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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that my Department is responsible for providing funding to the Legal Aid Board. In this regard, €32.471m in funding was provided in 2015. The Board operates 30 full-time and 12 part-time law centres across twenty six counties. In addition, the Board took on responsibility for the Family Mediation Service in November 2011, which had been under the auspices of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: In my answer to the Deputy's original Question, I advised the Deputy that it would not be appropriate for me to make any further comment in relation to matters which would be addressed in the context of the Commission of Investigation. As the Deputy is aware the Commission of Investigation has not concluded its work. Accordingly the position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has decided to open a public interest investigation into the incident referred to by the Deputy in accordance with section 102(4) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 established GSOC to deal with complaints concerning the conduct of members of the Garda Síochána....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that I signed a Commencement Order in September 2015 bringing into immediate effect the provisions of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 which did not require changes to Rules of Court. However, changes are required to the Rules of the Circuit Court and Superior Courts before the Act’s remaining provisions can come into effect. One of those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 18 November 2009 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application the Deputy is referring to is currently under consideration and documentation which was received from the Deputy, on their behalf in August 2015, is part of this process. With regard to travel documents, INIS advises me that in exceptional cases an application for Irish temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the State but also at European Union level and it is important that appropriate procedures are in place to preserve the integrity of the process. I advised the Deputy, in my response to his Parliamentary Question...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order. However, if new information or circumstances have come to light, which has a direct bearing on her case, and which have arisen since the original Deportation Order was made, there remains the option of a request that I use my discretion,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 2nd July 2012 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Judicial Review proceedings were issued on 26th July 2012 challenging the Deportation Order. The Deputy will appreciate that it would be inappropriate for me...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: 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 is at an advanced stage of processing and the case will be submitted to me for decision shortly. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection in the State, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until they have fully completed the protection process. This is in accordance with section 19(1) of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) which provides for the protection of the identity of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that, since the current Government took office on 9 March 2011, there is no legislation still in force, introduced or enacted by my Department, that contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that for many years my Department has supported community crime prevention by provided funding for the Community Alert programme, which is operated by Muintir na Tíre in partnership with the Garda authorities, and which supports over 1,400 local groups including many Text Alert schemes. There are now in excess of 700 local Text Alert schemes operating and guidelines for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Bodies (19 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Information sought by the Deputy in relation to new State Bodies and Agencies under the remit of my Department, that have been established since February 2011 is set out in the table below. A sunset clause does not apply in respect of any of these bodies. New State Bodies Established Since 2011 Date of Establishment Property Services Regulatory Authority 3 April, 2012 Property Services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (18 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. I have requested the information sought by the Deputy in relation to the over-time hours nationally and for Tipperary Garda Division for the years 2011 to 2015 and I will write directly to the Deputy on receipt of the available information.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Corruption (18 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write directly to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (18 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that for many years my Department has supported community crime prevention by provided funding for the Community Alert programme, which is operated by Muintir na Tíre in partnership with the Garda authorities, and which supports over 1,400 local groups including many Text Alert schemes. There are now in excess of 700 local Text Alert schemes operating and guidelines for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (18 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to and I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (18 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I anticipate that the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 will be brought before the Dáil within the next month. I anticipate that it will require recommital to Committee stage in order to allow a full and considered discussion of the amendments that I intend to bring, and to allow the opposition to fully consider those amendments. Before the Bill could be enacted, a 2013 UK Court of Appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (18 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Compensation Acts 1941 and 1945 provide for compensation for malicious injury or death inflicted upon members of An Garda Síochána, while they are on duty or related to their service as such members. An application for compensation for the Garda mentioned was lodged with my Department in 2010 and a report was received from the Garda authorities in 2014. However, the...