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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Litter Pollution (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions under Section 2(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended). As Minister, I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and I am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Road traffic legislation is enforced as part of the day-to-day duties of members of An Garda Síochána, as well as through a programme of high-visibility road safety and enforcement operations carried out in partnership with other state agencies, in order to make our roads safer for all. Gardaí continue to enforce road traffic legislation and detect dangerous use of scramblers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562, 563, 564 and 565 together. Prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions. As Minister, I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and I am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the Director's work as a result. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Programmes (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The EU Asylum and Migration Pact will significantly reform the approach to migration and asylum both in Ireland and across the EU by providing a faster, more streamlined, and fairer system for addressing the challenges faced in this area. The Pact will harmonise asylum procedures and processes across the EU and comes into effect in June 2026. Ireland, along with all the other Member...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: My Department’s records indicate that the Censorship of Publications Board held one meeting in January 2020, which was attended by all 4 members, and has not met since. Members did not receive any fees for their attendance, but were entitled to claim travel and subsistence payments, with a total of €179.09 paid. Administratively, secretariat support for the Censorship of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Gender Recognition Act comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection. I am advised by the Department of Social Protection that the report of the Review Group for the Gender Recognition Act under section 7 of the Act included, at recommendation 2A, that legal recognition should be made available to people who are non-binary. This recommendation will, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to fight crime and a strengthened, well-resourced Garda organisation is central to this policy. The Garda Vote in Budget 2025 saw unprecedented funding of over €2.48 billion for this year, a 27% increase since 2020 which is supporting the continued recruitment of Garda members and staff. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: A key principle of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is that community safety requires multi-agency cooperation working in partnership with An Garda Síochána and crucially with communities themselves. The Commission's report recommended the establishment of national and local structures to bring together Departments and State agencies involved in harm prevention to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Government is fully committed to reducing the harms caused to families and communities by illicit drug use. Three priority actions in this area are tackling organised crime, ensuring that we minimise the harms caused to those with addiction issues, and diverting people from involvement in crime and illicit drug related activity. The Dublin Drug Treatment Court (Dublin DTC) is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Programme for Government commits us to establishing high-dependency units within the Irish Prison Service to address severe mental health and addiction challenges and to hiring more therapeutic and medical staff, including psychiatric and addiction nurses, GP’s and psychologists. All people committed to prison are subject to a comprehensive medical assessment by the Prison...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Film Industry (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Under Irish law, decisions regarding classification of Films, Videos and DVDs are determined by The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO). IFCO is a statutory body which is independent in the exercise of its official functions. IFCO was established under the Censorship of Films Act 1923, with its role expanded under the Video Recordings Act 1989, to include classification of video and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Censorship of Publications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Censorship of Publications Act, 1946, provides for a Register of Prohibited Publications. The Register in respect of books is in two parts, and contains details of books which have been prohibited and when the notice was originally published in Iris Oifigiúil, which indicates when the prohibition came into effect. Part 1 contains particulars of books prohibited on the ground that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to fight crime. The Garda Vote in Budget 2025 saw unprecedented funding of over €2.48 billion for this year. The Garda Commissioner keeps the distribution of resources under continual review and I will be engaging regularly with him to ensure our Gardaí have the resources they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Regrettably, this was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is a central priority for me as Minister for Justice. The Programme for Government commits to working with An Garda Síochána to ensure a person in an intimate relationship can be informed of a serious risk to them where a new partner has a history of domestic violence. I have requested officials to examine proposals to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can inform the Deputy that, to date, I have held three meetings with the Garda Commissioner since taking office. All these meetings were held in my Department's offices at 51 St. Stephen's Green and were attended by senior officials from my Department as well as from An Garda Síochána. The relevant dates are as follows:24 January 20257 February 20256 March 2025In addition to these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579, 580 and 581 together. It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Regrettably, this was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can inform the Deputy that the Working Holiday Authorisation Programme (WHA) allows non-EEA nationals from certain countries to come to Ireland to experience living and working for a certain period of time, normally one year, without the requirement of a formal work permit. Applications for the Programme are processed and approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The application from the person referred to by the Deputy was approved 27 March 2025. They can expect to receive their new Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card in the next 10-15 working days. The person concerned can now directly check the status of their immigration application on the Immigration Service’s new Digital Contact Centre (DCC). They can register for, or log in to their...