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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Convicted sex offenders are subject to monitoring and supervision in the community through the Garda Síochána and the Probation Service. The Sex Offenders Act 2001 provides for the monitoring of convicted sex offenders in the community. Under the 2001 Act a person who has been convicted of a sexual offence must notify the Garda Síochána of their name and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed that, based on a review of the Department's central financial management system, payments were made to the latter of the companies referenced to the value of €13,272.90 by the Department and its agencies in the period 2011 to 2013 inclusive. The payments mainly related to services for the disposal of ICT equipment under the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: 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 as well as international level.  It is therefore important that appropriate procedures are in place to ensure that the integrity of the regime for granting Irish citizenship...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. The application was received in the relevant section of INIS on 20 February, 2018. The application is under consideration at present and INIS will be in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Plans to establish the Irish Prison Service (IPS) as a scheduled office that will also incorporate administrative staff currently employed in my Department are well advanced. Under these arrangements departmental staff in Longford will transfer to the IPS under a transfer of function while staff undertaking IPS duties in Dublin will have the option of being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by the Irish Prison Service that the assignment of all staff across the prison estate is done having due regard to the exigencies of the service as a whole and in a way that ensures the optimum allocation of resources. In the main, the Irish Prison Service endeavours to assign Prison Officers through a voluntary transfer process, which is predicated on seniority of service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the particular applications referred to were refused on 21 December 2017. Appeals were submitted on the 21 February 2018 and further supporting documentation was received as recently as 17 April 2018. The appeals will be finalised as soon as possible. Queries in relation to the status...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contingency Planning (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that as my Department, along with all other Government Departments, prepares accounts on a cash as opposed to an accruals basis, the issue of contingencies or contingent liabilities does not arise. Where it is envisaged that there may be a future requirement for additional funding to meet an emerging need, representations are made to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a deportation order, made on 10 April 2015, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claim and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has a current right of residency in the State, on stamp 4 conditions, up to 13thJuly, 2019. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to their local Immigration Registration Office to have that permission further renewed two months in advance of their current permission...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998 management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has advised that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (8 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (8 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal administers the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted on Prison Officers.  Under the terms of the Scheme, the Tribunal is entirely independent in considering applications made under the Scheme.  However, to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made of the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 50:In page 28, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“Communication with data subjects by political parties, candidates for and holders of certain elective political offices 38. (1) A specified person may, in the course of that person’s electoral activities in the State, use the personal data of a data subject for the purpose of communicating in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome what Deputies have said. I take Deputy Daly's point though I do not particularly agree with it. She says she does not agree with it but feels it is not necessary. That is the point raised by Deputy Ó Laoghaire too. I make the point, which the amendment covers, regarding the need to ensure that public representatives continue to do what is an important part of our duty. It...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 51:In page 28, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“Processing of personal data and special categories of personal data by elected representatives 38.(1) For the purpose of enabling an elected representative to perform his or her functions as such a representative, the processing of personal data and special categories of personal data of a data...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Amendment No. 54 is merely a drafting amendment that seeks to insert the word "detecting" after the word "preventing", which will have the effect of bringing the wording into line with provisions elsewhere in the Bill. I note the point made by the Chairman regarding amendments Nos. 54 and 55. In any event, I am unable to accept amendments Nos. 52, 53, 55 and 56 and I shall give my reasons....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 54:In page 29, line 6, to delete “preventing, investigating” and substitute “preventing, detecting, investigating”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: We had considerable debate on this in the Seanad. The text of Deputy Ó Laoghaire's new section seems to be inspired by the recommendation of this committee arising from the pre-legislative scrutiny of the communications (retention of data) Bill 2017. The joint committee's report was issued recently but the Government, and more importantly the Attorney General, have not yet had the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I invite Deputy Daly to feel more comfortable when agreeing with the Minister.