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

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department has responsibility for securing Ireland’s border at Dublin Airport in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Acts and Orders as they relate to entry and refusal of entry to the State. The BMU had also been collecting and checking Public Health Passenger Locator Forms at Dublin Airport, and undertaking follow-up phone...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy has been granted Stamp 4 permission as the dependent of an EEA national and is not, therefore, required to submit a letter from their employer when renewing their permission. The Immigration Service of my Department registers persons residing in the Dublin area only. The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) processes all...

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

Helen McEntee: Currently, the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) is not accepting short stay visit family visa applications due to measures taken to combat the spread of COVID-19. The resumption of visa services will continue to be monitored and decided in accordance with Health Service Executive (HSE) guidelines. Any changes to the visas which are being processed will be announced on the Immigration...

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

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. An Garda Síochána advise that there will be no further graduations of Probationer Gardaí from the Garda College in 2020. 125 probationer...

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

Helen McEntee: 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.  In addition, the allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Commissioner, in light of identified operational demands. This includes responsibility for the...

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

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána including training and development of the Garda organisation.  As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters, or in the funding of such matters. I am advised by the Garda...

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

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 617 together. I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible in the timeframe available to collate the information sought, as this entails a manual check of individual records.  I will revert to the Deputy as soon as this information has been compiled.

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

Helen McEntee: The Immigration Service of my Department advises that the statistical information sought by the Deputy is not available. When a new immigration record is being created, the Immigration Service does not, as a matter of course, record the relevant applicant’s place of birth. As a result, there is no available record of the number of children born in Ireland who are in any...

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

Helen McEntee: The relevant information requested by the Deputy is being collated and verified and I will respond directly to the Deputy when this process has been completed.

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

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy on the number and value of fireworks seized from An Garda Síochána. In addition, the information on the related advertising campaign is currently being collated and verified. I will write directly to the Deputy when this information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently no projects over €1 billion within the Justice sector.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Safety (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: An Garda Síochána is already undertaking a great deal of work. As we both said, this situation is happening much sooner than Hallowe'en and Operation Tombola has commenced and been in effect since 4 September. Perhaps that operation needs to start even sooner, but it is very early. This plan has many aspects directed against the sale of fireworks, including, to name just a few,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Safety (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The challenge here concerns situations, such as those we have seen recently, where there have been large gatherings of people into which fireworks have been thrown. When the police arrived and spoke to people, however, there did not seem to be an ability to identify who had thrown the fireworks. This seems to be a major problem where younger people are not willing to say who threw a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Data (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 191,193 and 194 together. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. As the Deputy is aware, the Central Statistics Office, CSO, as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Data (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The work of An Garda Síochána is directed by the Garda Commissioner and his team, but I can say that where a particular increase has been identified in these types of crimes it has been possible for An Garda Síochána to place particular emphasis and a focus on trying to improve the response to and support for those individuals affected by crime. Regarding the area of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Data (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I do not have the figures now, but I can respond to the Deputy later. I have exact figures for Kildare, the Deputy's county, but I appear to have mislaid them in my documents. I will pass those figures on to the Deputy once these Questions are finished.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Deputy will be glad to know that female genital mutilation has been an offence in Ireland since 2012. It is barbaric and should never happen. The Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act was enacted in 2012. It was sponsored by the then Minister for Health and the Act created the offence of female genital mutilation and related...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy has asked a number of questions there. He is right in saying that first and foremost, we need to stop this practice and a lot of that is done through education of parents and within communities. We will progress this through the second domestic, sexual and gender-based violence strategy, which includes a number of measures. A review is under way and we are looking to develop a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: I support the Deputy and I agree that we need to eradicate this process. We have made good strides in recent years with the introduction of legislation as a priority as part of the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence strategy. I mention the fact that we have had one conviction. While the number might seem low, there was a significant problem in Ireland whereby this is often only...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Safety (10 Sep 2020)

Helen McEntee: While I have not stayed in Dublin in the last few nights, I have friends who live here and they have highlighted this issue to me a number of weeks ago, which was surprising and concerning given how far out we are from Hallowe'en. The importation of fireworks is controlled under law in the interests of safety and security. Government policy restricts the availability of all hazardous...