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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Administration (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the High Court has jurisdiction in wards of court matters and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998.  However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the High Court has jurisdiction in wards of court matters and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that when a person is taken into...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it has no role in the regulation of immigration consultants in what is a private arrangement between an applicant and any person they wish to engage to advise them. I understand that a significant number of such consultants operate outside...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The citizenship ceremony scheduled for Monday 16 October was postponed on public safety grounds due to the national status red warning due to ex-hurricane Ophelia. The ceremony has now been rescheduled for Monday 27 November 2017 and a notice of the date and additional information was placed on the Department's website on Thursday last 19th October....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The issue of multi-party litigation was the subject of a Report and recommendations by the Law Reform Commission in 2005 (LRC 76-2005) as raised by the Deputy. The Report was not carried forward by the Government of the day. The implementation of the Report at this remove, and the introduction of any legislation to enable the type of collective legal action envisaged, would require a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (24 Oct 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 Vetting (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the processing of vetting applications by the Garda National Vetting Bureau is an operational matter for the Garda Authorities and is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 and other relevant law. My Department has no role in the processing of individual vetting applications....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Garda authorities that to 30 September 2017, 3,398 bicycles have been recorded as stolen in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR). I am also informed that 240 stolen bicycles have been recovered and 72 bicycles have been returned to their owners. These figures are operational, provisional and liable to change. I am advised by the Garda authorities that bicycle theft is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Judge McCartan’s report was formally submitted to my Department on 17 October 2017. The report is under consideration at present and has been sent to the Office of the Attorney General for advices. I intend to bring the report to Cabinet following receipt of those advices, following which I will lay the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas and publication will follow thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), which will apply with effect from 25 May 2018, incorporates increased protections for the personal data of children. For the most part, this Regulation's rules are directly applicable and do not, therefore, require transposition into national law in the forthcoming Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (24 Oct 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 is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Oct 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 is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Supreme Court judgement in the case of N.V.H. v. The Minister for Justice and Equality found, on 30 May last, that in an international protection system with no temporal limits as to when the application process will be concluded, an absolute prohibition on the right to work for international protection applicants is contrary to the right to seek employment under the Constitution. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Data (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information required in the time available. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Data (24 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) publishes a quarterly statistical report, which is available on www.isi.gov.ie. The Deputy will note from page 11 of the ISI's most recent statistical report, that: - the number of new applications during the period in question (quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2017) was 2,561 of which 2,226 relate to...

Topical Issues: Garda Station Refurbishment (19 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy has asked that I keep a close eye on matters. I assure him that I am very keen that this project will be completed but I do not believe there is any necessity for me to keep a close eye on matters, having regard to the close eye Deputy Neville himself keeps on this and other important issues in the Limerick constituency. I agree with the Deputy on the matter of Garda...

Other Questions: Data Retention (19 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, I have written to the justice committee in these Houses and asked it to undertake pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the communications (retention of data) Bill. I have also forwarded a copy of the Murray report to the committee and would be happy to engage with it in due course once the legislation completes Second Stage in this House and goes to...

Topical Issues: Garda Station Refurbishment (19 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this important matter, and it is not the first time he raised it in the Houses. As the Deputy is aware, the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities, working in close co-operation with the Office of Public Works. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters but I acknowledge the...