Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the units and divisions that operate within his Department; the bodies under its aegis; the contact information of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9773/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has responsibility for public policy in respect of the security of the State and public safety, including the prevention and detection of crime, the criminal justice system, the administration of justice, the management of inward migration and international protection processes, the provision of important regulatory services and ongoing reform of civil and criminal law.

My Department directly employs over 3,500 staff. This includes over 2,400 staff in the core Department and 1,150 in agencies staffed by the Department. The Secretary General is the Administrative Head of the Department. The Department is organised on functional lines under two policy pillars, Civil Justice and Criminal Justice each headed by a Deputy Secretary, and a central support pillar.

A breakdown of the current organisation of the business units within these three pillars which are in turn headed by Assistant Secretaries and/or Directors has been set out in tabular form below:

The contact details for my Department are as follows. General queries can be sent to or . Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email using the Oireachtas Mail facility at which has been specifically established for this purpose.

The contact information of the bodies under the aegis of my Department are listed below, in tabular form: