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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of this Department that their records indicate that the IRP card for the person was printed on 12/07/2018 and would have been posted to the address on record in the week beginning 16/7/2018. I am further advised that there is no record of this correspondence being returned by An Post as undelivered. I would recommend the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland was published on Tuesday last, 18 September. The report addresses all aspects of policing in Ireland and provides a comprehensive blueprint for the transformation of An Garda Síochána. I will be consulting with the Commissioner and the Departments and Agencies concerned with the Report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The MacLochlainn Commission of Investigation was established in August 2014 under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 to investigate and report on certain matters relative to the fatal shooting of Mr Ronan MacLochlainn by members of An Garda Síochána in the course of an attempted armed robbery of a Securicor van in Co. Wicklow in May 1998. The final report of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Data (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Probate Office is an office of the High Court and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the current processing times for applications to the Principal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Appointments (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 and 215 together. The applications for appointment to the Office of Peace Commissioner referred to in the questions are currently being considered in line with standard procedures. When this consideration is complete, I will make a decision and the person concerned will then be informed. Appointments are made at the discretion of the Minister for...

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

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy has not been refused. It is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful...

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

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of this Department that non-nationals from visa required countries require a re-entry visa if they wish to leave and return to Ireland during the period of their registration. Up to 3 September 2018 customers had the option of submitting their application for a re-entry visa by post, or in person. In person applications were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Mid-Year Expenditure Report (MYER) set out the starting baseline in relation to the gross voted expenditure for 2019. The technical pre-Budget position for 2019 in respect of current expenditure is the current expenditure allocation for this year set out in the Revised Estimates for 2018 (REV 2018). The figures set out in the MYER do not include expenditure savings targets specifically...

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

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. There has been unprecedented investment in An Garda Síochána in recent years, in support of the Government’s commitment to ensuring a strong and visible police presence throughout the country to maintain and strengthen community engagement, provide reassurance to citizens and deter crime. €1.65 billion has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Central Statistics Office (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is vitally important for a number of reasons, but particularly for the management of criminal justice policy and Garda operations, that we have regular publication of CSO crime statistics to allow for a targeted response to crime. As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) formally recommenced the publication of Crime Statistics on 28 March 2018 with a designation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department has a clear policy in which staff are directed not to use third-party or web-based email accounts to send or receive Departmental information, not least because the method is much less secure than Departmental systems. Thus it is not the practice amongst officials within my Department, nor is it my practice nor that of my advisors, to use personal email accounts for Departmental...

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

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that Operation Redline was put in place in 2012 and concluded in 2013. Operation Redline led to 27 arrests which resulted in 32 charges or summonses and 10 convictions.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda equipment and resources, including the installation of CCTV in custody areas in Garda stations. I, as Minister, have no direct role in that matter. I have asked the Garda Commissioner for the specific information requested and when it is received I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Details of the funding amount provided by my Department to the organisation being referred to by the Deputy for each year for the period 2008-2018 are provided in the following table. Department funding provided to Rape Crisis Network Ireland 2008- 2018 Year Total 2008 €83,500 2009 €154,060 2010 €127,192 2011 €130,241 2012 €91,830 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Details of the funding amount provided by my Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre, are provided in the enclosed tables. Staged payments were made during the course of a year for the particular service in some instances. Grants for awareness raising activities ceased to be paid to individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that CCTV systems installed for the purposes of crime prevention and as aids to policing in areas to which the general public routinely have access, such as town centres, fall into two distinct but complementary categories, namely Garda CCTV systems and community-based CCTV systems. Community CCTV is governed by section 38 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (25 Sep 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 fraud unit to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (25 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to supporting investment in CCTV systems. In pursuance of this commitment, a grant-aid scheme was launched by my Department in 2017 to assist groups in the establishment of community-based CCTV systems in their local areas. It is intended that the scheme will run for 3 years with funding of some €1...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I understand that the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) have engaged with Insurance Ireland in relation to this matter and submitted a mechanism for establishing an insurance fraud unit to Insurance Ireland in the first half of 2017. Following receipt of the reply from Insurance Ireland in July 2018, I met with the GNECB and the Assistant Commissioner, Special Crime Operations,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (20 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The identification and protection of victims of human trafficking, and especially child victims of trafficking, is a key priority of our anti-trafficking strategy and of efforts by An Garda Síochána to combat trafficking and crimes against children. It is important to distinguish between human trafficking involving children, and offences under section 3(2) of the Child...