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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no direct role. The table below, provided to me by the Garda authorities, outlines the number of adult caution notifications issued to persons by An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware that the UK have very recently lifted the visa requirement on Colombia for short visits and that this arrangement also applies in the Schengen area. The Deputy will also be aware that both the UK and Schengen States intend to introduce in the near future an Electronic Travel Authorisation System for certain non-visa required countries. It is the case that Colombia remains on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including liquor licensing inspections. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am informed by the Garda authorities that in 2021 there were 1,774 inspections of licensed premises carried out in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: 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 advised, however, that Garda management keeps the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the estimated full year cost of employing 175 new Recruit Prison Officers, as per the most recent PPC pay scales of 1 October 2022, would be: Grade Scale Point Number of Recruit Prison Officer’s RECRUIT PRISON OFFICER - PPC 1 175 Salary €32,777.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, for reasons of maintaining full confidentiality, it is not my Department's practice to comment on whether an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State. An applicant for such protection status, or their legal representative, should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: An international protection applicant is someone who has left their country and seeks protection in another country. Seeking protection is a human right and when someone asks for protection at the border of a country, that country’s authorities must examine that application. Ireland, as a party to the Geneva Convention, must also meet this obligation. Immigration officials conduct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible by law for the management and administration of Garda business, which includes the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. As Minister I have no direct role in such matters. I can however assure the Deputy that the Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: 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: Peace Commissioners (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, Peace Commissioners are appointed by the Minister for Justice under section 88 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924.  A Peace Commissioner is an honorary appointment and those appointed do not require particular training or qualifications and receive no remuneration or compensation by way of fees or expenses for their services.  The current powers and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 474 to 476, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is not maintained by my Department in the manner requested. However, I can advise that there is no difference in the way a visa application is processed or treated once it has been submitted. In the Dublin Visa Office, for example, applications are divided into separate queues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy is aware, the European Public Prosecutors Office (EPPO) was established under the EU's enhanced cooperation mechanism to investigate and prosecute crimes against the financial interest of the European Union. These crimes are as set out in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: On 15th July this year, the EU Commission issued a Letter of Formal Notice of infringement proceedings citing Ireland’s failure to properly transpose three articles of European Directive 2011/93 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. A response issued to the Letter of Formal Notice on 15th September, setting out in detail the manner in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The proposal for a Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (2022/0155) was published on 11 May 2022.  This proposal follows from the July 2020 EU strategy for a More Effective Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse, which set out a comprehensive response to the growing threat of child sexual abuse both offline and online, by improving prevention, investigation and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has a stamp 3 immigration permission to remain in the State until 16 July 2025. Stamp 3 indicates that the holder has an immigration permission to stay in Ireland for a specified period, subject to conditions, and is reckonable as residence when applying for citizenship by naturalisation. As the person concerned is a minor, they and their parent may contact their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Unfortunately it is not possible to provide the Deputy with the information requested regarding the number of refused applications as a percentage of all applications, as the IPO do not maintain statistics in this manner. Decisions on international protection are made by the Ministerial Decisions Unit (MDU) of my Department. MDU processes the recommendations received from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Croke Park Agreement encompassed all civil and public servants in my Department. No distinction was made between categories of civil servants under the Agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, the Probate Office is an office of the High Court. Under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in its functions. Probate functions are also carried out by County Registrars at District Probate Registries in 14 provincial court offices, who are also independent in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a statutory body with staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (including Customs), the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Justice.  I can inform the Deputy that there is no proposal to reduce the staffing of the Bureau.  Competitions are currently underway...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I can assure the Deputy that tackling organised criminal activity is an overriding priority for An Garda Síochána and the Government. I wish to acknowledge the superb and painstaking work of the Gardaí in harnessing an international coalition of support to tackle the criminality associated with a particular Organised Crime Group. The enforcement of sanctions demonstrates the...