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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the deployment of Gardaí and their allocation to Garda units. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of Gardaí by rank attached to the Roscommon-Longford Drugs unit on 31...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is, by law, responsible for the management and control of An Garda Síochána and for the effective and efficient use of Garda resources, including the Garda fleet. The allocation of vehicles within An Garda Síochána is made by the Garda Commissioner on the basis of identified operational demands, the availability of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy that neither I, as Minister for Justice, nor any of the agencies, offices and bodies under the aegis of my Department has had any engagement with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is committed to delivering high quality customer service to all of our customers, including members of the public, elected representatives and stakeholders, and my officials aim to interact with our customers in a manner that is accessible, efficient, empathetic and fair at all times. My officials endeavour to acknowledge all correspondence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. The allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Commissioner and his management team, in light of identified operational demands. This includes responsibility for the allocation of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to inform the Deputy that having sought the assistance of the Courts Service of Ireland, I understand that they are unable to provide the requested information. I am informed that the offence of begging does not have a searchable code associated with it and so no report can be furnished. Offences of begging received from An Garda Síochána are in the form of a free text...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the enforcement of road traffic legislation. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters. I have been provided by the Garda authorities with the below table, outlining a yearly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including any matters relating to the training of Garda members. I am informed by the Garda authorities that pre-hospital care has been a skill-set in the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) since 2000, where the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the establishment of the High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system is a key goal within the Justice Plan 2021, which was published by Minister McEntee earlier this year. The Taskforce is chaired by Kathleen Lynch, former Minister of State with responsibility for primary care, Mental...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána and, as the accounting officer for An Garda Síochána, is also responsible for Garda expenditure. As Minister, I have no direct role in this matter. I have been provided with the below table detailing the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that the management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998. The Courts Service is independent in exercising its functions, as of course are the judiciary, including the imposition of sentences for any offence. As Minister for Justice I have no direct role in these matters. I can inform the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is committed to ensuring that accessibility is a core element in the design and build of our websites and systems by default. My Department regularly perform evaluations against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standard. My Department's website will shortly be moving to Gov.ie, which is built and maintained by the Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and the offices, agencies and bodies under my remit are fully committed to the implementation of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy (NDIS) and are aware this can only be achieved with active engagement and collaboration with people with disabilities. The Departmental Consultative Committee (DCC) provides a forum for engagement between Departmental officials,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. The allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Commissioner and his management team, in light of identified operational demands. This includes responsibility for the allocation of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested information from An Garda Síochána to answer the Deputy's question, but this was not available in time. I will contact the Deputy again when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, under section 6(1) of the Street and House To House Collections Act 1962, the Garda Chief Superintendent for a locality must grant a permit for holding a collection in that locality. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the information requested about the exercise of this power is not readily available, and to collate the information required to answer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: 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 demands. This includes deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, 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 demands. This includes the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) will bring reliable high-speed broadband to approximately 540,000 premises across the State, primarily in rural and isolated areas. These premises include homes, farms, community and health facilities, schools, and businesses. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has contracted National Broadband Ireland to deliver the NBP in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department's guidelines, written procedures and protocols to deal with correspondence are outlined in the Customer Service Action Plan of the Department of Rural and Community Development. The action plan details the steps to be undertaken in order to meet our commitments under each of the Government’s 12 Quality Customer Service (QCS) principles. Further information on my...