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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (11 Jul 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: Registration Certificate (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that information in relation to registrations requested by the Deputy is set-out in the following Table. The figures include new registrations and renewals of registration. Garda Division Number of Stamp 2 & 2A permissions by year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (to 5th July)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 and 276 together. I have requested this information from the Garda authorities and I will write to the Deputy when it is received.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and Units and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of Gardaí is continually monitored and reviewed taking into account all relevant factors including crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate the Garda Commissioner 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 made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (11 Jul 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 Birr...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised that it is not possible from the manner in which information/data is recorded on PULSE to answer the specific questions tabled by the Deputy, and to attempt to do so would require a disproportionate use of time and resources.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that its Strategic Plan 2016-2018 sets out the commitment of the Irish Prison Service to strengthen family supports to facilitate on-going contact with prisoners, including those serving life sentences, while in custody and their reintegration post release, with appropriate supports and programmes. The Director General of the Irish Prison Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that all visitors can raise any issue regarding visits with the supervisor of the visits area on the day they are visiting. Alternatively they can write to the Governor of the Prison outlining their complaint and issues. In addition, the Irish Prison Service has in place a Prisoner Complaints System, which is administered by the Operations Directorate in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Appointments (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Peace Commissioners are appointed by the Minister for Justice and Equality under Section 88 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924. My Department is reliant upon the Peace Commissioners themselves and other interested parties, to advise of changes which occur subsequent to appointment. For that reason, the list of Peace Commissioners is not automatically updated to take account of changes of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy may be aware, all funding to my Department's Vote for 2017 was allocated and published in the Revised Estimates Volume last December. However, expenditure across the overall Justice Vote Group, consisting of eight Votes, is carefully monitored and managed with the objective of achieving the best value for the taxpayer with any underspends redirected as needed. The expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Inspections (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: As a matter of course, all reports made by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons are published as soon as possible by my Department on its website - www.justice.ie. There is only one report outstanding which has yet to be published. That concerns a report from the Acting Inspector of Prisons on the Training Unit which was located on the Mountjoy campus in Dublin. Arrangements are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that it is not possible to collect the information required within the timeframe allotted. This information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy once it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service currently operates a prisoner complaints process governed by S.I. No.11 of 2013, namely Rules 57 A and 57 B of the Prison Rules 2007. The Irish Prison Service in 2012 introduced a complaints manual that specified differing categories of complaint e.g. Category A through F, this process assigns differing categories to differing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 289 together. Rule 71 of the 2007 Prison Rules refers to Separate Accommodation and states: 'Unconvicted prisoners shall, in so far as is practicable and subject to the maintenance of good order and safe and secure custody, be accommodated in areas that are separate from those in which convicted prisoners are accommodated or to which convicted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that persons in custody who currently require residential mental health treatment can be admitted to the Central Mental Hospital following assessment by the National Forensic Mental Health Service on the basis of assessed clinical need. This will also apply in regard to the admission of any person in custody to the services of the National Forensic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it does not currently hold data on the number of recorded self harm incidents in the form requested. However, the Irish Prison Service has also advised that it has put a process in place whereby every incident of self harm is being examined by a multi-disciplinary team. Data on self harm is now being collated by way of a newly developed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Drug Treatment Services (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by the Irish Prison Service that any prisoner who enters the custody of the Irish Prison Services while presenting with addiction issues has access to addiction services, and is actively encouraged to engage with those services. The treatments available are based on the principles of best practice, and are similar to those available in the community setting. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 294 together. De-escalation techniques play a significant part in the control and restraint training for prison staff and are deployed on a daily basis throughout the prison estate. It is impossible to quantify the number of incidents the Irish Prison Service manage to de-escalate. Many incidents are resolved at different levels, where de-escalation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can advise the Deputy that a total of 24 dedicated Integrated Sentence Management Coordinators are now operational in all prisons and open centres. The allocation of dedicated staff in each establishment greatly enhances the effectiveness of the sentence management system and facilitates the growing numbers of prisoners participating in the process. Newly committed prisoners with a...