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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda National Immigration Bureau (26 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Non-EEA nationals who intend to reside in the State for more than 90 days are required to register their immigration permission to be in the State. Non-EEA nationals living in Dublin register with the INIS, while non-EEA nationals living outside Dublin register in the Garda District they reside. The INIS Registration Office operates an on-line appointment system, replacing the old...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (26 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Following the approval of the Houses of the Oireachtas to exercise an opt-in by the State to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive, we commenced a four-month mandated compliance procedure with the European Commission to confirm our participation in the Directive. On the successful completion of this compliance procedure, and the commission's Communication thereof, I signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Maintenance Payments (26 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is open to parents whose relationship has broken down to decide between themselves on maintenance arrangements for their children. If they experience difficulties in reaching agreement on maintenance arrangements, they can try to work out a maintenance agreement through mediation. The general objective of the Mediation Act 2017, which came into operation on 1 January, is to promote...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (26 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 152 together. As the Deputy will be aware it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter.   I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that a Forensic Collision Investigator (FCIs) attends...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to express full confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. Sinn Féin, with characteristic hypocrisy, seeks to personalise a highly complex problem, the causes of which are well known to everybody. The goal this evening is to inflict maximum political damage and feed a myth that one person alone can either solve or create a...

Agreement with Kazakhstan: Referral to Select Committee (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its member states, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, signed at Astana on 21 December 2015, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 6 July 2018, be referred to the Select Committee on...

Technological Universities Order: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 13 September 2018, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education and Skills, in accordance with Standing Order 84A(4)(k), which, not later than 9...

Regulation establishing Internal Security Fund: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Some chance.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I would be very anxious for us to have a debate on aspects of this important report in the House at the earliest opportunity, subject to the agreement of the Business Committee. I assure the House that the Government has noted the far-reaching recommendations in this report, which is a blueprint for policing for the coming decades. I am anxious to ensure an implementation body is put in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Deputy Stanley for this question. I am particularly familiar with the situation at national level and particularly in the area mentioned by the Deputy. It is an important crime prevention measure. I am very pleased that the Government has made available, through my Department, a sum to allow community CCTV. There is a regulatory framework. I assure Deputy Stanley and Members...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to be back in Seanad Éireann for the first time since the summer recess. I hope everyone is in good form and I look forward to a very interesting, robust and co-operative term in the area of justice. Money laundering and terrorist financing are cross-border phenomena. We have a globalised, open economy and criminals will exploit this to move proceeds from one country to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Senators for their remarks. I acknowledge in particular the support for the Bill from Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. I would hope we could proceed to the next Stage at the earliest opportunity. This is an important piece of legislation. It will enable Ireland to meet its international obligations. A number of points have been raised and I want to refer in the first...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: No. It will in the main be in a domestic context and may well have an international dimension but it is the domestic gambling regime we need to address in the first instance. Senator Ó Donnghaile mentioned the importance of ensuring that our laws are updated in this regard. A risk assessment was carried out recently of the gambling industry in Ireland. A statutory instrument is now...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa applications referred to were refused by the Visa Office in New Delhi on 17 May 2018. Appeals were subsequently made and refused on 16 August 2018. The decisions were communicated to the applicants along with the refusal reasons. The original refusals were on a number of grounds including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (25 Sep 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. Sections 92, 93, 95 and 99 of the 2015 Act provide for the registration and re-registration of the birth of a donor-conceived child. These sections cannot be commenced until Parts 2 and 3 of the 2015 Act are brought into...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018 was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas on 20 September 2018. On 21 September 2018 the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government made a Referendum (Polling Day) Order appointing 26 October 2018 as the day upon which the referendum on the proposal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the manner in which any Garda operation is conducted is solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner and his management team and I, as Minister, have no role in this regard. Similarly, the deployment of all Garda resources, including personnel, is a matter for An Garda Síochána. With regard to the incident in question, I am advised by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to was refused by the Visa Office in Dublin on 6 February 2017. An appeal was subsequently made and refused on 26 July 2017. This decision was communicated to the applicant. No further applications have been made. If one is made, the applicant should bear in mind the...