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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Any short term accommodation leased by my Department directly is for private office space only. I can confirm that my Department does not currently have any lease arrangements for co-working accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). A small number of leases outside of their estate are leased for Department staff and are listed in tabular form below. Unit Location Lease Commencement Date Duration Cost Terms Hickson Commission ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for policing the current Public Health regulations rests with the Garda Commissioner. Further, responsibility for the legislation underpinning the Public Health response lies with my colleague, the Minister for Health. However, to be of assistance, I have contacted the Garda Commissioner and have been advised that since the Government's decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to inform the Deputy that all responsibility for the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy, including wider measures and provisions to promote LGBTI equality in society, has transferred to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department has not encountered expenditure in respect of hand sanitisation products or other PPE products that were subsequently subject to a recall by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this year. Of the agencies operating under the remit of my Department, I can confirm that one agency, the Probation Service, did encounter expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: Unfortunately, the statistics requested by the Deputy are not maintained by the Immigration Service of my Department in this manner. These permissions are classified on the Immigration Service databases as Stamp 1. There is no way of identifying those specifically granted a Stamp 1 without the requirement for an employment permit. The retrieval of this data would require a case by case...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Atypical Scheme for non-EEA Crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet was established as a cross Departmental response to address the matter of non-EEA workers on certain categories of vessels in the Irish fishing fleet. A number of Departments are involved in the scheme and it is monitored by an Oversight Committee, chaired by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine with members from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (12 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy made an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation on 22 July 2013. They were successful in their application and received their Certificate of Naturalisation at a ceremony held in the Convention Centre, Dublin on 31 March 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person concerned has been informed by letter that there has been a negative international protection decision in relation to their case and that they no longer have permission to remain in the State. Before making this decision, a detailed consideration will have been carried out of all aspects of the person’s case, including their private and family rights in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to inform the Deputy that a gross expenditure budget of €474.166 million (€399.509m net) was provided for the Department of Justice Vote (Vote 24) in the recent Budget Day estimates for 2021. The Budget Day Estimates are available at the following link and the Justice Vote Estimate is at page 216: This estimate is allocated across two programmes; the Criminal Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 193 together. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to enact a Family Court Bill to create a new dedicated Family Court within the existing court structure and to provide for court procedures that support a less adversarial resolution of disputes. In September, the Government approved the drafting of a Family Court Bill to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Council (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Judicial Council was established on 17 December 2019 in accordance with the terms of the Judicial Council Act 2019. Orders bringing various sections of the Act into operation were made by my predecessor last year. The Council is independent in the performance of its functions and I do not have a role in its operation or that of its committees. Under the Act, the Chief Justice is the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Any short term accommodation type leased by my Department and it’s agencies directly is for private office space only. Having sought confirmation from agencies under the remit of my Department, I can confirm that neither the Department nor it's agencies have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: Since the International Protection Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) commenced on 31 December 2016, the International Protection Office has carried out the function of considering Permission to Remain (under section 49 of the 2015 Act), in respect of those applicants who have been refused international protection at first instance. Table 1 provides the applications made for the years 2017-2019 and to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that an inquiry under Section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 was carried out by former Judge Patrick Clyne into the Garda Síochána investigation following the death of Mr Patrick Nugent in 1984. Judge Clyne completed his inquiry on 31stOctober 2020. My Department received Judge Clyne’s report on 3rdNovember 2020 and it has recently been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Any short term accommodation type leased by my Department and it’s agencies directly is for private office space only. Having sought confirmation from agencies under the remit of my Department, I can confirm that neither the Department nor it's agencies have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: A Family Justice Oversight Group has recently been established in my Department which, in addition to department officials, also includes representation from the judiciary, the Courts Service, the Legal Aid Board and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Group held its first meeting in September and has been tasked with agreeing a high-level vision and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, there is no specific legislative provision regarding parental alienation in Irish family law. Section 246 of the Children Act 2001 provides for an offence of frightening, bullying or threatening a child in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to the child's physical, mental or emotional health or wellbeing. There are also legislative provisions...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Testing (10 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this serious and important issue. While the Garda has been testing drivers for drugs with the assistance of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, MBRS, since 1999, the Deputy will be aware that the drug-driving provisions in the Road Traffic Act 2016 were only commenced by the then Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on 12 April 2017. The Deputy has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Testing (10 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: Without stepping into an area for which I do not have responsibility, I am assured by the Commissioner and his team that they continue to look at all districts and the resources required therein and that they allocate accordingly. My role is to ensure that the additional funding is allocated and the resources needed are allocated. We have tried our best in this year's budget to ensure that...