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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Programme for Government commits to ‘recognise the domestic and international importance of data protection in Ireland’ and states that the Government ‘will ensure that Ireland delivers on its responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation’. The Government is very conscious of the commitment to deliver effective data protection regulation and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, I published a progress report from the Working Group to Examine the Disregard of Convictions for Certain Qualifying Offences Related to Consensual Sexual Activity between Men on Thursday, 5 May. The Victorian-era laws which were repealed by the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 caused immeasurable harm to generations of gay and bisexual men, criminalising...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Government commits in the Programme for Government to reviewing the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 and to broaden the range of convictions that are considered spent. As part of this review process, a public consultation on spent convictions was launched in October 2020. Bespoke research on the approach to spent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

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: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Appointments (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: As mentioned in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1423 of 8 September 2022, each Council of Europe State Party must ensure that the national selection procedure leading to the nomination of candidates for GRETA is either in accordance with published national guidelines or is otherwise transparent and designed to lead to the nomination of the most qualified candidates. There are no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: My Department conducts its operations in 10 buildings which are either State owned or rented or leased by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on behalf of my Department. As part of its overall commitment to energy saving and the climate agenda, steps have been taken to eliminate the use of non-essential lighting, where appropriate and safe to do so, such as switching off lighting used to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: It is open to the person concerned, who would already have been granted the Stamp 1G for a period of 2 years, to request an extension of their current immigration permission by writing to Unit 1, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division, Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, DO2 XK70 or by email to unit1residencedivision@justice.ie Any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: A schedule of the costs, and details of the person or body conducting the live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by my Department, and the scheduled completion date of each, are outlined in tabular form below. Study/Review/Research Scheduled Completion Date Cost Organisation/person Review on Digital Age...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of the Garda organisation. This includes the deployment of Garda members throughout the State. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am however assured that Garda management keeps the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no role in relation to such matters. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there is no structured incident or record type in PULSE for such Garda activity and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Repossessions (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 to 415, inclusive, together. Management of the courts, 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 given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

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 purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda vehicles. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: Under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for the management and administration of Garda business, including the deployment of immigration officers countrywide and those attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). As the Deputy will be aware, Garda Immigration officers have numerous functions, including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: Management of the courts, 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 given the separation of powers in the Constitution. The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Justice Plan 2022 commits to publishing and enacting new laws to update and modernise alcohol licensing laws in Ireland. The Minister is delivering on that commitment by preparing Heads of a General Scheme of a Sale of Alcohol Bill. The objective of the proposed Bill is to repeal the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2018, the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2008, and the Public Dance Hall...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

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 purchase, allocation, and effective and efficient use of Garda vehicles. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are...