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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested the statistics sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána and will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of this information.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Strategy (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have already put on record my deep concern regarding the serious failures of An Garda Síohána in relation to the fixed charge notice offence/road traffic summons issues that came to light last year. The road traffic enforcement function performed by An Garda Síochána is one of its key functions and, together with my officials, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy is aware that An Garda Síochána carried out internal examinations into (i) a range of issues relating to Fixed Charge Notices (FCNs) and road traffic summonses and (ii) the recording of breath tests at Mandatory Alcohol Testing (MAT) (now Mandatory Intoxicant Testing/MIT) checkpoints, culminating in the production of reports by Assistant Garda Commissioner, Michael...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have again requested a Garda report on the matters referred to in the Deputy's questions and will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of a Garda report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the enforcement of road traffic legislation is an operational matter for An Garda Síochána, in which I have no direct role. I am informed that the collision report form C(T) 68 currently has a field within it to note the number of drivers breathalysed at the scene of a collision. I understand that a change request has been made by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote and is responsible for setting the level of fees applicable in relation to certain services. As Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the Deputy's question and I will provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the statistics sought by the Deputy and I will be in contact directly with the Deputy on receipt of a Garda report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (23 Jan 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: Road Traffic Offences Data (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am deeply conscious of the serious issue of road safety and mindful of the traumatic impact of road traffic collisions on those directly affected and their families, as well as the impact of dangerous driving more generally on the quality of life of residents in local communities across the country. As the Deputy will be aware, as Minister for Justice and Equality, I have no role in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am deeply conscious of the serious issue of road safety and mindful of the traumatic impact of road traffic collisions on those directly affected and their families, as well as the impact of dangerous driving more generally on the quality of life of residents in local communities across the country. As the Deputy will be aware, as Minister for Justice and Equality, I have no role in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established as a statutory independent body, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, to provide independent oversight of complaints made against members of the Garda Síochána.   GSOC has a hugely important role to play in ensuring that public confidence in the Garda Síochána is safeguarded. It has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 to 287, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service is not in a position to provide the exact information requested. The Irish Prison Service only record if a prisoner has a court appearance but not the exact nature of that appearance. The Irish Prison Service facilitated 29,917 court...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, I met with the persons concerned on 17 January, 2018 to hear their concerns concerning the medico-legal investigations surrounding the tragic death of their son in 2013. Our meeting was arranged following an earlier, very brief meeting, after the Seanad debate on a Private Member's Bill promoted by the Deputy's colleague Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Combatting Cyberbullying (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the issue raised by her can be included in the discussions referred to between Departmental officials. As advised by Minister Zappone in parliamentary question number 38 of 28 November 2017, she and I met last November on this issue, together with Minister Naughten.  It was agreed at that meeting that an Open Policy Debate on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of this department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into this Department since 2011 are outlined in the following table. Name of Agency/Board/Other Bodies Was it (a) disbanded or (b) amalgamated or (c) functions subsumed back into the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will wish to be aware that I have referred the attached question to all of the relevant agencies and bodies under the remit of my Department and have asked them to contact you directly with the relevant information sought. Separately I am now including a table which sets out claims made under the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 and claims which fall under the Garda Compensation Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.  Section 7 of the Act, which governs Irish citizenship by descent, provides that, with some limited exceptions, a person is an Irish citizen from birth if at the time of his or her birth either parent was an Irish citizen.  This, however, does...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (23 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The information requested by the Deputy cannot be provided in the time available. I have requested the information sought from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy on receipt of same.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Controls (18 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application is received. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that requests for records of residency should be submitted to the Garda National Immigration Bureau. I am further advised that such requests must be sent by post to the Garda National Immigration Bureau, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.  Requests are processed in the order in which...