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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Seized Property (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested the information sought from the Garda authorities and I will revert to the Deputy in due course as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The provision and allocation of Garda transport is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of her identified operational requirements and the availability of resources. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational circumstances. In that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested the information sought from the Garda authorities and I will revert to the Deputy in due course as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda authorities that data is not recorded in such a manner as to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The primary objective of the Landlord and Tenant Law Reform Bill, which is broadly based on reform recommendations set out in the 2007 Law Reform Commission Report "The Law of Landlord and Tenant", is to update and streamline the general law relating to landlord and tenant. This will involve repealing the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act Ireland 1860 (more commonly referred to as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Ensuring the safety of children and vulnerable adults is the primary consideration in any vetting process and accordingly such vetting processes demand rigorous procedures to ensure their integrity and to maintain the highest level of confidence by the public and organisations availing of the service. To that end full vetting checks are conducted by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: One of the primary functions of the Garda Commissioner under the Garda Síochána Acts, is to direct and control An Garda Síochána. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Military Aircraft Landings (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together. I have sought a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the information requested by the Deputy. I will communicate further when this is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, I have no role in relation to executing court orders. The courts are, subject only to the Constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of their judicial functions. It is therefore not open to me to comment or intervene in any way on the conduct or decision of a particular court case which is a matter entirely for the presiding judge. The Sheriff (or...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: That would be dangerous for Deputy Martin.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: What Deputy Adams said is wrong.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Foreign Conflicts (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: There is considerable concern across Europe and elsewhere at the phenomenon of individuals travelling to conflict areas in the Middle East and the possible threat to national security by those who return from these areas. The events in Paris and Brussels are the most recent manifestations of this threat in some time. The events show that all States must remain vigilant and attentive to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am making enquiries with the Courts Service and the Garda Síochána in relation to the information sought by the Deputy and I will write to the Deputy directly as soon as it is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Government agreed last September to hold a referendum on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution, in response to the 6th Report of the Convention on the Constitution. The work necessary to prepare a Referendum Bill and a Bill to amend the current legislative provision for the offence of blasphemy is ongoing in my Department. An appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Miami Showband Massacre (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: At the outset I express my deepest sympathy to the survivors and the families of the victims of the attack on the Miami Showband. The attack in July 1975 not far from Newry took the lives of three of the members of the band, Fran O'Toole, Brian McCoy and Tony Geraghty, and wounded Stephen Travers and Des McAlea. The brutal attack on the Miami Showband is one of the violent incidents which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bankruptcy Regulations (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Official Assignee in Bankruptcy has responsibility for ensuring that the provisions of bankruptcy legislation are fully enforced in the administration of bankruptcy estates. This involves ascertainment of assets in estates and their realisation and distribution of sale proceeds to creditors. I am informed that the High Court frequently deals with applications from the Official...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The particular case to which the correspondence refers is amongst those being considered under the mechanism established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations, which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality, or the Taoiseach, or other public representatives with a view to determining...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Data (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 and 320 together. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the number of Irish entry visas granted for the purpose of joining Irish spouses or partners in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 was 587, 684, 723 and 760 respectively. The number of refusals for the corresponding period was 111, 80, 154 and 150 respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in...