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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government is committed to ensuring that the legislative tools are in place to address racism and xenophobia in all forms. Under Irish law, hate crime is addressed through both the Incitement to Hatred Act 1989, and also through the wider criminal law. The Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 includes offences of incitement to hatred on account of race, religion,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (27 Feb 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. This includes identifying and progressing any necessary remedial or refurbishment works required at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336 to 338, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that the allocation and management of Garda resources, including the overtime budget, is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner having due regard to his operational needs. As Minister, I have no role in the matter. I have been provided with the details below which set out the nationwide...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is open to any individual to lodge an application for a certificate of naturalisation if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application for naturalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017 was received in my private office on 5 February last.  I have read the Committee’s report and I am in the process of considering the recommendations made to see whether changes are required to be made to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 to 344, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and specialist units including the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (27 Feb 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. This includes identifying and progressing any necessary remedial or refurbishment works required...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (27 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (27 Feb 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 provided the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 and 349 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bankruptcy Data (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Bankruptcy Register is held by the Examiner’s Office, an office of the High Court. The question of removal from the Register is complicated by the fact that under the Bankruptcy Acts, where a person is adjudicated bankrupt his or her property will, as a general rule, automatically vest on the date of adjudication in the Official Assignee, to be realised for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it conducts an analysis of the snapshot of the prison population on the last day of each month.The most recent analysis of the snapshot of the prison population was conducted on 31 January 2018.  This includes a breakdown by county/place of residence declared by persons on committal. This analysis has been used to provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the average annual cost of an available staffed prison space for 2016, the latest year for which a figure is available, was €69,421.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The delivery of the new Forensic Science Laboratory at the Backweston campus is being managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on behalf of my Department. Due to recent changes in international forensic laboratory standards, it was necessary to add further material to the tender documentation. Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) and the OPW design team are currently examining the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a decision has been made on this application, and the applicant has been advised accordingly. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355, 356 and 357 together. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that since November 2006 the number of persons who have joined An Garda Síochána as members and who identify themselves as being of Polish or Lithuanian nationality is 16 and 3 respectively. Data predating November 2006 is not readily available and would take a disproportionate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Management Companies (22 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 was enacted with the primary purposes of reforming the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and facilitating the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). These are companies registered under the Companies Acts, the members of which are the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it wrote to the legal representatives of the person concerned on 15 February 2018 in connection with an application for a residence card pursuant to the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. I am further advised that INIS requested the person concerned to submit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (22 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Firstly I want to say, contrary to the Deputy's assertion, that work has been ongoing in relation to all five of the inquiries since the middle of last year. These inquiries were established by Orders made by my predecessor on 15 May 2017. Officials from my Department subsequently met with the retired judges appointed to conduct the Inquiries to provide them with all relevant documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (22 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 12 February 2018. Processing of this application is on-going, with a view to establishing whether the conditions for naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence, are...