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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department, that the individual referred to by the Deputy is not from a country for which a visa is required for entry into Ireland, and therefore there is no visa application on hand.   I am further advised that the individual has a residence permission to be in the State until to 14 June...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision Making (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The Act was signed into law on 30 December 2015.  New administrative processes and support measures, including the setting up of the Decision Support Service within the Mental Health Commission (a body under the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department is responsible for the coroner service. There is no such procedure as described in the Deputy's question set out in the relevant statute which is the Coroner Act 1962. If a person dies in Ireland, in a manner reportable to the coroner, it is the coroner who determines if a post-mortem examination (and potentially an inquest) is required. Such post-mortem examinations are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Services Personnel (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 and 477 together. I can assure the Deputy that I utterly condemn all attacks on our emergency services personnel. Such acts represent a blatant disregard for the safety of the brave men and women who work in our emergency services, who risk their lives every day in the service of the people of our State.  The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Safety (16 Jan 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 that it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Safety (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: There is specific legislation in place to deal with assaults on emergency workers in front-line positions.  The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2006, provides explicit statutory protection for what are termed “peace officers”, which include members of the Garda Síochána, prison officers, members of the fire...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 538 together. In response to the question raised by the Deputy on the number of staff  of the Department of Justice and Equality and those within its statutory bodies employed in Drogheda I would refer the Deputy to the reply provided on 14thDecember 2017 in respect of Dail Question no. 196. This position has not changed. In respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána and I will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of a Garda report. The Deputy may be interested to note that the Road Safety Authority recently published (2 January 2018) a provisional review of fatal collision statistics for 2017 following an analysis of the fatality reports...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As previously conveyed in my Written Reply to Question No. 243 on 14 December 2017, I am happy to confirm that the two reports to which Deputy Fitzmaurice has referred have been laid before each House of the Oireachtas as received. They are also publicly accessible on the web-site of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, www.LSRA.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Since its establishment, the Department of Justice and Equality has cooperated and continues to cooperate with the Disclosures Tribunal.  This has been an ongoing collaborative process which has involved the full compliance by my Department with several orders of the Tribunal as well as extensive voluntary disclosure.  In some cases it has been necessary for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (16 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2016 introduced controls by way of Regulations on a number of new psychoactive substances, certain pharmaceutical drugs and some other substances which are required to be controlled on foot of EC Decision 2005/387/JHA. One of the most significant effects of new Regulations made under the Act which came into force on 4 May 2017, relates...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Issues relating to the regulation of rickshaws under road traffic legislation are for my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr. Shane Ross, T.D. to consider. With regard to the newspaper report, the issues mentioned in relation to the involvement of rickshaw drivers in the supply of illegal drugs is a matter of considerable concern...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Garda authorities that records at the Garda National Vetting Bureau indicate that a vetting application has not been received in respect of the person who is the subject of the Deputy's Question. In the circumstances I would advise the person concerned to contact the relevant registered organisation to ascertain the status of their vetting application.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 was enacted on 24 December 2017. Section 9 of the Act provides that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection may provide funds to facilitate users of Irish Sign Language with regard to support in relation to access to social, educational and cultural events and services (including medical) and other activities by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department provides grant funding, through the Irish Youth Justice Service, to the organisation concerned, in relation to the operation of a number of Garda Youth Diversion Projects. However, my Department is not the employer of the youth justice workers on these projects and therefore it does not have any Human Resources or Industrial Relations function in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490, 492 and 493 together. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the retrieval and compilation of the information requested by the Deputy for each of the past ten years would necessitate a disproportionate use of time and resources which could not be justified in circumstances where the priority is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The fees to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of naturalisation are governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 569 of 2011). The prescribed application fee, stipulated at €175, is payable on application for a certificate of naturalisation and a certification fee is payable on the issue of a certificate of naturalisation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mobile Telephony Use (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 and 529 together. The Deputy will be aware that the interception of post and telecommunications is governed by the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993. The 1993 Act permits the Minister for Justice and Equality to authorise the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, the Chief...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Subject to any further clarification of the Question by the Deputy that may arise, I am assuming it is referring to the periodic review of the operation of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 that is provided for within that Act under section 6. Under that section the Legal Services Regulatory Authority shall, not later than eighteen months after its establishment day, commence a...