Results 9,321-9,340 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In respect of the Deputy’s question please find the following table which outlines the Acts or parts of Acts brought forward by my Department in the past four years that are awaiting commencement. 9TITLE OF ACT ACT/PART/SECTION NOT YET COMMENCED REASON ACT/PART/SECTION NOT YET COMMENCED Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was refused a long-stay Join Family Visa on 04 April 2018, and an appeal was received in the Visa Office in Dublin on 05 June 2018. Appeals are processed in the order in which they are received in order to be fair to all applicants. While every effort is made to process appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including by arranging for the training of its members and civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am advised by the Commissioner that mountain bike training was not provided in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that my Department wrote to the person in question on 6 June 2018 to provide them with an update in relation to his request for a meeting. The Deputy will appreciate that I, as Minister, have no role in relation to the management of Garda investigations or, indeed, the prosecution or trial of alleged offences. This is a long-standing principle of our system of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: There has never been a legal impediment preventing those seeking international protection in Ireland from being involved in voluntary work or activities and many have chosen to do so over the years. Information provided by the Reception and Integration Agency of my Department would suggest that there are a number of activities available to international protection applicants based in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Further to the response to the Deputy's previous Parliamentary Question in this regard, the Legal Aid Board operates a mixed model of service delivery to persons seeking international protection in the State. This incorporates both the use of in-house staff, including solicitor staff, working in law centres and the referral of cases to private solicitors on a panel. The service provision is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the International Protection Act 2015, which introduced a single application procedure, was commenced on 31 December 2016. Under the single procedure, recommendations at first instance are made by the International Protection Office (IPO), which replaced the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC). Appeals in respect of negative first instance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister have no direct role in the matter. I know the Deputy will agree that we should never underestimate the difficulties and dangers the men and women of An Garda Síochána face on our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government's Capital Plan 2016 – 2021 provides €46 million for investment in the Garda fleet, to ensure that An Garda Síochána has a modern, effective and fit-for-purpose fleet and this is in addition to the investment of almost €30 million in the period 2013 to 2015. In total, in the period 2013 to 2017, almost €44 million has been invested in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Accommodation (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for the effective and efficient use of the resources available to An Garda Síochána, including responsibility for the formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda stations. In addition, the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that from the very limited information the Deputy has provided it is not possible to address the issues raised in his question. In this regard the person concerned should be advised to write to Unit 2, Residence Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 and 538 together. I have requested this information from the Garda authorities and I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have recently been advised by the Victims Rights Alliance organisation that it is engaging with the Court House Dogs Foundation in the United States and also with some European colleagues working on behalf of victims to explore the possibility of securing funding from the European Commission to develop a pilot project on the use of courthouse facility dogs to support child victims of crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (12 Jun 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. Neither type of CCTV system may be established without authorisation by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The capital allocation for the Justice Votes Group over the period 2019 to 2022, as published in the recent National Development Plan, is as follows (details for 2023 are yet to be finalised): Year Allocation€ million 2019 241 2020 230 2021 208 2022 216 Total 895 The precise breakdown of the budget across the votes and various projects will be dependent on the outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government's Capital Plan 2016 – 2021 provides €46 million for investment in the Garda fleet, to ensure that An Garda Síochána has a modern, effective and fit-for-purpose fleet. This is in addition to the investment of almost €30 million in the period 2013 to 2015. In total, in the period 2013 to 2017, almost €44 million...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Detention Centres Provision (12 Jun 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. As Minister I have no direct role in the matter. In relation to the facility at Dublin Airport, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the processing of vetting applications by the Garda National Vetting Bureau is an operational matter for the Garda Authorities and is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 and other relevant law. My Department has no role in the processing of individual vetting applications....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government's Capital Plan 2016 – 2021 provides €46 million for investment in the Garda fleet, to ensure that An Garda Síochána has a modern, effective and fit-for-purpose fleet. This is in addition to the investment of almost €30 million in the period 2013 to 2015. As the Deputy will appreciate, decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (12 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that although the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the deployment of equipment to members of An Garda Síochána, where the Commissioner proposes to arrange for deployment of less-lethal weapons, including conductive electrical devices (CEDs, commonly referred to as Tasers), Ministerial consent is required, due to the fact that An Garda...