Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Department of Justice and Equality
Departmental Reviews
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her; and the details of the person or body that is conducting each study, review and research project in tabular form. [47049/22]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A schedule of the costs, and details of the person or body conducting the live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by my Department, and the scheduled completion date of each, are outlined in tabular form below.
| Study/Review/Research | Scheduled Completion Date | Cost | Organisation/person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review on Digital Age of Consent provision within the Data Protection Act, 2018 | 2023 | €0 | Department of Justice |
| Review of personal insolvency legislation. | Q3 2022 | €0 | Department of Justice |
| Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews (established May 2019). | Q3 2022 | As the review is ongoing, costs have yet to be finalised. | Maura Butler |
| Mapping exercise of the current provision of training for members of An Garda Síochána, legal professionals, front line staff and others who are engaging with victims of sexual crime and vulnerable witnesses in a professional capacity (Supporting a Victim’s Journey). | Q3 2022 | €19,956.75 | Connect the Dots |
| Rapid Evidence Review: Understanding reoffending – Push factors and preventative responses. | Q3 2022 | €25,830 | Portsmouth University |
| Policy review of the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill 2014. | Q3 2022 | €0 | Department of Justice and Probation Service |
| Health Needs Assessment of Prison Population Report. | Q4 2022 | €273,700 | Crowe Ireland (Commissioned by Irish Prison Service) |
| The High Level Review Group to consider the role of An Garda Síochána in the public prosecution system. | Q4 2022 | €31,980 | Mageean Law |
| Anti-Social Behaviour: to map out how anti-social behaviour has been defined (recognising it is a contested concept) and map out interventions and their effectiveness. | Q3 2022 (completed and published 16/09/2022) | €28,994 | University of Galway |
| Approaches to the Concept of Parental Alienation in other jurisdictions. | Q4 2022 | €30,750 | Research Matters |
| Evaluation of Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes in Ireland. | Q1 2023 | €24,867 | Working With Perpetrators (WWP) European Network |
| Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences: Stakeholder Experiences | Q4 2022 | €30,714 | UCD School of Law |
| The OECD has been engaged to carry out an evidence-based research project to assist the Judicial Planning Working Group in its deliberations. The aim of this research project is to provide an evidence-based view of the experiences of other OECD jurisdictions in regard to judicial resource requirements and to make recommendations as to how Ireland should resource its judiciary. | Q4 2022 | €130,000 | OECD |
| Annual 'Year in Review' report on the overall issue of cyberbullying, cyber hate, and online harassment, conducted by the Research Observatory on Cyberbullying in conjunction with the commencement of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act. | Q1 2022, Q1 2023, Q1 2024 | €181,881 | Dublin City University National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre |
| The Review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. | Q4 2022 | €32,000 | Maura Butler |
| Review of the operation of the provisions of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 as they relate to guardianship of children whose parents are neither married or in a civil partnership. | Q4 2022 | €29,224 | University of Galway, School of Law |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) / Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) in the area of litigation costs to the State: this aims to identify and cost alternative models for litigation. | Q4 2022 | €168,326 | Indecon International Consultants |
| Independent Review of the Offences Against the State Acts. | Q4 2022 | As the review is ongoing, costs have yet to be finalised. | Mr Justice Michael Peart (Chair), Dr Alan Greene, Ms Anne-Marie Lawlor SC, Ms Caitlín Ní Fhlaitheartaigh, Professor Donncha O’Connell, Mr Ken O’Leary |
| Evaluation of Joint Agency Response to Crime (JARC) ACER Regional Sites. | Q3 2022 | €29,305 | Sector 3 Consulting Ltd |
| Evaluation of Joint Agency Response to Crime (JARC) ACER Initial Sites (Dublin). | Q3 2022 | €30,689 | Sagaciti Consulting Ltd |
| Review of the existing functions, powers, appointments procedures and reporting processes of Prison Visiting Committees | Q4 2022 | €0 | Department of Justice |
| Review on sentence tariffs for minimum periods of imprisonment in relation to life sentences | Q1 2023 | €0 | Department of Justice |
| Review of remission and structured temporary release | Review has commenced in Q3 2022 – No scheduled completion date at present | €0 | Department of Justice |
| Exploring the experiences of International Protection Applicants (and other stakeholders) of access to the labour market. | Q4 2022 | €117,926 | Ipsos MRBI |
| Review of enactments providing for the imposition of minimum mandatory sentences in accordance with Section 29 of the Judicial Council Act, 2019. | Q4 2022 | €0 | Department of Justice |
| Evaluation of the Garda Youth Diversion Projects. | Q4 2022 | €108,953 | Research Matters |
| Sexual Violence Survey: to measure the prevalence of sexual assaults and the experiences of victims of sexual assaults. This is being run by the CSO, but is being supported by the Department and there is a joint oversight group. | Q2 2023 | €2,116,000 (2019-2022) Final cost for 2023 TBC | Central Statistics Office |
| Evaluation of the Local Community Safety Partnership Pilots over 3 sites. | Q4 2023 | €189,948 (2021-2023) | Centre for Effective Services |
| Fireworks campaign – pre and post campaign evaluation | Q4 2022 | €5,750 | Coyne Research |
| Strategic Review of Abhaile, the State-Funded Mortgage Arrears Resolution Service, commissioned by the Department of Social Protection and undertaken in conjunction with the Department of Justice. | Q4 2022 | Costs are being met by the Department of Social Protection | Indecon |
| Review of the Current GSOC Operational Business Model and Recommendation on its Potential Future State | Q4 2022 | €160,00 | Grant Thornton |
| Report by legal historian outlining the type, availability and quality of publicly-available records that may support a scheme to disregard of convictions for certain qualifying offences related to consensual sexual activity between men in Ireland. | Q2 2022 | €3,487.05 | Dr Niamh Howlin |
| Review to identify all outstanding issues requiring reform of firearms rules/legislation | Q4 2022 | €8,850 | Department of Justice |
| Firearms Expert Committee | Q4 2022 | €17,500 Total cost will be available in Jan 2023 | Department of Justice |
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