Written Answers Nos. 117-132
117. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that she was not informed by the Garda Commissioner about financial irregularities in the Garda College, Templemore, in July 2015; if this is contrary to section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; when she was informed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22993/17]
View answerMy Department received a copy of the draft Interim Internal Audit Report regarding the finances at the Garda College at Templemore from An Garda Síochána's Head of the Internal Audit on 16 September 2016. I understand that the draft report was sent to all interested parties for their observations before being finalised. A copy of the final Report was received by my Department from the Garda Commissioner on 27 March 2017.
As you will be aware I have indicated publicly my concern at the findings of the Interim Internal Audit Report. As you will also be aware the Public Accounts Committee is examining the Commissioner in relation to the Interim Audit Report and intends to resume that examination in the coming weeks, and will report subsequently. Very particular responsibilities lie with Accounting Officers and you will appreciate that I must be careful not to interfere in any way with the work of that Committee. I can assure you that I will pay very careful attention to the proceedings at the Committee and, in particular, any report they may make. If action is required on my part as a result, I will not hesitate to take it.
While, of course, there has to be accountability in relation to what went on at the College, the immediate priority has to be ensuring the problems identified in the audit are resolved. I have been assured that the Garda Authorities recognise the gravity of the issues raised and that they are taking comprehensive steps to progress the recommendations in the Report. External governance expertise and auditors have been engaged. A Steering Committee, chaired by the Garda Síochána Chief Administrative Officer and including a representative from my Department, is overseeing the implementation of the recommendations. In addition, upon receipt of the report I referred it to the Policing Authority to oversee the implementation of the recommendations and to report back to me each quarter. I expect the Authority to submit its first report to me in July.
It is the case that section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act places a requirement on the Garda Commissioner to report certain matters to me. In practice it is a matter for the judgement of the Commissioner as to when to make reports specifically citing that section of the Act. It is not just a question of legal judgement - it is a question of determining whether a particular set of circumstances fall within the criteria set out in the Act. There are issues too about at what stage a Commissioner might consider it appropriate to make such a report. Most contacts between me, my Department and An Garda Síochána do not involve specifically citing that legal provision. So I would simply say that whether a report is made in relation to particular circumstances and when it might be made is clearly not a straightforward issue. It is worth making the point too that simply informing me of a particular matter does not, of itself, resolve any issue. Equally, the fact that I might not be informed of an issue under section 41 does not prevent the necessary action being taken to address the issue.
118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted and arrested for drink driving by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. [23075/17]
View answerI have requested reports from An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service in relation to the matter referred to in the Deputy's question and will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of these reports.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A.
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 16 May 2017, in which you asked 'the number of persons convicted and arrested for drink driving by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available, and I undertook to contact you directly on receipt of a report from both the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána.
I am informed by the Courts Service that it is not a position to provide a breakdown by age, by gender, by county or by Garda District, however they have provided the number of persons convicted for drink driving by District Court area. I am further informed that in respect of some District Court areas included in the table (e.g. Adare, Ballinrobe, Ballyconnell, Swanlinbar) there are no entries for some years, which, in most instances, reflects the fact that the District Court no longer sits at such venues. I am still awaiting the information you have requested on the number of persons arrested for drink driving from An Garda Síochána and my Department has been in contact with Garda authorities on a number of occasions regarding this matter. I will forward on this information once it is to hand.
To assist you further, I would also direct your attention to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) website (www.cso.ie). Please see the StatBank on the Database page, which is the CSO's main data dissemination service. Under 'People and Society' you will find 'Crime and Justice', which holds the recorded crime statistics and the recorded incidents of driving/in charge of a vehicle while over legal alcohol limit by Garda Division for each quarter from Quarter 1 of 2003 to Quarter 4 of 2016.Table: No of Persons convicted for speeding per court area between 1st January 2007 to 30th April 2017.
Note: Court Service is unable to provide figures for speeding by age, gender, county and Garda District.
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
ABBEYFEALE |
16 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
22 |
30 |
11 |
16 |
|||
|
ADARE |
1 |
||||||||||
|
AN CLOCHAN LIATH |
4 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
|||
|
AN DAINGEAN |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|||||||
|
AN FAL CARRACH |
2 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
|||||||
|
AN SPIDEAL |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
||||
|
ARDEE |
17 |
23 |
40 |
21 |
27 |
29 |
27 |
67 |
37 |
77 |
22 |
|
ARKLOW |
47 |
58 |
40 |
27 |
34 |
98 |
143 |
145 |
64 |
11 |
3 |
|
ARVA |
1 |
||||||||||
|
ATHENRY |
7 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
14 |
||||||
|
ATHLONE |
23 |
6 |
10 |
19 |
22 |
13 |
33 |
99 |
238 |
91 |
13 |
|
ATHY |
84 |
106 |
28 |
21 |
12 |
10 |
15 |
44 |
85 |
25 |
20 |
|
BAILIEBOROUGH |
10 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
|||||||
|
BALLAGHADERREEN |
7 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
BALLINA |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
||
|
BALLINAMORE |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
BALLINASLOE |
68 |
61 |
38 |
53 |
23 |
72 |
70 |
56 |
57 |
37 |
20 |
|
BALLYBAY |
4 |
||||||||||
|
BALLINROBE |
19 |
12 |
|||||||||
|
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR |
4 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|||||
|
BALLYHAUNIS |
22 |
42 |
13 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
|||||
|
BALLYMOTE |
20 |
33 |
49 |
72 |
39 |
1 |
|||||
|
BALLYSHANNON |
15 |
27 |
26 |
34 |
28 |
56 |
28 |
19 |
32 |
19 |
14 |
|
BALTINGLASS |
10 |
16 |
24 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
15 |
||||
|
BANAGHER |
1 |
||||||||||
|
BANDON |
3 |
22 |
23 |
7 |
10 |
21 |
13 |
63 |
40 |
31 |
11 |
|
BANTRY |
7 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
||
|
BIRR |
7 |
5 |
42 |
13 |
22 |
9 |
6 |
|
Court Area |
JAN-DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
BORRISOKANE |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
BOYLE |
23 |
34 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
||||||
|
BRAY |
76 |
74 |
61 |
62 |
113 |
166 |
126 |
61 |
162 |
117 |
27 |
|
BRUFF |
3 |
4 |
2 |
||||||||
|
BUNCRANA |
13 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
16 |
17 |
13 |
37 |
3 |
3 |
|
CAHIR |
20 |
17 |
|||||||||
|
CAHIRCIVEEN |
2 |
6 |
1 |
||||||||
|
CAPPOQUIN |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
CARLINGFORD |
1 |
||||||||||
|
CARLOW |
43 |
131 |
47 |
29 |
34 |
56 |
41 |
81 |
215 |
41 |
23 |
|
CARNDONAGH |
3 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
8 |
16 |
18 |
15 |
17 |
5 |
|
|
CARRICK ON SHANNON |
15 |
16 |
38 |
96 |
6 |
14 |
75 |
38 |
71 |
26 |
5 |
|
CARRICK ON SUIR |
7 |
16 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
|
CASHEL |
52 |
65 |
69 |
50 |
42 |
32 |
10 |
110 |
102 |
41 |
21 |
|
CASTLEBAR |
1 |
6 |
26 |
27 |
29 |
20 |
32 |
78 |
33 |
29 |
18 |
|
CASTLEBLANEY |
23 |
3 |
5 |
||||||||
|
CASTLECOMER |
14 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
4 |
||||||
|
CASTLEISLAND |
37 |
39 |
35 |
17 |
4 |
||||||
|
CASTLEPOLLARD |
2 |
4 |
|||||||||
|
CASTLEREA |
15 |
21 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
30 |
25 |
19 |
3 |
||
|
CASTLETOWN BERE |
3 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
CAVAN |
32 |
27 |
16 |
31 |
35 |
29 |
11 |
20 |
81 |
134 |
32 |
|
CHARLESTOWN |
4 |
11 |
|||||||||
|
CLAREMORRIS |
11 |
15 |
21 |
3 |
|||||||
|
CLIFDEN |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|||||
|
CLONAKILTY |
5 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
CLONES |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
CLONMEL |
31 |
19 |
27 |
28 |
13 |
7 |
22 |
44 |
32 |
29 |
9 |
|
COACHFORD |
1 |
3 |
|||||||||
|
COBH |
1 |
5 |
2 |
||||||||
|
COOTEHILL |
5 |
3 |
3 |
||||||||
|
CORK CITY |
499 |
524 |
411 |
321 |
220 |
289 |
299 |
326 |
403 |
277 |
149 |
|
COROFIN |
1 |
||||||||||
|
DOIRE AN FHEICH |
25 |
13 |
64 |
35 |
9 |
||||||
|
DONEGAL |
17 |
34 |
10 |
25 |
18 |
29 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
11 |
|
DROGHEDA |
79 |
140 |
146 |
248 |
111 |
153 |
77 |
142 |
66 |
67 |
13 |
table cont.
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT |
3,033 |
2,233 |
2,880 |
1,188 |
1,567 |
2,496 |
2,921 |
2,110 |
1,816 |
1,865 |
899 |
|
DUNDALK |
39 |
42 |
76 |
73 |
84 |
50 |
30 |
55 |
100 |
109 |
16 |
|
DUNGARVAN |
23 |
55 |
62 |
95 |
60 |
24 |
30 |
87 |
107 |
63 |
27 |
|
DUNLEER |
49 |
||||||||||
|
DUNMANWAY |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|||||||
|
DUNMORE |
16 |
30 |
|||||||||
|
DUNSHAUGHLIN |
110 |
187 |
173 |
69 |
|||||||
|
EASKY |
2 |
||||||||||
|
ENNIS |
108 |
163 |
135 |
129 |
73 |
107 |
127 |
199 |
210 |
137 |
81 |
|
ENNISCORTHY |
39 |
82 |
30 |
30 |
11 |
||||||
|
ENNISTYMON |
1 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
||||||
|
FERMOY |
23 |
38 |
32 |
42 |
65 |
56 |
51 |
83 |
89 |
82 |
10 |
|
FOXFORD |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
GALWAY |
36 |
47 |
59 |
59 |
46 |
77 |
63 |
120 |
343 |
263 |
66 |
|
GLENAMADDY |
1 |
||||||||||
|
GOREY |
40 |
37 |
69 |
38 |
75 |
99 |
102 |
143 |
174 |
139 |
57 |
|
GORT |
4 |
7 |
16 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
39 |
14 |
5 |
|
GRANARD |
8 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
GRANGE |
6 |
11 |
|||||||||
|
HEADFORD |
10 |
8 |
|||||||||
|
KANTURK |
18 |
27 |
9 |
10 |
|||||||
|
KELLS |
20 |
16 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
||||
|
KENMARE |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
|||||
|
KILCOCK |
33 |
55 |
61 |
75 |
80 |
58 |
91 |
86 |
124 |
77 |
47 |
|
KILCORMAC |
22 |
28 |
|||||||||
|
KILDARE |
36 |
51 |
48 |
59 |
|||||||
|
KILDYSART |
1 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
KILKEE |
2 |
||||||||||
|
KILKENNY |
16 |
102 |
209 |
81 |
97 |
131 |
121 |
214 |
283 |
242 |
58 |
|
KILLALOE |
1 |
20 |
21 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
23 |
12 |
3 |
|
KILLARNEY |
17 |
50 |
22 |
5 |
10 |
19 |
13 |
43 |
42 |
56 |
28 |
|
KILLENAULE |
2 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
KILLORGLIN |
13 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
19 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
KILLUCAN |
3 |
18 |
|||||||||
|
KILMACTHOMAS |
30 |
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
KILMALLOCK |
18 |
27 |
20 |
18 |
14 |
||||||
|
KILRUSH |
9 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
22 |
19 |
10 |
8 |
|
KILTIMAGH |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||||||||
|
KINSALE |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
||||
|
KINVARA |
10 |
11 |
|||||||||
|
LETTERKENNY |
40 |
89 |
36 |
29 |
15 |
27 |
24 |
49 |
90 |
70 |
22 |
|
LIMERICK |
107 |
120 |
157 |
74 |
83 |
162 |
207 |
243 |
272 |
305 |
116 |
|
LISMORE |
3 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
12 |
7 |
14 |
|||
|
LISTOWEL |
13 |
33 |
19 |
7 |
16 |
44 |
21 |
38 |
34 |
25 |
11 |
|
LONGFORD |
53 |
29 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
63 |
92 |
100 |
71 |
52 |
19 |
|
LOUGHREA |
15 |
24 |
33 |
28 |
28 |
40 |
48 |
64 |
61 |
55 |
20 |
|
MACROOM |
11 |
45 |
68 |
36 |
41 |
57 |
49 |
117 |
122 |
40 |
20 |
|
MALLOW |
17 |
59 |
5 |
18 |
28 |
128 |
126 |
100 |
137 |
92 |
16 |
|
MANORHAMILTON |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
||||
|
MEATH |
114 |
49 |
|||||||||
|
MIDLETON |
59 |
80 |
45 |
25 |
54 |
145 |
153 |
154 |
117 |
75 |
27 |
|
MILLSTREET |
5 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
MILTOWN MALBAY |
2 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
MITCHELSTOWN |
42 |
50 |
28 |
18 |
|||||||
|
MONAGHAN |
13 |
8 |
3 |
14 |
26 |
17 |
18 |
33 |
50 |
43 |
20 |
|
MULLINGAR |
22 |
48 |
29 |
35 |
35 |
69 |
81 |
213 |
181 |
114 |
14 |
|
NA GLEANNTA |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|||||
|
NAAS |
225 |
317 |
308 |
239 |
238 |
338 |
262 |
380 |
704 |
476 |
188 |
|
NAVAN |
119 |
107 |
67 |
23 |
79 |
21 |
60 |
80 |
94 |
40 |
|
|
NENAGH |
32 |
42 |
47 |
13 |
9 |
10 |
20 |
43 |
85 |
95 |
31 |
|
NEW ROSS |
41 |
81 |
108 |
62 |
42 |
||||||
|
NEWCASTLE WEST |
16 |
18 |
14 |
11 |
30 |
55 |
45 |
145 |
168 |
212 |
54 |
|
NEWPORT |
15 |
27 |
1 |
||||||||
|
PORTARLINGTON |
12 |
15 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
||||||
|
PORTLAOISE |
145 |
179 |
302 |
105 |
66 |
68 |
77 |
269 |
100 |
88 |
49 |
|
PORTUMNA |
5 |
||||||||||
|
RATHDRUM |
3 |
||||||||||
|
RATHKEALE |
69 |
91 |
77 |
61 |
18 |
||||||
|
RIVERSTOWN |
2 |
4 |
|||||||||
|
ROSCOMMON |
18 |
22 |
27 |
26 |
23 |
81 |
43 |
48 |
57 |
20 |
10 |
|
ROSCREA |
36 |
22 |
24 |
17 |
8 |
||||||
|
SHANNON |
38 |
21 |
30 |
35 |
22 |
||||||
|
SKIBBEREEN |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
SLIGO |
37 |
70 |
82 |
134 |
38 |
36 |
48 |
43 |
131 |
78 |
24 |
|
STROKESTOWN |
52 |
60 |
24 |
20 |
26 |
27 |
24 |
35 |
37 |
8 |
4 |
|
SWINFORD |
3 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
TALLOW |
1 |
||||||||||
|
TEMPLEMORE |
4 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
||||||
|
THOMASTOWN |
63 |
38 |
|||||||||
|
THURLES |
45 |
65 |
42 |
36 |
18 |
31 |
29 |
83 |
51 |
62 |
23 |
|
TIPPERARY |
7 |
7 |
17 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
|
TRALEE |
17 |
37 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
30 |
19 |
15 |
14 |
|
TRIM |
73 |
69 |
38 |
20 |
31 |
53 |
23 |
28 |
41 |
3 |
|
|
TUAM |
13 |
33 |
34 |
21 |
21 |
38 |
25 |
46 |
48 |
35 |
12 |
|
TUBBERCURRY |
13 |
6 |
53 |
34 |
17 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
|
TULLA |
3 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
TULLAMORE |
25 |
54 |
55 |
29 |
55 |
64 |
51 |
154 |
100 |
55 |
12 |
|
TULLOW |
24 |
||||||||||
|
VIRGINIA |
38 |
37 |
23 |
8 |
16 |
29 |
28 |
30 |
72 |
35 |
17 |
|
WATERFORD CITY |
77 |
100 |
146 |
154 |
91 |
151 |
126 |
173 |
113 |
98 |
37 |
|
WESTPORT |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||||||||
|
WEXFORD |
80 |
89 |
134 |
85 |
116 |
70 |
94 |
182 |
252 |
109 |
54 |
|
WICKLOW |
86 |
89 |
125 |
45 |
66 |
65 |
55 |
200 |
88 |
82 |
25 |
|
YOUGHAL |
8 |
19 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
15 |
10 |
1 |
|
Total |
7,099 |
7,429 |
7,618 |
4,872 |
4,591 |
6,356 |
6,674 |
7,864 |
8,642 |
6,803 |
2,680 |
119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted and arrested for speeding by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. [23076/17]
View answerI have requested reports from An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service in relation to the matter referred to in the Deputy's question and will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of these reports.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 16 May 2017, in which you asked 'the number of persons convicted and arrested for speeding by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available, and I undertook to contact you directly on receipt of a report from both the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána.
I am informed by the Courts Service that it is not a position to provide a breakdown by age, by gender, by county or by Garda District, however they have provided the number of persons convicted for speeding by District Court area. I am further informed that in respect of some District Court areas included in the attached table (e.g. Adare, Ballinrobe, Ballyconnell, Swanlinbar) there are no entries for some years, which, in most instances, reflects the fact that the District Court no longer sits at such venues.
I am still awaiting the information you have requested on the number of persons arrested for drink driving from An Garda Síochána and my Department has been in contact with Garda authorities on a number of occasions regarding this matter. I will forward on this information once it is to hand.
Table: No of Persons convicted for speeding per court area between 1st January 2007 to 30th April 2017.
Note: Court Service is unable to provide figures for speeding by age, gender, county and Garda District.
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
ABBEYFEALE |
16 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
22 |
30 |
11 |
16 |
|||
|
ADARE |
1 |
||||||||||
|
AN CLOCHAN LIATH |
4 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
|||
|
AN DAINGEAN |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|||||||
|
AN FAL CARRACH |
2 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
|||||||
|
AN SPIDEAL |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
||||
|
ARDEE |
17 |
23 |
40 |
21 |
27 |
29 |
27 |
67 |
37 |
77 |
22 |
|
ARKLOW |
47 |
58 |
40 |
27 |
34 |
98 |
143 |
145 |
64 |
11 |
3 |
|
ARVA |
1 |
||||||||||
|
ATHENRY |
7 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
14 |
||||||
|
ATHLONE |
23 |
6 |
10 |
19 |
22 |
13 |
33 |
99 |
238 |
91 |
13 |
|
ATHY |
84 |
106 |
28 |
21 |
12 |
10 |
15 |
44 |
85 |
25 |
20 |
|
BAILIEBOROUGH |
10 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
|||||||
|
BALLAGHADERREEN |
7 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
BALLINA |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
||
|
BALLINAMORE |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
BALLINASLOE |
68 |
61 |
38 |
53 |
23 |
72 |
70 |
56 |
57 |
37 |
20 |
|
BALLYBAY |
4 |
||||||||||
|
BALLINROBE |
19 |
12 |
|||||||||
|
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR |
4 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|||||
|
BALLYHAUNIS |
22 |
42 |
13 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
|||||
|
BALLYMOTE |
20 |
33 |
49 |
72 |
39 |
1 |
|||||
|
BALLYSHANNON |
15 |
27 |
26 |
34 |
28 |
56 |
28 |
19 |
32 |
19 |
14 |
|
BALTINGLASS |
10 |
16 |
24 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
15 |
||||
|
BANAGHER |
1 |
||||||||||
|
BANDON |
3 |
22 |
23 |
7 |
10 |
21 |
13 |
63 |
40 |
31 |
11 |
|
BANTRY |
7 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
||
|
BIRR |
7 |
5 |
42 |
13 |
22 |
9 |
6 |
|
Court Area |
JAN-DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
BORRISOKANE |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
BOYLE |
23 |
34 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
||||||
|
BRAY |
76 |
74 |
61 |
62 |
113 |
166 |
126 |
61 |
162 |
117 |
27 |
|
BRUFF |
3 |
4 |
2 |
||||||||
|
BUNCRANA |
13 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
16 |
17 |
13 |
37 |
3 |
3 |
|
CAHIR |
20 |
17 |
|||||||||
|
CAHIRCIVEEN |
2 |
6 |
1 |
||||||||
|
CAPPOQUIN |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
CARLINGFORD |
1 |
||||||||||
|
CARLOW |
43 |
131 |
47 |
29 |
34 |
56 |
41 |
81 |
215 |
41 |
23 |
|
CARNDONAGH |
3 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
8 |
16 |
18 |
15 |
17 |
5 |
|
|
CARRICK ON SHANNON |
15 |
16 |
38 |
96 |
6 |
14 |
75 |
38 |
71 |
26 |
5 |
|
CARRICK ON SUIR |
7 |
16 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
|
CASHEL |
52 |
65 |
69 |
50 |
42 |
32 |
10 |
110 |
102 |
41 |
21 |
|
CASTLEBAR |
1 |
6 |
26 |
27 |
29 |
20 |
32 |
78 |
33 |
29 |
18 |
|
CASTLEBLANEY |
23 |
3 |
5 |
||||||||
|
CASTLECOMER |
14 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
4 |
||||||
|
CASTLEISLAND |
37 |
39 |
35 |
17 |
4 |
||||||
|
CASTLEPOLLARD |
2 |
4 |
|||||||||
|
CASTLEREA |
15 |
21 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
30 |
25 |
19 |
3 |
||
|
CASTLETOWN BERE |
3 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
CAVAN |
32 |
27 |
16 |
31 |
35 |
29 |
11 |
20 |
81 |
134 |
32 |
|
CHARLESTOWN |
4 |
11 |
|||||||||
|
CLAREMORRIS |
11 |
15 |
21 |
3 |
|||||||
|
CLIFDEN |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|||||
|
CLONAKILTY |
5 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
CLONES |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
CLONMEL |
31 |
19 |
27 |
28 |
13 |
7 |
22 |
44 |
32 |
29 |
9 |
|
COACHFORD |
1 |
3 |
|||||||||
|
COBH |
1 |
5 |
2 |
||||||||
|
COOTEHILL |
5 |
3 |
3 |
||||||||
|
CORK CITY |
499 |
524 |
411 |
321 |
220 |
289 |
299 |
326 |
403 |
277 |
149 |
|
COROFIN |
1 |
||||||||||
|
DOIRE AN FHEICH |
25 |
13 |
64 |
35 |
9 |
||||||
|
DONEGAL |
17 |
34 |
10 |
25 |
18 |
29 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
11 |
|
DROGHEDA |
79 |
140 |
146 |
248 |
111 |
153 |
77 |
142 |
66 |
67 |
13 |
table cont.
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT |
3,033 |
2,233 |
2,880 |
1,188 |
1,567 |
2,496 |
2,921 |
2,110 |
1,816 |
1,865 |
899 |
|
DUNDALK |
39 |
42 |
76 |
73 |
84 |
50 |
30 |
55 |
100 |
109 |
16 |
|
DUNGARVAN |
23 |
55 |
62 |
95 |
60 |
24 |
30 |
87 |
107 |
63 |
27 |
|
DUNLEER |
49 |
||||||||||
|
DUNMANWAY |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|||||||
|
DUNMORE |
16 |
30 |
|||||||||
|
DUNSHAUGHLIN |
110 |
187 |
173 |
69 |
|||||||
|
EASKY |
2 |
||||||||||
|
ENNIS |
108 |
163 |
135 |
129 |
73 |
107 |
127 |
199 |
210 |
137 |
81 |
|
ENNISCORTHY |
39 |
82 |
30 |
30 |
11 |
||||||
|
ENNISTYMON |
1 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
||||||
|
FERMOY |
23 |
38 |
32 |
42 |
65 |
56 |
51 |
83 |
89 |
82 |
10 |
|
FOXFORD |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
GALWAY |
36 |
47 |
59 |
59 |
46 |
77 |
63 |
120 |
343 |
263 |
66 |
|
GLENAMADDY |
1 |
||||||||||
|
GOREY |
40 |
37 |
69 |
38 |
75 |
99 |
102 |
143 |
174 |
139 |
57 |
|
GORT |
4 |
7 |
16 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
39 |
14 |
5 |
|
GRANARD |
8 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
GRANGE |
6 |
11 |
|||||||||
|
HEADFORD |
10 |
8 |
|||||||||
|
KANTURK |
18 |
27 |
9 |
10 |
|||||||
|
KELLS |
20 |
16 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
||||
|
KENMARE |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
|||||
|
KILCOCK |
33 |
55 |
61 |
75 |
80 |
58 |
91 |
86 |
124 |
77 |
47 |
|
KILCORMAC |
22 |
28 |
|||||||||
|
KILDARE |
36 |
51 |
48 |
59 |
|||||||
|
KILDYSART |
1 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
KILKEE |
2 |
||||||||||
|
KILKENNY |
16 |
102 |
209 |
81 |
97 |
131 |
121 |
214 |
283 |
242 |
58 |
|
KILLALOE |
1 |
20 |
21 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
23 |
12 |
3 |
|
KILLARNEY |
17 |
50 |
22 |
5 |
10 |
19 |
13 |
43 |
42 |
56 |
28 |
|
KILLENAULE |
2 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
KILLORGLIN |
13 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
19 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
KILLUCAN |
3 |
18 |
|||||||||
|
KILMACTHOMAS |
30 |
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
KILMALLOCK |
18 |
27 |
20 |
18 |
14 |
||||||
|
KILRUSH |
9 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
22 |
19 |
10 |
8 |
|
KILTIMAGH |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||||||||
|
KINSALE |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
||||
|
KINVARA |
10 |
11 |
|||||||||
|
LETTERKENNY |
40 |
89 |
36 |
29 |
15 |
27 |
24 |
49 |
90 |
70 |
22 |
|
LIMERICK |
107 |
120 |
157 |
74 |
83 |
162 |
207 |
243 |
272 |
305 |
116 |
|
LISMORE |
3 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
12 |
7 |
14 |
|||
|
LISTOWEL |
13 |
33 |
19 |
7 |
16 |
44 |
21 |
38 |
34 |
25 |
11 |
|
LONGFORD |
53 |
29 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
63 |
92 |
100 |
71 |
52 |
19 |
|
LOUGHREA |
15 |
24 |
33 |
28 |
28 |
40 |
48 |
64 |
61 |
55 |
20 |
|
MACROOM |
11 |
45 |
68 |
36 |
41 |
57 |
49 |
117 |
122 |
40 |
20 |
|
MALLOW |
17 |
59 |
5 |
18 |
28 |
128 |
126 |
100 |
137 |
92 |
16 |
|
MANORHAMILTON |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
||||
|
MEATH |
114 |
49 |
|||||||||
|
MIDLETON |
59 |
80 |
45 |
25 |
54 |
145 |
153 |
154 |
117 |
75 |
27 |
|
MILLSTREET |
5 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
MILTOWN MALBAY |
2 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
MITCHELSTOWN |
42 |
50 |
28 |
18 |
|||||||
|
MONAGHAN |
13 |
8 |
3 |
14 |
26 |
17 |
18 |
33 |
50 |
43 |
20 |
|
MULLINGAR |
22 |
48 |
29 |
35 |
35 |
69 |
81 |
213 |
181 |
114 |
14 |
|
NA GLEANNTA |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|||||
|
NAAS |
225 |
317 |
308 |
239 |
238 |
338 |
262 |
380 |
704 |
476 |
188 |
|
NAVAN |
119 |
107 |
67 |
23 |
79 |
21 |
60 |
80 |
94 |
40 |
|
|
NENAGH |
32 |
42 |
47 |
13 |
9 |
10 |
20 |
43 |
85 |
95 |
31 |
|
NEW ROSS |
41 |
81 |
108 |
62 |
42 |
||||||
|
NEWCASTLE WEST |
16 |
18 |
14 |
11 |
30 |
55 |
45 |
145 |
168 |
212 |
54 |
|
NEWPORT |
15 |
27 |
1 |
||||||||
|
PORTARLINGTON |
12 |
15 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
||||||
|
PORTLAOISE |
145 |
179 |
302 |
105 |
66 |
68 |
77 |
269 |
100 |
88 |
49 |
|
PORTUMNA |
5 |
||||||||||
|
RATHDRUM |
3 |
||||||||||
|
RATHKEALE |
69 |
91 |
77 |
61 |
18 |
||||||
|
RIVERSTOWN |
2 |
4 |
|||||||||
|
ROSCOMMON |
18 |
22 |
27 |
26 |
23 |
81 |
43 |
48 |
57 |
20 |
10 |
|
ROSCREA |
36 |
22 |
24 |
17 |
8 |
||||||
|
SHANNON |
38 |
21 |
30 |
35 |
22 |
||||||
|
SKIBBEREEN |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Court Area |
JAN - DEC 2007 |
JAN - DEC 2008 |
JAN - DEC 2009 |
JAN - DEC 2010 |
JAN - DEC 2011 |
JAN - DEC 2012 |
JAN - DEC 2013 |
JAN - DEC 2014 |
JAN - DEC 2015 |
JAN - DEC 2016 |
JAN - APR 2017 |
|
SLIGO |
37 |
70 |
82 |
134 |
38 |
36 |
48 |
43 |
131 |
78 |
24 |
|
STROKESTOWN |
52 |
60 |
24 |
20 |
26 |
27 |
24 |
35 |
37 |
8 |
4 |
|
SWINFORD |
3 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
TALLOW |
1 |
||||||||||
|
TEMPLEMORE |
4 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
||||||
|
THOMASTOWN |
63 |
38 |
|||||||||
|
THURLES |
45 |
65 |
42 |
36 |
18 |
31 |
29 |
83 |
51 |
62 |
23 |
|
TIPPERARY |
7 |
7 |
17 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
|
TRALEE |
17 |
37 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
30 |
19 |
15 |
14 |
|
TRIM |
73 |
69 |
38 |
20 |
31 |
53 |
23 |
28 |
41 |
3 |
|
|
TUAM |
13 |
33 |
34 |
21 |
21 |
38 |
25 |
46 |
48 |
35 |
12 |
|
TUBBERCURRY |
13 |
6 |
53 |
34 |
17 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
|
TULLA |
3 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
TULLAMORE |
25 |
54 |
55 |
29 |
55 |
64 |
51 |
154 |
100 |
55 |
12 |
|
TULLOW |
24 |
||||||||||
|
VIRGINIA |
38 |
37 |
23 |
8 |
16 |
29 |
28 |
30 |
72 |
35 |
17 |
|
WATERFORD CITY |
77 |
100 |
146 |
154 |
91 |
151 |
126 |
173 |
113 |
98 |
37 |
|
WESTPORT |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||||||||
|
WEXFORD |
80 |
89 |
134 |
85 |
116 |
70 |
94 |
182 |
252 |
109 |
54 |
|
WICKLOW |
86 |
89 |
125 |
45 |
66 |
65 |
55 |
200 |
88 |
82 |
25 |
|
YOUGHAL |
8 |
19 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
15 |
10 |
1 |
|
Total |
7,099 |
7,429 |
7,618 |
4,872 |
4,591 |
6,356 |
6,674 |
7,864 |
8,642 |
6,803 |
2,680 |
120. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to whom penalty points were issued by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. [23077/17]
View answerThis question is primarily a matter for the Road Safety Authority, an agency under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. I have asked Minister Ross to forward this statistical request to the Road Safety Division for direct reply.
I have also requested a report from An Garda Síochána and will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of a Garda report.
121. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 131 of 2 May 2017, when Barraduff Garda station will be re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23080/17]
View answerAs the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and, as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that the policing requirements for the Barraduff Garda sub-District are administered from Killarney Garda station, a distance of approximately 10 miles, and that a liaison Garda for the sub-District has been appointed from Killarney station.
The area is also subject of regular patrols by the Killarney District Patrol car, which operates on a 24/7 basis with additional patrols also conducted by the Divisional Traffic Corps. In addition speed checks, mandatory intoxication tests (MIT) and other checkpoints are also carried out in the area.
I understand that there is extensive community engagement with the local community, with two Community Alert Schemes in place. I am also informed that the local District Officer attended a recent community meeting where the opening times of the station was raised. While the position is kept under constant review, the Garda authorities report that there are no plans at this time to increase the opening hours of the station.
I have been informed that local Garda management in the Kerry Division closely monitor the allocation of all resources, including personnel, when reviewing deployment and allocation of resources within the Division. In this context, due consideration is given to crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District and Divisional level to ensure that optimum use is made of Garda resources and that the best possible Garda service is provided to the public.
122. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the use of electronic tagging by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23122/17]
View answerElectronic monitoring is not currently in use by An Garda Síochána.
Section 6B of the Bail Act 1997 (inserted by section 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007) permits a court granting bail to make it a condition of bail that the person’s movements are monitored electronically so that his or her compliance with conditions of bail can be monitored. This provision, however, was never brought into force. The Criminal Justice Bill 2016 (changed from the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016) amends section 6B so that a court will be enabled to make electronic monitoring a condition of bail only on the application of the prosecution, enabling the use of electronic monitoring to be managed and controlled. The Bill is currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas and completed Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann on 5 April 2017.
123. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23128/17]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the position with the application remains substantially as was previously advised in my response to Question No. 60 of 9 March 2017 and in the replies made to the Deputy's queries through the Oireachtas Mail facility.
I am further advised that both the Irish Embassy in Dar-es-Salaam and the Dublin Visa Office have been in touch with the applicant and the sponsor and have provided information on accessing guidance in relation to the documentation requirements for this type of visa. An e-mail with a web link to the same guidance was most recently sent to the sponsor on 9 May 2017.
I understand that the application will be fully considered when the necessary information is provided.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited. In addition, applicants may themselves e-mail queries directly to visamail@justice.ie.
124. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the residents of Mosney direct provision centre are compelled to shop on site by the use of a points system; if her Department authorised this system; if this is now part of Government policy for all direct provision refugee centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23130/17]
View answerFollowing from the McMahon Report and in accordance with the Programme for a Partnership Government, improvements in facilities are being implemented across all family centres. One of the key recommendations in the McMahon report was in relation to the capacity of families to cook for themselves and it is to this end that the system in Mosney was introduced.
Rather than a simple, generic system of providing meals though a canteen which has been the subject of ongoing criticism, the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department has worked with Mosney management to introduce a new system whereby residents are in a position to select produce and food products in a food hall and prepare meals for themselves and their families. There is of course no charge to the residents for this facility.
This system is the culmination of a lengthy analysis process and included full consultation with a representative group of residents in Mosney. This system allows individual residents to choose those items they feel are right for their family. There are 600 products available in the Mosney Food Hall and it is open to any resident to suggest new items, which will be added to the stock, provided that a food source is identified that fulfils all food traceability and safety. All basic food categories are available and RIA is satisfied sufficient choice is available, even before the addition of further products, to allow parents to make healthy choices for their families. The points in Mosney do not have a monetary equivalent and it is not possible to buy additional points with cash.
It is also important to note that the system is under constant review and is a work in progress. It is being monitored by RIA and feedback from this project along with other similar projects due to commence soon will continue to inform the operation of the entire system - in essence, issues arising from the roll-out in Mosney will inform the system elsewhere.
125. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of these investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23134/17]
View answer126. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Flood and Mahon tribunals; the stage these investigations are at; when she expects a decision to be reached; if she has set a deadline for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23135/17]
View answer127. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the status of investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage these investigations are at; when she expects a decision to be reached; if she has set a deadline for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23136/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 125 to 127, inclusive, together.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that investigations relating to the findings of the Flood and Mahon Tribunals, as well as the investigation of certain matters arising from the report of the Moriarty Tribunal, are ongoing. I am also advised that relevant liaison is maintained by the Garda with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Deputy will appreciate that investigations of the matters in question may involve very extensive interviews and enquiries. While I do of course appreciate public concern about these matters, I am advised that the overriding concern for An Garda Síochána is to ensure that these investigations are carried out as comprehensively and effectively as possible.
The consideration of criminal investigations is clearly a matter for the Garda authorities, and likewise it is a matter for the DPP to decide, independently, if any charges should be brought. It is not open to me, as Minister, to set deadlines in relation to these matters and it would be most inappropriate to attempt to go into the detail of ongoing Garda inquiries. I trust that all members of this House would wish to ensure that nothing is said that might in any way impinge on the progress of subsequent criminal proceedings.
The Government remains committed to supporting An Garda Síochána in pursuing all criminal investigations and this is underlined by the very significant investments which have been made in policing resources – all of which will support enhanced investigation and detection of crime, and benefit ongoing investigations.
128. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons resident in the Mosney direct provision centre are currently in receipt of their personal allowance of €19.10 per week per adult and €15.60 per week per child; if her attention has been drawn to a points card system, which means that instead of receiving their personal allowance, residents are awarded points that are only valid in a store on the Mosney campus; the rationale for this change; if consultation with the residents or advocacy groups took place prior to this change; if her attention has been further drawn to reports that this store does not stock all of the goods the residents wish to purchase, that unused points cannot be carried over from week to week and that the shop is closed at the weekend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23140/17]
View answerThe introduction of independent living in Mosney has no impact on the payment of any allowances and I am not aware of any change to the payment of any allowances to any person resident in Mosney accommodation centre. Of course, the payment of such allowances is, in the first instance, a matter for the Minister for Social Protection.
Following from the McMahon Report and in accordance with the Programme for a Partnership Government, improvements in facilities are being implemented across all family centres. One of the key recommendations in the McMahon report was in relation to the capacity of families to cook for themselves and it is to this end that the system in Mosney was introduced.
Rather than a simple, generic system of providing meals though a canteen which has been the subject of ongoing criticism, the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department has worked with Mosney management to introduce a new system whereby residents are in a position to select produce and food products in a food hall and prepare meals for themselves and their families. It is important to note that there is no charge to the residents for this facility.
This system is the culmination of a lengthy analysis process and included full consultation with a representative group of residents in Mosney. This system allows individual residents to choose those items they feel are right for their family. There are 600 products available in the Mosney Food Hall and it is open to any resident to suggest new items, which will be added to the stock, provided that a food source is identified that fulfils all food traceability and safety. All basic food categories are available and RIA is satisfied sufficient choice is available, even before the addition of further products, to allow parents to make healthy choices for their families. The points in Mosney do not have a monetary equivalent and it is not possible to buy additional points with cash.
It is also important to note that the system is under constant review and is a work in progress and the question of carrying over points from one week to the next will be examined as part of that ongoing review. It is being monitored by RIA and feedback from this project along with other similar projects due to commence soon will continue to inform the operation of the entire system - in essence, issues arising from the roll-out in Mosney will inform the system elsewhere.
129. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) can have EU secret clearance certificates issued to it; and the reason that at present only State employees are granted EU secret clearance certificates here. [23168/17]
View answerThe company to which the Deputy refers in his question has been in correspondence with me and I will respond directly to them in respect of the matters they have raised. EU clearance is a matter arranged through Ireland's National Security Authority which is based in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It was established in order to provide clearance for Government officials and Defence Forces personnel engaging with the EU institutional framework and other international organisations in circumstances where there may be questions of access to certain confidential or security-sensitive information. It is not the practice at present to provide security vetting for private companies.
130. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23203/17]
View answerI understand that the person concerned made an application to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) on 05/04/2017 for permission to remain in the State as the de facto partner of an Irish National. I have been informed that this application is currently being processed and that the person concerned will be contacted in due course. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility, which has been established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
131. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific objectives and criteria set between her Department and the then Garda Commissioner that had to be met for performance-related awards to be paid to senior gardaí as part of the scheme run by the committee for performance awards for the years 2003 to 2007, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23207/17]
View answer132. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the key performance indicators that were utilised or considered by her Department and the then Garda Commissioner that had to be met for performance-related awards to be paid to senior gardaí as part of the scheme run by the committee for performance awards for the years 2003 to 2007, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23208/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 132 together.
The operation of the scheme Performance-related Awards Scheme in the Civil Service, the Defence Forces, Local Authorities and An Garda Síochána was overseen by the Committee for Performance Awards (CPA) under the aegis of the Department of Finance. The CPA monitored the application of the scheme and approved recommendations for awards. The scheme applied to the ranks of Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner in An Garda Síochána from 2002 until 2009 when the scheme was abolished. The Garda Commissioner was responsible for agreeing objectives, reviewing assessments and making recommendations on the appropriate award, having regard to the guidelines for the operation of the scheme. However, the ultimate decision on making awards was a matter for the CPA.
I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write directly to him when it is to hand.
