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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Development Plan (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to refer the Deputy to my response to PQ No. 269 of today's date in this matter. As set out in that response, a number of the projects earmarked for additional expenditure in 2019 are currently at design / procurement stage of the project life cycle. The precise breakdown of the budget across various projects or programmes will be dependent on final design and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that a precise breakdown of the €241 million allocation is not yet complete. A number of the projects earmarked for expenditure in 2019 are currently at design / procurement stage of the project life cycle. The precise breakdown of the budget across various projects or programmes will be dependent on final design and the outcome of associated...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the €11m underspend on Capital expenditure against profile to the end of June 2018 is comprised of a mixture of overspends and savings across the four votes, Justice, Garda, Prisons and Courts, covered by the Justice Capital envelope. The main areas / projects where expenditure at mid year is below profile include: Forensic Science...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, which began its work in May 2017, is undertaking a comprehensive examination of all aspects of policing including all functions currently carried out by An Garda Síochána. It is also examining the full range of bodies that have a role in providing oversight and accountability for their activities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to acknowledge the suffering that has been endured by the relatives of the missing person referred to by the Deputy, and indeed by the loved ones of all missing persons. I understand that the brother of the missing person referred to by name in the 'Details Supplied' accompanying this parliamentary question spoke at Ireland's annual national Missing Persons Day ceremony in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that it is the Garda Commissioner who is primarily responsible for managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including the effective and efficient use of the resources available to An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I have asked the Garda Commissioner for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276, 278 and 279 together. As the Deputy will be aware, access by persons to their own data held by the Department of Justice and Equality and bodies under its aegis was previously provided for under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. In preparation for GDPR my Department reviewed and revised the existing Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Communications Surveillance (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the lawful interception of communications is a valuable tool in the fight against serious and organised crime and in protecting security. Interception is governed by the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993. The Act sets out very strict conditions all of which must be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Services Funding (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Victims of Crime Office in my Department awarded funding for support and assistance and court accompaniment for victims of crime to Bray Women's Refuge in  2016, 2017, and 2018. No funding was awarded prior to 2016. The amounts awarded are as follows: 2018: €15,000 2017: €15,000 2016: €9,000 The primary funding for the running of Bray Women's Refuge is the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities working in close cooperation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. This includes identifying and progressing any necessary remedial or refurbishment works required at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jul 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: Witness Protection Programme (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: An Garda Síochána has operated a Witness Security Programme since 1997 to respond to attempts by criminal and other groups to prevent the normal functioning of the criminal justice system, including through the threat and the use of violence and systematic intimidation of witnesses.  As the Deputy will understand, by virtue of the necessarily highly confidential nature of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Sharing Arrangements (11 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that my private office has been in contact with her office seeking clarification on this Question.  Clarification was received late this morning that the Question wrongly refers to a Minister of State in my Department having made a statement; I now understand that the statement was in fact made by Minister of State O'Donovan on foot of his position in the...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to restate my unhappiness regarding the manner in which the court poor box is being used in the courts. I intend to reform it. I will not have legislation ready in time for this session but it is an issue I look forward to bringing forward before the end of the year. I am not happy with the system and I intend to do away with it.

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I regret the delay. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I expect publication within the next three weeks.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: To ask the Senator to apply to become a judge.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: By the looks of it, it will be morning by the time the Minister gets out.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Senator can pass on my apologies as I will not be able to go.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The tedium of it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My apologies for being a little late at the start. I was in the Lower House for Leaders' Questions. I look forward to a very engaging evening in the Seanad building on the eight-hour debate last night.