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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Financial Shared Services Centre of my Department makes pension payments to retired members of An Garda Síochána, and to spouses and children in respect of deceased members. This expenditure is reflected in the vote for An Garda Síochána. There are in the region of 38 on-going pension payments made annually which exceed €60,000. This excludes once-off lump sum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have asked the Garda authorities for the information requested and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as I have this information to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has been in contact with the Financial Shared Services section in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy. It appears that the invoices from the service provider in question have not been received. The service provider should contact the instructing solicitor in relation to the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of her identified operational demands and the availability of resources. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The distribution of resources including the provision of fuel for Garda vehicles is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. In that context I am advised by the Garda authorities that the contract for the supply of fuel for the vehicles of An Garda Síochána was put out to tender by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) in 2013. The contract was awarded by the OGP...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that a vetting application in respect of the person to whom the Deputy refers was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit on 1 September 2015. This application was processed and returned to the registered organisation on 17 September 2015. In general, applications for Garda vetting are processed on a first come, first served basis in chronological...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Regulations (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that no prisoner in custody in Mountjoy Prison receives any special treatment or privilege by virtue of being a member of a criminal gang. Prisons in the Irish prison system are managed in accord with relevant legislative provisions and measures. These provisions and measures are applied equally across the Estate and no prisoners receive privileges, concessions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State, on a stamp 4 basis, on 11 April, 2008. This permission was subsequently renewed with the latest permission granted up to 23 April, 2018. The Deputy will be aware that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Functions (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has an established Internal Audit Unit and an Audit Committee in place since 2004. The Audit Committee is part of the Departments governance framework, tasked with providing independent advice to the Accounting Officer, regarding the suitability and robustness of the organisation’s internal control systems and procedures. The Audit Committee operate under an Audit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts Data (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated by my Department. I will contact him when it is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts Data (22 Sep 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department is not involved in the provision of public services of the type cited in the Deputy’s question.

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am very pleased to introduce the Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015 and look forward to hearing Senators' contributions to it. Importantly, this Bill provides for the abolition of imprisonment of debtors and fulfils a commitment made in the programme for Government in this regard. Contrary to some submissions that have been made, it comprehensively allows for the abolition of the...

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move:That Dáil Éireann, noting that, in order to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Simon O'Brien as the chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the Government on 30th June, 2015 nominated Judge Mary Ellen Ring for appointment by the President to be a member of the Ombudsman Commission and to be its chairperson, recommends, pursuant to...

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Yes. I understand.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: In accordance Standing Order 140, I would be obliged if the Leas-Cheann Comhairle would direct the Clerk to make the following minor drafting corrections to the text of the Bill: on page 9, line 21, to remove “or” at the end of the line - this was inserted by amendment 24 today; on page 14, line 2, to insert a comma after “or” to now read “or, as the case...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2015: First Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: No.

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2015 [‘Jake’s Amendment’]: First Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: No.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The definition of judgment debt already covers the costs associated with getting a judgment against the debt in the first place. The Bill as drafted does not make it sufficiently clear that the costs which relate to an application for an attachment of earnings order or a deduction from payments order can be included in the order the court makes under section 10 or section 16. The...

Referendum (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: No.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 10:In page 6, between lines 32 and 33 to insert the following:“relevant total amount” means in relation to a relevant order, the total amount specified in the order as being payable under the order to the judgment creditor concerned;”.These amendments relate to costs and how costs are dealt with in regard to the debt amount. The Bill did not provide...