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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...of which approach the Garda decides to take and why, and find out if it will first engage with communities and the local authority on the use of the Garda station. I will ask the Minister for Justice to come back to the Deputy on the issue. Deputy O'Rourke asked about Garda numbers and raised a particular issue about resource allocation. I am not saying the following to pass the buck...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...growth. Those areas include Meath, Kildare, my own county of Wicklow and others. I am concerned about the fair distribution of Garda numbers as we grow them. I will ask the Minister for Justice to give a view from the Garda Commissioner.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...next meet on 4 July. It covers a range of topics, with a particular focus on equality and public service reform. Other topics covered by it include sport, social protection, arts and culture, and justice issues such as policing reform, community safety and domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. The corresponding committee met on six occasions last year. Among other matters, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...next week with Palestinian representatives and with the flag flying. I note that the Ceann Comhairle has indicated that is his intention, and I welcome that fact. There will absolutely need to be justice and accountability in respect of the atrocities and the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in Gaza; of that, there is no doubt. The immediate priority for the Government and for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...details as to why they were, which is an appropriate thing to do. This matter is quite a long way from the questions that were asked, so I do not have the information to hand, but the Minister for Justice of the day, whoever he or she is, has a role to play in the migration process and can make decisions, but I will find out the details and revert to the Deputy directly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...inspections in sectors or firms where there is an increased risk or reports of non-compliance with the range of employment and workplace requirements and permit regulations. The Minister for Justice will further review the safe countries list, visa-free travel and airline fines. The Minister will then report to Government on the outcome of these reviews. State-owned locations for tented...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...and emergency care capacity in the mid-west region to determine whether a second ED is required. Terms of reference will be finalised shortly. The Minister rightly wants to wait for the Mr. Justice Frank Clarke report to conclude, which is expected to happen this month. Smaller emergency departments in the region, as the Deputy knows, closed 15 years ago. This was based on clear...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: The timeline for that legislation remains as was, namely, later this month. I thank the Bacik for raising this important matter. I note the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Humphreys yesterday in the Northern Ireland High Court, which found that certain provisions of the UK's Illegal Migration Act 2023 are incompatible with the Windsor Framework and the ECHR. We are studying the judgment...

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...aid into Gaza. Israel must immediately facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access into and throughout the Gaza strip, in particular by road. This is clearly Israel’s responsibility under international humanitarian law. It is our view that the International Court of Justice has effectively ordered Israel to assist in the distribution of aid. The ICJ’s...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...application makes clear our Government's strong concerns that victims and family members who spent decades fighting for an effective investigation into their case are having all existing avenues to truth and justice shut down. That case is now with the European Court of Human Rights at admissibility stage. That is where the current update stands. With regard to migration, as Deputy...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Health Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Minister for Justice whereupon the sequence established by the Order of 29th March, 2023, shall continue with Questions to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for raising this important matter on the joint family visa applications. I will talk with the Minister for Justice to see if it is a resourcing issue and if there is any way to assist. I will ask the Minister to come back to the Deputy directly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...days. I accept his bona fides in raising an important issue on which the Minister wants, and indeed has sought, answers. I need to slightly push back on the assertion with regard to the Department of Justice because I am informed that what we do know is that the details of an individual's criminal record were transmitted from the International Protection Office, IPO, of the Department...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: We continue to look at a range of measures. The Deputy mentioned the Minister for Justice. I ask the Deputy to look at the actual decisions the Minister has taken around faster processing times. It is not a question of rounding people up; it is a matter providing them with clarity when they come to a country. They either have a right to be here or they do not. If they have a right to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...to the Minister for housing and come back to the Deputy in writing on the issue. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan raised the need to regulate management companies and asked where we are with the Minister for Justice on the draft sections 18 and 19 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act, in fulfilment of the programme for Government commitment. I will speak with the Minister, get a timeline for the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...will now see the Frank Clarke report, which I believe is due in the next few weeks. The hope of Government is that it is due this month. The fact that the former most senior judge, a former Chief Justice, is carrying out that report I hope gives the Deputy an indication of how seriously we take this issue. The Deputy has heard colleagues talk about and question me on this today, and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...we have seen a very significant increase in people coming, not just to Ireland but right across the European Union is multifold. None of them have anything to do with the name of the Minister for Justice of any country. That is very clear. Anybody with any understanding of migration patterns across the European Union, Ireland, the war in Ukraine and the likes, would very quickly arrive...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...the front line. Despite their exceptional work and hard efforts, many of us in this House and I, as Taoiseach, have significant concerns about UHL. We eagerly await the report from retired Chief Justice, Frank Clarke, about what I think will be instructive recommendations on how to proceed. More generally, the Deputy talked about the recruitment embargo. A recruitment embargo would...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...on the floor of the Dáil on the individual cases Deputy Paul Murphy raised. I will consider both of them and will reply to him in writing when I get an up-to-date position from the Minister for Justice on that. Deputy Barry spoke about the Anglesey Street office and the permits. Particularly regarding the ongoing debates on migration in this country, his comments about the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: The committee has yet to discuss that. As Deputy McNamara knows from his participation in the justice committee, it is currently giving consideration to the Pact. I believe the committee asked for more time. It is sensible that such time is provided and then the Government will consider matters if they come back to the Dáil. In addition to the vote on the Pact, obviously any...