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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (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 inquiries made and the Courts Service has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (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 inquiries made and the Courts Service has provided details of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, which is the primary legislation covering the operation of the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, provides that free legal aid may be granted, in certain circumstances, for the defence of persons of insufficient means in criminal proceedings. Under the 1962 Act, the courts, through the Judiciary, are responsible for the granting of legal aid. Under the...

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

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 to 521, inclusive, 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...

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

Charles Flanagan: The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962, which is the primary legislation covering the operation of the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, provides that free legal aid may be granted, in certain circumstances, for the defence of persons of insufficient means in criminal proceedings. The assignment of lawyers or the granting of aid are matters for the Court and, as such, are handled by the...

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

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda Commissioner that from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017 there were 32 retirements from the rank of Superintendent up to and including the rank of Commissioner, the details of which are outlined in the following table. The Commissioner has advised that for data protection reasons it is not possible to release the names of the members...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As I have previously advised the Deputy in my replies to his parliamentary questions of the 3 October 2017 and 19 October 2017, the position is that prior to 1 October 1976, where a member of An Garda Síochána resigned or was dismissed before reaching the age and service at which he could retire on pension, that member forfeited all superannuation benefits under the then Garda...

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

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Roads Safety Authority (RSA) falls within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr. Shane Ross, T.D., and I have been advised by his Department as follows:  The RSA has a statutory remit to analyse and report on data from fatal, serious and minor injury collisions that have occurred on public roads, based on...

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

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Minister for Justice and Equality and officials from the Department meet from time to time, in a number of fora, with all four Garda Staff Associations, including the Garda Representative Association (GRA) and Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI). Collating the information requested by the Deputy involves a comprehensive search of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy and I will respond directly to him when the information is to hand.

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

Charles Flanagan: My Department provides funding to almost 300 different organisations. Many of these organisations also receive funding from other sources. My Department is not aware of, nor would it have access to information to determine, the details sought in the Deputy's question. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (16 Jan 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 is a matter the President of the District Court and the presiding judge who are, under the...

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

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has confirmed that the total number of cases where the Official Assignee has brought an application to sell his interest in a Family Home is 43. Five of these cases have been completed and 38 cases are still before the Courts. There have been no forced sales. Under Section 61(4) of the Bankruptcy Act 1988  (as amended...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jan 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 Síochána Ombudsman Commission (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 536 together. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a hugely important role in ensuring that public confidence in the Garda Síochána is safeguarded, and has extensive powers under the 2005 Act to enable it to carry out its responsibilities. The assigned annual budgets for GSOC since 2015 is as follows. 2015 2016...

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

Charles Flanagan: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 established Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission - GSOC - to provide independent oversight of alleged misbehaviour by members of the Garda Síochána. The Act stipulates that the Ombudsman Commission is independent in the performance of its functions.  This independence is the central feature of its oversight function...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Over recent years, retired persons seeking to come to Ireland to live has become a particular channel for migration into the State. As the Deputy will appreciate it is the responsibility of the State to decide polices for the management of migration and the control of our borders in the public interest. The simple fact that someone may wish to settle here as a retired person does not, of...

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

Charles Flanagan: The vetting application in the case to which the Deputy refers in her question relates to a person who is currently in an ongoing process for recruitment to An Garda Síochána. As I have advised the Deputy, in such cases An Garda Síochána as the recruiting authority can liaise directly with applicants in respect of the progress of the recruitment process. ...

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

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda equipment and resources, including ICT, are a matter for the Garda Commissioner and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government recognises that Gardaí must have the modern technology and resources necessary to...

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

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, recruitment to An Garda Síochána is governed by the Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) Regulations 2013 and the recruitment and training of An Garda Síochána is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, and I as Minister have no direct role in the matter. Regulation 4 (d) specifies that all applicants for admission as a Garda...