanna Uimh. 206 go 207, cuimsitheach, a fhreagairt le chéile. Tá áthas orm a chur in iúl don Teachta go bhfuil, faoi láthair, cohórt de 45 oifigeach, c. 2% d’fhoireann mo Roinne, ar liosta de bhaill foirne sa Roinn atá ar fáil chun seirbhísí a sholáthar (i.e., ceisteanna agus fiosruithe a fhreagairt) as Gaeilge. Tá...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am keen that progress be reported on this issue and I intend at an early date to bring further initiatives before the House.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have no idea from where the information came and nor do I intend speculating.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I do not intend to depart from the time-honoured tradition of not discussing the detail of case files on the floor of Dáil Éireann. However, I remind the Deputy that each and every case is given due and careful consideration over a range of circumstances, including age, length of time, family circumstances and family connections with the State. Having regard to applications for...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is not my place to comment but I note the absence of Senators for a very important debate.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is certainly in stark contrast to this time last year when the rafters of the House were lifted with frenzied indignation on the part of many Senators who are not yet here to discuss the third interim report of the disclosures tribunal but I expect they will attend later. Any reading of the report leaves us in no doubt that a good member of An Garda Síochána was badly treated by...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I hope Senators will reflect on their contributions to debates inside and outside this House last November. A frenzied rush to judgment on the part of many brought down a good and decent woman. Returning to the tribunal’s central findings, it is also accepted that the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, did not speak with Commissioner O’Sullivan and the tribunal finds that in...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: What we expect of others we should also expect of ourselves. During her tenure as Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan was frequently before Oireachtas committees. She was subjected to questions that sometimes crossed the line that divides robust inquiry from personalised attack. In the end these allegations, which have been found by the tribunal to be unsupported by evidence,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the table sets out the position in relation to the number of visa applications received for family members of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens, by nationality (top ten countries) and a combined figure for all other nationalities for each of the years in the period in question. As...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be appreciate, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility to manage and control generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the recruitment, training and appointment of its members and civilian staff. This Government is committed to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In accordance with the Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) Regulations 2013 the Public Appointments Service, on behalf of the Garda Commissioner, manages the initial recruitment stages for the selection of Garda trainees. The final stages of the recruitment process in which candidates are vetted, and complete a physical competency test and a medical examination, are managed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that since early September, some customers have experienced difficulties in booking registration appointments.  Some of these difficulties have arisen because third party agents had been able to secure multiple appointments through the use of automatic software. A set of software fixes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there are currently two online appointments systems in operation for non-EEA nationals.  These systems are for registration of permission to reside in the State, and for applications for an emergency re-entry visa appointment. With regard to the on-line system used by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Industrial Relations (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, last year the Government accepted the recommendations of the Working Group on Industrial Relations in An Garda Síochána which included the introduction of legislation to allow Garda members have access to the industrial relations machinery of the State. The second phase of the Working Group is currently underway and the members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that section 10 of the Road Traffic Act, 2010 provides for Mandatory Intoxicant Testing checkpoints (MIT).  The powers of An Garda Síochána under the 2010 Act were extended under the Road Traffic Act 2016 to allow preliminary, oral, fluid-testing for drugs to be undertaken at these checkpoints, in additional to the current,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that the number of Gardaí that have been trained to use the specified devices is given in the table below, broken down by Garda division.  Region Division No. of personnel trained Eastern Region Meath 117 Wicklow 57 Kildare 55 Laois/Offaly 55 Westmeath 101 DMR DMR North 14 DMR South 58 DMR East 52 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 7 September 2018 (copied below for reference). Unfortunately, it is not possible at this time to give a definitive date as to when this particular appeal will be finalised. The Deputy can be assured that the applicant will be advised of the outcome in due course. Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 7 September 2018. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of all Garda resources, including personnel, is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I have no direct role in this regard. However, I can assure the Deputy that An Garda Síochána continue to regard all forms of anti-social behaviour very seriously. Working with communities to tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have not had meetings or correspondence with the individual in question in the past 3 years.