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Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: With the consent of the House I will invite my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Breen, who has specific and special responsibility for the area of data protection. I am due in Dáil Éireann and I will leave now, with the greatest respect to the House.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In advance of matters being completed this evening I thank Senators for their engagement during the course of this legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Insurance Regulation (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251, 265 to 267, inclusive, and 269 together. The Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance, published in January 2017, was prepared by the Cost of Insurance Working Group which is currently chaired by my colleague, Michael D’Arcy T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services and Insurance. I and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that on Friday 13 April, 4 Ghanaian men who came to Ireland to work in the fishing industry entered the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) as potential victims of human trafficking. The NRM is a system to ensure potential victims have their basic needs met in the initial period after the referral, in terms of the provision of accommodation, food and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by officials of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that The Atypical Scheme for Sea Fishers was established as a cross Departmental response to address the matter of non-EEA workers on certain categories of vessels in the Irish fishing fleet. A number of Departments are involved in the scheme and it is monitored by an Oversight Committee with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The primary legislation that governs the work of the coroner, an independent quasi-judicial officer, is the 1962 Coroners Act. This Act has been amended on a number of occasions, notably by the Coroners Amendment Act, 2005, Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2011, Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2013, and S.I. 155 of 2009.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, and decisions in relation to Garda station opening hours 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Army Barracks (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, there has been a considerable number of Questions in the House over many years answered by previous Ministers for Justice and Ministers for Defence regarding the matters raised on behalf of the individual to whom the Deputy refers. This case in question dates back to 1989 and has also been the subject of extensive correspondence with successive Ministers for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: 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: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that expenditure under the relevant subhead of my Department's Vote (Vote 24, Administration subhead (iii) - “Training and Development and Incidental Expenses”) amounted to €6.099m in the year ending 31 December 2017. This consists of €0.8m for Training and Development, €2.1m for Legal Expenses and €3.2m for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that expenditure under the relevant subhead of my Department's Vote (Vote 24, Administration subhead (ii) - “Travel & Subsistence”) amounted to €0.386m in the year ending 31 December 2017. The breakdown of this total consists of €0.144m for Domestic Travel expenses and €0.242 m for Foreign Travel expenses, which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that expenditure under expenditure under the subhead of my Department's Vote referred to (Vote 24, Administration subhead (vii) - “Consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews”) amounted to just over €30,000 in the year ending 31 December 2017. The Deputy may wish to note that this expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the current processing time for 'Visit' visas in the Visa Office, New Delhi is 5 weeks. Applicants can usually expect a decision within about 4 to 6 weeks after their documents are received and every effort is made to keep processing times to the minimum. More generally, I am advised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions, which include the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am of course aware of the serious incident that took place recently concerning a number of youths who vandalised a DART train as it arrived into Clongriffin station. The youths in question then proceeded to engage in other serious anti-social behaviour and accost members of the public. This is completely unacceptable behaviour and will not be tolerated. I am advised that this incident is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Order Offences (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of the official recorded crime statistics, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have asked the CSO to forward any available statistics in this regard directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Insurance Fraud (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Recommendation 25 of the Cost of Insurance Working Group's ‘Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance’ (January 2017) recommends the establishment of a fully-functioning, integrated fraud database for industry to detect patterns of fraud, to be managed by an independent not-for-profit body and to be funded by industry. As recommendation lead, my Department established a working...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. Information was requested from this applicant in December 2017 by officials of my Department. A further letter issued to the person concerned on 3 May 2018 requesting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (22 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner 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 made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 May 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...