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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Prison Service issued an Invitation to Tender for Construction Consultancy Services under a Multi Operator Framework in June 2009. The tender documents provided details of the services to be procured, outlined the procurement process, provided details of the evaluation procedure and associated criteria together with the proposed contractual arrangements. The contract, for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Director General of the Irish Prison Service has advised me in relation to this matter and has supplied me with the following information in relation to the consultants’ contracts awarded for the Cork and Limerick development projects. Company Project Contract Value Total Amount Paid Projected Final Cost Cyril Sweett Ltd New Development at Cork Prison €417,000 excl VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed that, in advance of the contract in question being awarded, a request for review of the recommendation of the Irish Prison Service’s (IPS) Tender Evaluation Board was made to my Department as the Sanctioning Authority by an unsuccessful Tenderer. The review request was dealt with in accordance with the procedures set out in section 9.4 of the Instructions to Tenderers....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to draw the Deputy's attention to Parliamentary Question no 441& 442 of today's date which outlines the required details in respect of the Construction Consultancy Framework. In December 2009, the Irish Prison Service entered into multi-operator framework agreements with 6 companies, in accordance with Article 32 of EU Directive 2004/18/EC, for a period of 3 years, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to draw the Deputy's attention to Parliamentary Question 441 and 442 of today's date which outlines the required details in respect of the Construction Consultancy Framework. The following contracts were awarded by the Irish Prison Service to building consultants over the past three years (2012-2014). These contracts were awarded following competitive mini tender competitions in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts Data (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Irish Prison Service uses the standard template documents for procurement of goods, services and works as prescribed by the Office of Government Procurement and adheres fully to the procedures set out therein. There is no requirement to publish the details, outcomes or resolution processes relating to challenges and complaints regarding procurement. All issues are clearly dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Human Reproduction (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer to my response to Parliamentary Question no. 352 of 16 December 2014. As I indicated in that response, the reason that the General Scheme requires the assisted reproduction treatment to be carried out in a clinical setting is because there is very clear case-law on the situation of a donor father where the treatment takes place outside a clinical setting to the effect that he has all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand the centre referred to provides residential drug rehabilitation services for persons in need of such addiction services but that offenders are not referred to this facility by the Probation Service. The Service does however liaise with the centre when it happens that one of its clients is also in receipt of services there. While it is recognised that substance abuse and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Garda Text Alert Scheme, which was launched in September 2013, has developed as an important crime prevention mechanism with over 500 local groups involving in excess of 100,000 subscribers and with an estimated 200,000 text messages sent each month under the scheme. I am informed that every Garda Division, rural and urban, now offers the text alert service and An Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA) was established on 16 October 2014, under the Charities Act 2009. The Register of Charities, which can be accessed through the website of the Authority, www.charitiesregulatoryauthority.ie, was published on the same date. The Register of Charities currently includes charities that have been deemed registered by the CRA under section 40 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. On 13 January 2015 there were 536 prisoners (12.4%) on temporary release across the prison system. This included 136 prisoners who were serving less than 3 months solely for the non-payment of a Court ordered fine and 199 prisoners who were on structured temporary release programmes such as the community return Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that on 13 January , 2015, there were 3,648 prisoners in custody as compared to a bed capacity of 4,126. This represents an occupancy level of 88%. A full breakdown to include, capacity, number in custody and percentage of bed capacity is set out in the following table. Institution Bed Capacity Number in Custody % of Bed Capacity Mountjoy Campus Mountjoy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) began accepting cases in September 2013. The ISI releases its statistics on a quarterly basis and the most up to date figures reflecting Quarter 4 of 2014 were published today on their website . 2014 was the ISI’s first full year of operation and during that time almost 1000 debt solutions were approved, comprising 547...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that the total number of persons in prisons between the ages of 16 and 25 years of age on 13 January 2015 was 844. This figure is made up of 824 males and 20 females. Their ages are set out in the following table. Age Number of prisoners 16 years of age 0 17 years of age 13 18 years of age 33 19 years of age 56 20 years of age 105 21 years of age 111 22...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 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 so...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority Establishment (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware the preparation of a Bill to provide for the establishment of the new Policing Authority is under way. In this context the question of the composition of the Authority will be carefully considered. The Bill is being drafted on a priority basis.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Tá post amháin ag an Roinn faoi láthair, mar Aistritheoir, a bhfuil sé riachtanach go mbeadh sealbhóir an phoist sin dátheangach go feidhmiúil sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla. Is é príomhról an Aistritheora Rialacha Cúirte a aistriú go Gaeilge. Tá an tAistritheoir ar leabhéal atá coibhéiseach le leibhéal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Photography costs were incurred by my Department in the relevant years, as follows: 2011 €1,841.93 2012 €1,446.70 2013 €2,089.39 2014 €966.78 I can inform the Deputy that photographic services are only used by my Department to mark and provide a record of significant occasions. Consideration is given at all times to the costs involved and best value for money...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question Ref No 49385/14 which was answered on 18 December 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (14 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: In light of public safety concernshighlighted by An Garda Síochána and difficulties in the interpretation of the legislation expressed by members of the judiciary, a joint Department of Justice and Equality / An Garda Síochána Working Group was established by my Department to review firearms licensing. The Report of this Working Group was published on 13 November and...