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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ..., and concerned by the recent worrying increase in road fatalities after many years of progress in making our roads safer Budget 2024 provided an unprecedented budget of €2.35 billion for the Garda Vote, a total increase of 25% since 2020. The unprecedented level of investment into An Garda Síochána has enabled the roll out of the highest number of mobility devices...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...has responsibility for front-line immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. Other airports and other ports of entry, including the land border with Northern Ireland, are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). Ireland and the United Kingdom share a long history and common interest in the effective operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA), and work together...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...permit. The inclusion of new grounds of objection in line with the Zero Tolerance Third National Strategy to Tackle Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence. Strengthening of the powers of An Garda Síochána to ensure that public safety and order are maintained. To provide that licensing applications, which are currently heard in the Circuit Court, will move to the District...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...important first step in addressing stalking behaviour by allowing for earlier intervention without requiring the level of proof needed to secure a criminal conviction. An affected person, or a member of the Garda Síochána acting on their behalf, can apply to the District Court for an order prohibiting another person from engaging in relevant conduct. This new approach extends...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...has been at the forefront of fighting organised crime in this jurisdiction and disrupting the activities of criminal gangs by depriving them of ill-gotten assets. The Bureau has staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (including Customs), the Department of Social Protection and my Department. I am advised by CAB that they have seized the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the procurement of protective equipment. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I am informed that An Garda Síochána are currently conducting pre-market consultations in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...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 makes regular releases in relation to various crime statistics. The most recent statistics were released on 25 March 2024, providing statistics for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...has secured an additional €93m for capital projects across the Justice Sector bringing the total capital budget to €930m for the years 2024-2026. The revised capital allocations for the Garda Vote are set out in the table below. Year An Garda Síochána Total Capital (Indicative Figures) Garda Capital Building Programme (Indicative...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Such an order remains on the person’s record permanently – it means they cannot enter Ireland again in future, and it will likely also have an impact on their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...has responsibility for frontline immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. Other airports and other ports of entry, including the land border with Northern Ireland, are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). Ireland and the United Kingdom share a common interest in the effective operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA), and work together to prevent any abuses...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...CTA. There is extensive engagement and cooperation at all levels between my Department’s officials and their Home Office counterparts, as well as significant operational cooperation between the Gardaí, UK policing services and the PSNI. This also includes the Irish Border Management Unit (BMU), Garda National immigration Bureau (GNIB) and colleagues in the UK Border Force and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...a legal order to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Such an order remains on the person’s record permanently – it means they cannot enter Ireland again in future, and it will likely also have an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Such an order remains on the person’s record permanently – it means they cannot enter Ireland again in future, and it will likely also have an impact on their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda National Vetting Bureau (GNVB) is responsible for the management of the Garda vetting system under the general superintendence of the Garda Commissioner, under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 -2016. As Minister for Justice, I have no role in the operation of the vetting system and am unable to intervene in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...on its website and is currently processing applications submitted the week commencing 08 April 2024. Group applications are not accepted for registration. An individual application is required. An Garda Síochána has responsibility for the first registration and renewal of immigration residence permissions for non-EU/EEA UK/Swiss nationals residing outside of the Dublin, Meath,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: 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 all Garda Operations. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters. I am informed that Operation Satailt focuses on criminality within communities across the DMR North Division and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to deal with certain public order offences indirectly connected with some aspects of begging. These are contained in the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a search of the PULSE database was conducted for all incidents of ‘Begging’ in the Dublin Region where persons were subsequently arrested, and which resulted in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Ireland’s appreciation for the invaluable role Europol plays in supporting Member States’ law enforcement agencies to prevent and combat serious crime across borders. Ongoing liaison between An Garda Síochána and other law enforcement agencies, via Europol, has led to a number of successful joint operations in recent years. In addition, we also discussed data...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: Spiking is a serious offence with potentially devastating effects on victims. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a proactive publication on all spiking incidents is currently being finalised. It is already a crime under section 12 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, which provides offence of administering a substance capable of interfering with the...