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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 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 Data (7 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 Data (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will 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 the availability of resources and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The Deputy will be aware that there has been unprecedented investment in the Garda Fleet in recent years...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that a suspected crime can be reported to any member of An Garda Síochána, irrespective of where the suspected crime took place. Contact details of all Garda stations are available on the Garda website which also provides advice to members of the public in terms of contacting An Garda Síochána, including to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will appreciate that there are clear and detailed guidelines governing the procedures and processes in relation to the use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) by An Garda Síochána. These are set out in a comprehensive Code of Practice. The appropriate mechanisms are in place ensure that these prescribed procedures are fully complied with. I wish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration of An Garda Síochána, including the setting of administrative fees for certain services. As Minister, I have no role in relation to this matter. I am advised by the Garda authorities that fees charged for the taking of fingerprints for purposes other than crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 709 of 20 June 2017 in which the information provided included the number of fatal collisions, the number of persons not tested for alcohol and the reasons therefore for the years 2015, 2016 and to 31 May 2017. I have replicated the tables hereunder for ease of reference. I have requested updated statistics for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have sought a report from the Garda authorities in relation to this matter and I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Judge McCartan’s report was formally submitted to my Department on 17 October 2017. The report was sent to the Office of the Attorney General for advices. I brought the report to the next Cabinet meeting, earlier today, following receipt of those advices. The report was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas today, following the Cabinet meeting, and has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Websites (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: There are no external companies currently undertaking an audit of my departmental website. As part of the Government's eGovernment strategy 2017- 2020, the Office of the Chief Information Officer has been working on the development of a Digital Service Gateway - a single digital point where citizens can easily access information about the Government services that are available to them....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 492 and 493 together. The Mediation Act 2017 was enacted on 2 October and I intend to make a Commencement Order in the coming weeks bringing the Act into operation. One of the key principles enshrined in the Mediation Act is that mediation is a voluntary process. The Act's definition of mediation states that mediation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The issue of how solicitors and barristers engage in the course of family law cases is, as conveyed by the Deputy’s Question, a matter of delicate balance in terms of best representing the interests of the respective parties to the proceedings concerned, some of whom will be minors. It is also an inherent part of the administration of justice under which the lawyers concerned have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015 provide for the valuation of all commercial and industrial property for rating purposes. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions under the Acts and the making of valuations for rating is his sole responsibility. I, as Minister for Justice and Equality, have no role in decisions made in this regard. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for a residence permission and a right to work based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. A decision letter issued to this person on 26 April 2017. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is carrying out investigations into a number of paramilitary-related killings in the 1970s. As part of those investigations the Police Ombudsman has sought co-operation from the authorities here, including and primarily from An Garda Síochána. I am committed to co-operating fully with the Police Ombudsman in these important...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 498 and 533 together. There is already strong legislation in place to deal with criminal damage to property generally. The Criminal Damage Act 1991 provides for a range of offences and significant penalties for damaging property. Under that Act it is an offence to damage, threaten to damage or possess anything with intent to damage property. The term...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Equipment (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that defibrillators are installed in my Department's public buildings. The costs are not readily available as the equipment is in place, in some instances for many years.  All the defibrillators are checked monthly as part of the routine health and safety checks and batteries are replaced every four years and pads every two years. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Strategic Communications Unit (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Neither I nor my department officials have attended any meetings of the Strategic Communications Unit. I did however meet with the Director of the Strategic Communications Unit in Leinster House on 5 October 2017, where he outlined some of the unit's intended work programme.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Websites (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 and 502 together. Development and remedial work on my Department’s websites is generally undertaken by officials in the Department. This was also the case with much of the work on the most recent revamp of my Department's website which was undertaken in 2015, with additional work to the value of €99,000(including VAT) carried out by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (7 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: There are currently two officials working full time in my Department's Press Office - the Department's Press Officer and one other member of staff who reports to the Press Officer.  A further two members of staff work on internal and external communications, also reporting to the Press Officer. The Press Officer reports to the Head of Communications and Corporate...