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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Probate Office is an office of the High Court and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998.  However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that waiting times in the Probate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the information is at an advanced stage of being collated and will be provided as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, 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 the responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The Deputy will be aware that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Feb 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 and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 253 together. The Government is committed to establishing the facts in this case and accordingly decided in May 2017 to establish a Commission of Investigation.  The advice of the then Attorney General was that there would be severe delays if the Commission were to be established at that time while legal matters were outstanding, including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I would refer the Deputy to my response to his Parliamentary Question No. 214 on 14 December 2017. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the situation remains unchanged. INIS has received a request for permission to remain in the State by the person concerned. However, this case is among a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As provided for in the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the civilian staff of An Garda Síochána are Civil Servants of the State and the Garda Commissioner is the Appropriate Authority (within the meaning of the Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956 and the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 1996) for these staff.  As the Deputy will appreciate, given the nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government approved an ambitious combined five-year reform and high level workforce plan for An Garda Síochána in July 2016. The plan which is underway through the vehicle of the Garda Commissioner's Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2016-2021 includes a commitment to achieving a medium term target of 20% civilians by 2021, in effect a doubling of civilian staff to 4,000 over...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be 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. Furthermore, the scheduling of court cases and the allocation of court business are  matters for the Presidents of the Courts and the presiding judges who are, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that, following the making of necessary Rules of Court, I expect to be in a position to commence all Parts, except Part 4, of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 in the coming weeks. Part 4 of the Act, which deals with the issue of open disclosure of patient safety incidents, will be the subject of a separate commencement order by the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statutory Instruments (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, under Part 15 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, provision is made for the issue of regulations for the use of pre-action protocols in clinical negligence actions. It also provides that I, as Minister, shall consult with a number of relevant stakeholders prior to the making of such regulations specifying the terms of the proposed pre-action protocol. As...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the proposed Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill will repeal and replace the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 and 1945, which provide for a scheme of compensation in relation to members of An Garda Síochána who are maliciously injured in relation to the performance of their duties as such members. I wish to inform the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Functions (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that Section 24(1) of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 gives the Minister for Justice and Equality the power to prescribe by regulation “the discount rate that shall apply for the purposes of the assessment of damages in respect of future financial loss”.  To date the power has not been exercised by a Minister.  Instead the rate has been set at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (20 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 informed me...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government had two options to respond to the Supreme Court Judgment which acknowledges that a constitutional right to seek employment exists where no temporal limit is set for the processing of protection applications. It could have responded narrowly to this judgment by setting a temporal limit. Instead it decided to opt-in to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I note that the question raised by the Deputy relates to policy issues regarding property registration and as such responsibility for this matter does not fall under the aegis of my Department. Legislation regarding the registration of property is governed by the Registration of Title Act 1964 and the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006. Policy and legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (20 Feb 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the majority of properties occupied by my Department and its agencies are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). I can confirm that my Department has no vacant habitable or derelict dwelling units in its ownership. Details in respect of agencies under my remit have been requested and will be forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Feb 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...