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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department administers over 90 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. The Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public are fully aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them and public information campaigns are an important part of this work.  The total public information campaign...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: This domiciliary care allowance application in respect of the person concerned has been assigned to a deciding officer.  Further medical information in support of the claim has been requested.  Once this is received, the claim will be further considered by the deciding officer and the decision will be notified to applicant as soon as possible. I hope this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Free Travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme.  These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.  There are currently approx....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: While I have sympathy for all persons who incur significant travel expense in their daily lives because of a disability, extending the free travel scheme to the cohort of people highlighted by the Deputy cannot be considered in isolation.  As the 700 service users do not meet the medical conditions to be registered as blind or are not in receipt of a payment from my Department that would...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA), my Department may award a travel supplement in any case where the circumstances of the case so warrant. The supplement is intended to assist with ongoing or recurring travel costs that cannot be met from the client’s own resources and are deemed to be necessary. Every decision is based on consideration of the circumstances of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Department and its agencies currently have three motor vehicles. The cost of replacing these vehicles with an electrical equivalent is estimated to be in the region of €85,000 (excluding VAT and VRT). As the energy usage on these vehicles is relatively low, the Department does not consider that there is an economic or major environmental benefit in changing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 was enacted with the primary purposes of reforming the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and facilitating the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). These are companies registered under the Companies Acts, the members of which are the owners of residential units...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As you will be aware, Minister McGrath and I have agreed, in principle, to establish the new Community Safety Innovation Fund. The scheme, when established, will consider applications to allocate funds to community safety projects and other policy initiatives in the area including the work of the new Local Community Safety Partnerships. It will reflect the significant successes of An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Justice Plan 2021 commits to introducing new legislation to deal with hate crime and incitement to hatred by the end of this year. As the Deputy may be aware, Minister Helen McEntee recently secured Government approval to publish the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021. The Bill will create new, aggravated forms of certain existing criminal offences, where those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Workplace Relations Commission (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy is aware, the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014 to allow employees to bring alleged wrongdoing to the attention of the appropriate authorities.  The Act also affords very important protections to persons making protected disclosures. I am sure that the Deputy will appreciate therefore that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on, nor confirm the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: 'Supporting a Victims Journey’ which is being implemented as a priority, includes the provision of specific training for all of the key personnel a victim comes into contact with during the course of their journey throughout the criminal justice system. To deliver on this objective, a sub-group has been tasked with; identifying gaps in the current provision and recommending...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I recognise the immense courage of victims in sharing their experiences, both of the abuse they have survived and of their engagement with the criminal justice system. It is something I am very grateful for because it is so important to our understanding of where there are gaps in the system and reforms that need to be advanced. It also shows victims of similar abuse that they are not alone...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Language (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 797, 824 and 825 together. I can inform the Deputy that, as of last week, the Irish version of the Form 8 application for Irish citizenship has been updated and is available on our website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Foirm-8-2 1-04-2021.pdf). This new translation of the 36-page form is a highly legal document, containing three...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was refused by the Visa Office in Dublin on 14 December 2020. The reasons for this decision were set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicant at that time. An appeal of this decision was launched on 12 January 2021. To be fair to all applicants, appeals for applications of this type are processed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Taxi Licences (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy is aware, An Garda Síochána is responsible for the issuing of licences to drivers of SPSVs. I am informed by the Garda authorities that where all appropriate documentation is supplied in support of the application, there is currently no delay in the issuing of the licence to the driver.  

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested a report on the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, unfortunately the report was not to hand in time. I will write to the Deputy on receipt of the report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I have requested a report on the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, unfortunately the report was not to hand in time. I will write to the Deputy on receipt of the report.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Fixed Charge Notices are generally issued by standard post. As the Deputy will be aware, there are no summons issued for the failure to pay a Fixed Charge Notice within the statutory payment window. Rather, a person who chooses to exercise their right to not pay the Fixed Charge Penalty will be summonsed to Court for the offence for which the Fixed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (28 Apr 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.  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: Road Traffic Offences (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy may be aware, there are no summons issued for the failure to pay a Fixed Charge Notice within the statutory payment window. Rather, a person who chooses to exercise their right to not pay the Fixed Charge Penalty will be summonsed to Court for the offence for which the Fixed Charge Notice was originally issued - in the case of the information...