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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The provision of safe and secure custody and dignity of care to those individuals in the penal system in Ireland is a priority area for my Department and the Irish Prison Service. The Irish Prison Service commits in its capital strategy plan 2016-2021 to a prison estate that provides safe, secure and humane custody, that upholds the dignity of all users, and that reflects and supports a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to keeping the resourcing of the DPC under on-going review to ensure that it has what it needs to deliver. The gross expenditure allocation for the Data Protection Commission in 2020 is €16.9m. A 12.5% increase in this allocation would cost €2.1 million giving a total gross allocation for the vote of €19 million on a full year basis....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I have written to An Garda Síochána requesting a report on the information sought by the Deputy, and will revert when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda National Immigration Bureau (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, under Section 43 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer of An Garda Síochána and is responsible for the Garda budget and the allocation of these resources. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these matters. I understand however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: It would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual applications. Such applications are facilitated by the Central Authority for International Maintenance Recovery which is located in my Department. However, to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and I understand that the person referred to by the Deputy has been in contact with the Central Authority in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. Further, the allocation of Garda resources is made in light of identified operational demand. This includes deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I have written to An Garda Síochána requesting a report on the information sought by the Deputy, and will revert when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will appreciate that the decision about whether or not to prosecute a person, and for what crime, is entirely a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions and I have no role in such matters. As the Deputy may 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and the deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 649 to 652, inclusive, together. The European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018, transposing the EU (Recast) Reception Conditions Directive, came into effect from 30 June 2018. The Regulations provide, inter alia, for access to the labour market for eligible international protection applicants. An applicant who has not received a first...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner has responsibility for management of An Garda Síochána and for the allocation and efficient use of Garda resources. This includes responsibility for the distribution of personnel across the various Garda Divisions. As Minister I have no direct role in these matters. The establishment of Divisional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Immigration Service of my Department advises that the individual referred to was refused a residence card on 22 November 2017, as they were not in compliance with the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. I also understand that the Immigration Service received a request for a review of that decision on 5 December 2017. Following a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. Following the consideration of those representations, a decision was taken that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government approved the drafting of a General Scheme to provide for the use of body-worn cameras by An Garda Síochána last year in response to a recommendation of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. It was decided that the use of body-worn cameras will form part of the wider Garda Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) management strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 657 to 661, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no role in decisions on such matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: To ensure that those with employment permits can continue to have their immigration registration maintained, on 18 September 2020, I announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 20 January 2021. This applies to immigration permissions that are due to expire between 20 September 2020 and 20 January 2021. Renewal is on the same basis as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Immigration Service of my Department is currently processing approximately 16,000 applications from people seeking to renew their immigration registration. Significant demand accumulated during the four months that the Registration Office was closed due to COVID-19. To assist in addressing this demand, a new online system for the renewal of Registrations in the Dublin area was developed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 671 together. The person concerned is the subject of a transfer decision to the United Kingdom by the International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department, under the EU Dublin III Regulation, which determines the State responsible for examining a protection application. The transfer decision was subsequently affirmed on appeal to the International...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 667 together. A person who applies for a Residence Card on the basis of being a Qualified Family Member (QFM) of an EU National will generally be granted a Temporary Stamp 4 (TS4) of 6-9 months duration, on application, pending the processing of their application. A TS4 enables a person to live and work in the State. If their application is refused,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Under Regulation 25 of the European Communities (Free Movements of Persons) Regulations 2015, if an applicant believes that there was an error in fact or in law in reaching their initial EU Treaty Rights decision, they are entitled to seek a review of that decision. A total of 2,142 review applications are currently on hand in respect of 91 different nationalities. 28 countries have 5 or more...