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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: A draft General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Passenger Name Record) Bill is currently being finalised in consultation with relevant Government Departments with a view to shortly seeking Government approval for formal drafting of the legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Since 16th June, 2015, frontline immigration controls have been undertaken in Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport on a 24/7 basis by civilian staff from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department. In October 2015, INIS civilian staff took over the front-line immigration controls in the Transit Area of Terminal 2. On 2nd October 2017, responsibility for these controls...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

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: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including to the Garda Traffic Corps and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Commissioner that Garda personnel assigned throughout the country, together with the overall policing arrangements and operational strategies are continually monitored and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, I have written to the relevant parties, including the Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Garda Commissioner, the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners and the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in order to ascertain whether there are additional legislative or other solutions which can assist us...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 287 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be appreciate decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational demands and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have asked the Garda Commissioner for the specific information requested and when it is to hand I will inform the Deputy accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (21 Nov 2017)

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 Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that there was no specific recommendation in the Mulvey Report relating to the establishment of a special crime taskforce as outlined in the Deputy's question. However, I can advise the Deputy that the Garda Commissioner established a new Garda Special Crime Task Force in the Dublin Metropolitan Region in 2016, under the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Section 14C of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, as inserted by section 36 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, requires new rules of court in order to be fully implementable. I understand that such rules are currently being drafted and will then be approved by the relevant Rules of Court Committee. The section will be commenced as soon as possible after the finalisation of these rules.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (21 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that persons seeking permission to remain in the State may do so for a number of reasons to various Divisions of the INIS under both statutory and non-statutory provisions. As a result, as the Deputy would expect, every case is considered on its own merits in conjunction with the legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 131 together. As the Deputy is aware, following consultation with the Attorney General, my predecessor as Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD appointed Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill to undertake a review of certain protected disclosures which had been made to her. The terms of reference of the Review were primarily...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 122, inclusive, together. I have been advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the investment threshold for applications to the Immigrant Investor Programme was returned to the original €1.0m for any application received from the 2nd January 2017. Since January 2017, some 262 applications have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Domestic Violence Bill 2017 is awaiting resumption of Committee Stage in the Seanad.  The Deputy will understand that it is not possible for me to predict the outcome of the legislative process with regard to this or any other Bill.  However, my aim is that the Bill will be enacted as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Nov 2017)

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: Immigration Controls (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer to my response to the Deputy's question of 26 October 2017 (Dáil Question No. 118) when I made it clear that racial profiling is not a feature of Irish immigration control. I want to reiterate that position. A person who wishes to make a complaint at Dublin Airport in respect of frontline immigration checks may do so by submitting details of the subject...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that section 10(1) of the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 contains the following exclusion from its scope:  (a) the law governing the creation, execution, amendment, variation or revocation of— (i) a will, codicil or any other testamentary instrument to which the Succession Act 1965 , applies, (ii) a trust, or (iii) an enduring power of attorney, (b) the law...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Nov 2017)

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: Residency Permits (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied on 31 December 2012 for a residence card as a family member of an EU citizen under the provisions of Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Chen, C-200/02.  They...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (16 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The re-establishment of the Firearms Consultative Panel (FCP) was part of a package of measures which the previous Minister announced in September 2015 to address both immediate and long term issues in relation to firearms licensing. It is important to have the views of a broad range of interests represented on the panel.  At the same time, it is necessary to strike a balance and not...