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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, the specific arrangements made by An Garda Síochána in relation to firearms are, as operational matters, dealt with by the Garda Commissioner. In that area the Commissioner determines the appropriate measures to be put in place, including the specific firearms to be deployed, without reference to either myself or my Department. I understand from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Forms (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am having inquiries made with the Garda authorities regarding the matter referred to by the Deputy and will contact him again in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the PULSE system is upgraded periodically to support the introduction of new offences and changes to existing offences. These technical upgrades require a very short period of downtime and are carried out using well-proven processes designed to avoid impacting upon Garda operations. The last upgrade was deployed on 1st February, 2015 and there are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information requested is being collated and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are approximately 450 persons in Direct Provision accommodation who have been granted some form of permission to remain in the State. As a matter of long standing public policy, immigrants who have permission to remain in the State would not normally be allowed to remain in State provided facilities. However, the persons in question who are being dealt with on a case by case basis are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that while section 2 of the Data Protection Act 1988, as amended, gives effect to the data protection principles set out in Article 6 of Directive 95/46/EC, sections 2A and 8 of the 1988 Act permit the processing of personal data for the performance of a function conferred on a person by or under an enactment. This is provided for under Article 7 of the 1995 Directive. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 and 269 together. To date no proposals have been agreed to change the process by which retired members of An Garda Síochána are paid their pension from the current method of payment in advance. I can, however, state that consideration of this matter is at an exploratory stage.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Data (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can advise the Deputy that the administrative running costs (excluding capital expenditure) of the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) for 2014 were €6.488 million. The total fees received by the ISI in 2014 were €531,539. This is primarily made up of application fee income and bankruptcy realisation fees. It should be noted that the ISI waived application fees for the three...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Underage Drinking (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that there are robust statutory provisions in place relating to the sale to and the consumption of intoxicating liquor by persons under the age of 18 years. The law in this area was most recently amended by the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 which amended the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004 and the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 with the aim of reducing access to alcohol...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Rented Accommodation Evictions (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that the appointment of a receiver over mortgaged property is one of the remedies available to a lending institution in cases of mortgage default. It is important to note, however, that this is a remedy which applies in the main to commercial property, which may include ‘buy-to-let’ residential property. It does not, therefore, apply to the principal dwellings of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that a Deportation Order requires a person to remove themselves from the State and it is only where they fail to do so that the State is forced to remove them and enforce the rule of law. The process leading to deportation is extensive with many avenues of appeal, including judicial review in the High Court, open to persons subject to Deportation Orders. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am, of course, conscious of the distress and continuing impact on family and friends when a person goes missing but the Deputy will appreciate that I have no direct role in the management of such investigations, which are a matter for An Garda Síochána. I am, however, assured by the Garda authorities that all incidents where persons have been reported missing, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, the Programme for Government commits the Government to significant reform of the courts, including the establishment of a family law court structure that is streamlined, more efficient, and less costly. The position is that my Department is currently finalising proposals for future legislation based on submissions which have been received in relation to the Family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda authorities that fees for the taking of finger prints for purposes other than crime investigation were introduced by An Garda Síochána on 1st February 2005. These fees were revised in October 2011 to their current rates which are as follows: €60 for the first set of fingerprints; and €30 for each subsequent set if taken together I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government has no immediate plans to legislate for the legal enforceability and recognition of pre nuptial agreements on the lines proposed by the Deputy. While I recognise the concerns that the Study Group on Pre-Nuptial Agreements sought to address in its recommendations on this issue, providing for the recognition or enforceability of pre-nuptial agreements would raise legal, public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Recruitment across the justice sector remains subject to specific sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In that context the following recruitment has taken place since January 2015. Department (Including Irish Prison Service) No. Clerical Officers 50 Locum Probation Officers 6 Deputy Secretary 1 Assistant Secretaries 2 Deputy Director, Forensic Science Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Council Meetings (30 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions 198 and 199 of 28 April 2015 giving the latest position on developments at EU level. Ireland is one of the Member States involved in refugee resettlement with the UNHCR, as we have been for several years. Ireland also ran its own Syrian Humanitarian Assistance Programme last year for persons who are considered by their sponsoring family...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Stardust Fire (30 Apr 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Following a meeting with the Stardust Victims Committee last year, I appointed an official in my Department to liaise with the Committee and they have engaged with representatives of the Committee in relation to these matters. A researcher associated with the Committee has submitted material relating to these events to my Department and a meeting was held with that Researcher, and another...