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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda College (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no role in the allocation of financial resources within An Garda Síochána. The Deputy will also be aware that the Estimates process for Budget 2021 is currently underway and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The 'join family' visa applications referred to by the Deputy were submitted to the Visa Office in Abuja, Nigeria on 1 April 2019. They were subsequently received by the Immigration Service in Dublin on 20 January 2020, for further processing, in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. The Policy Document contains a stated business...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: In accordance with the terms of the Judicial Council Act 2019 the Judicial Council was established on 17 December 2019. Orders bringing various sections of the Act into operation were made by my predecessor last year. As required by the Act, the Committees of the Judicial Council have now been established by the Council. In some cases, the Act sets out timeframes for the completion...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 590 and 605 together. As the Deputy will be aware, a retired judge, Gerard Haughton, is conducting a scoping exercise into the tragic death of the person in question, whose case has been discussed in Dáil Éireann on a number of occasions. The judge furnished an interim report to my predecessor on 13 November last. Following consultation with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: Last year, Dr Catherine Day was asked to bring together an expert group with representation from asylum seekers and NGOs to examine best practice in other European States in the provision of services to international protection applicants, to examine likely longer term trends and to set out recommendations and solutions. Any new system for the provision of accommodation and additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: It is important to be aware that fireworks, because they are explosives, are regulated under national and EU legislation and can only be imported into the country under licence and stored and sold in accordance with the explosives law. Government policy restricts the availability of all hazardous fireworks to the general public and licences under the Explosives Act are issued by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) provides a modern statutory framework to support decision-making by adults with capacity difficulties. The 2015 Act was signed into law on 30 December 2015 but has not yet been fully commenced. The Act provides for the establishment of new administrative processes and support measures, including the setting up of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Licence Applications (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The statutory provisions concerning the licensing of premises for the purposes of public dancing are set out in the Public Dance Halls Act 1935 as well as sections 2 to 10 and 21 of the Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act 1997, in so far as they relate to public dancing licenses. The primary purpose of these statutory provisions is to ensure the welfare and safety of persons while present at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: In accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including training. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. In respect of training courses supplied by the Garda College, they are provided on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all matters relating to the recruitment, training and appointment of its members. This responsibility extends to members of the Garda Band. As Minister I have no role in these matters. However, I am informed by the Commissioner that he is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing and controlling the administration and business of An Garda Síochána. I have requested information from An Garda Síochána on the matter requested by the Deputy and will write directly to the Deputy when it is received.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I can inform the Deputy that detailed information in relation to Community Garda numbers is available on my Department’s website. This information is updated every month with the latest data provided by An Garda Síochána, at the following link: As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 as amended, the Garda Commissioner is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, the issue raised involves a range of health, medical and ethical considerations, which are matters where the Department of Health would have a substantive policy role. The legal position in relation to assisted suicide is that it is an offence, under Section 2(2) of the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993, to assist another person in taking his or her life. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: With regard to the south inner city, I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are two Community Policing Fora within Community Engagement, Pearse Street, however there are currently no scheduled upcoming meetings. The Community Safety Forum last met on 19th October 2019 and under pre-COVID circumstances a meeting would usually have been scheduled for early 2020, however this was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 to 603, inclusive, together. Under Section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004, an Immigration Officer must determine whether a non-EEA national should be granted leave to land and thus gain entry to the State. Over 99% of travellers are permitted leave to land under various legal mechanisms including the EU Free Movement Directive, their relationships to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The question of entry for any individual, whether visa or non-visa required, is determined by the Immigration Officer at the port of entry at the time the individual seeks entry into the State.  All relevant factors are taken into account with the principal ones being the purpose of the visit, the duration of stay, the ability of the individual to support themselves during...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: As is made clear in the information made available on this visa, any person entering the State on foot of a volunteer visa cannot thereafter apply to change their permission while they are in the State.   A new Volunteering in Ireland preclearance process for non-EEA citizens was launched in April 2018. Under the terms of the volunteering immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The baseline funding for courthouse capital in 2020 is €4.88m. A 12% increase in 2021 equates to €0.59m, which would give a total of €5.47m for next year. The allocation for Courthouse Capital per the Revised Estimate Volume (REV) 2020 is €15.380m, which includes €10.5m of once off additional funding mainly provided under the National Development Plan.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: 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 provided the following update on this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department now rely on the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) arrivals figures as an indication of the number of passenger locator forms collected by the BMU officers less the exempt categories. Arrivals figures provided to the BMU from daa show that between 1 August 2020 and 14 September 2020 the number of arrivals was...