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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including recruitment and human resources matters, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. As the Deputy will appreciate, recruitment to An Garda Síochána is governed by the Garda Síochána (Admissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a hugely important role to play in ensuring that public confidence in An Garda Síochána is safeguarded and, as such, it is an independent oversight body with extensive powers under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Government is committed to ensuring that GSOC has the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established as a statutorily independent body, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. I have no role or function in the processing or management of complaints which are made to GSOC for investigation. GSOC’s main area of responsibility is to deal with complaints concerning Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, decisions in relation to the introduction or extension of Garda CCTV systems are, by law, matters for the Garda Commissioner. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these decisions. Community-based CCTV is governed by Section 38(3)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order 2006 (SI 289 of 2006). This legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Land Ownership (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Statutory provisions concerning the registration of easements are contained in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, as amended by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. Part 8 (Chapter 1) of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 updated the law concerning the acquisition of easements, including rights of way, based on recommendations of the Law Reform Commission....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The provision of property services to consumers in Ireland is subject to a detailed legislative framework of licensing, regulation, monitoring and enforcement, under the Property Services Regulation Act 2011. The 2011 Act also established the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA), an independent statutory regulatory body specifically tasked with responsibility for licensing and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 650 and 659 together. The Justice Plan 2021, which I published last week, commits to reviewing and modernising alcohol licensing. Our hospitality and cultural sectors have been hardest hit by the pandemic, with many pubs and venues not opening their doors for a year. As part of my plan to build a justice system that works for everyone, I want to help...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics, including recorded and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. The allocation of Garda resources is made in light of identified operational demand. This includes deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no direct...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 653 to 656, inclusive, together. I can inform the Deputy that some preliminary work was carried out by An Garda Síochána in 2019, to record unidentified remains that may be located with individual Coroners across the country. My officials are examining ways to update and take forward that work, while fully respecting the independent role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department is responsible for examining all applications received. The staff of the IPO (the Chief International Protection Officer and the International Protection Officers) are independent by law in the exercise of their international protection functions. My Department has continued to accept and process international protection applications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, Section 11 of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act, 1995 requires me to make a report to the Houses of the Oireachtas on the operation of matters within the Act in the preceding year. While there was a delay in the publication of the report last year, I can confirm that the 2019 Annual Report on the operation of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 660 and 661 together. I am informed that the Garda Síochána Analysis Service, having reviewed the recorded data, are unable to provide the statistics requested by the Deputy. They have informed me that trying to establish unique persons in these incidents would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources in order...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: An Garda Síochána has been allocated an unprecedented budget of €1.952 billion for 2021. The significant level of funding provided over recent years is enabling sustained, ongoing recruitment of Garda members and staff. As a result, there are now approximately 14,600 Garda members and over 3,000 Garda staff nationwide. The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am informed by the Garda authorities that statistics relating to Garda response times for emergency call-outs throughout the country are not readily available. In addition, I understand that compiling the relevant figures would require a significant amount of resources which are required for other Garda purposes. The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by the Garda authorities that is not possible to provide the number of LPSV licences that have been revoked permanently and or cancelled, as the information requested is not available in an easily accessible format. I am informed that hard copies of these licenses are held by each Garda division as there is no general database of LPSV licences. With regard to the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 666 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government commits to the rapid implementation of the Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI). Our aim is to deliver a new approach to policing and community safety, increasing police visibility in communities and focusing on preventing crime and harm, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought by the Deputy across the Justice Vote Group for 2018 and 2019 is included, where applicable, within the Statement on Internal Financial Control, provided by the respective Accounting Officers, in the Appropriation Accounts for 2018 and 2019 published by Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and that can be accessed here: 2018 -...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Since my appointment as Minister for Justice, I have not had any meetings with the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG), nor has my colleague the Minister of State James Browne T.D. Furthermore, I am not aware of any meetings between my officials in the Department of Justice and the ISAG.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that as of 1 March 2021, there have been 97 confirmed prisoner cases of Covid-19 in our prisons. Of these cases, 44 were community based infections, which were detected during the committal testing process. The Deputy will also be aware that since October 2020 there have been 9 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks within our prisons resulting in 53 confirmed...