Justice (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Justice - Courts - judgments

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions. Furthermore, the scheduling of court cases and the allocation of court business i...

Justice - Courts - judgments

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of reserved judgements currently outstanding in the High Court over three months, one year and two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 48 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Courts - procedures

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy may be aware, a Group to review the administration of civil justice in the State, chaired by the President of the High Court Mr Justice Peter Kelly, was established recently. Membership, reporting structures and the remit of the Group are in the process of being final...

Justice - Courts - procedures

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the degree to which delays in gaining access to the courts have been alleviated in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 114 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Courts - procedures

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions. Furthermore, the scheduling of court cases and the allocation of court business ...

Justice - Courts - procedures

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his views on the recent call by the Chief Justice for reform of the civil justice system in order to allow access to justice for all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 42 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if the board of appeal in respect of same can be reconstituted in order to address outstanding claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 104 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, which administers the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted, is independent in considering applications and neither I nor my Department have any role in the processing of applications. Tribunal members, who ...

Justice - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 105 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Deputy will be aware that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal administers the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted. The Tribunal is independent in considering applications and neither I nor my Department have any role in the processing of ap...

Justice - Missing persons - data

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of persons reported as missing over the past four years; the number located; the number whose whereabouts are still not known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 121 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Missing persons - data

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] I am advised by the Garda authorities that the table shows the number of missing person incidents recorded on the Garda PULSE system each year and the number of those persons recorded as missing at the end of each year, for the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and to 4 October 2017. T...

Justice - Youth justice - strategy

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will be aware the statutory framework relating to young offenders and the Garda Diversion Programme is set out in the Children Act 2001. The Act essentially provides that a young person who is responsible for committing a crime shall be considered for admission to the...

Justice - Youth justice - strategy

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the strategy in place in relation to minors that deemed unsuitable to enter the youth diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 39 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Anti-terrorism measures - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the extent to which discussions continue to take place at EU level with a view to assuring a high degree preparedness in the event of a terrorist attack; if the Defence Forces continue to be adequately briefed in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(...

Justice - Anti-terrorism measures - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] Primary responsibility for security matters and the internal security of the State rests with the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána. There is significant engagement on an ongoing basis with respect to international terrorism with other countries in the EU. ...

Justice - Closed-circuit television systems - provision

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if applications to a scheme (details supplied) cannot be processed until a new Garda Commissioner is appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 124 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Closed-circuit television systems - provision

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Deputy will be aware that the Community-based CCTV grant-aid Scheme was launched by my Department in April 2017 to assist community groups in the establishment of CCTV systems in their local areas. A key requirement of the Scheme is that the proposal must have the authorisati...

Justice - Courts accommodation - refurbishment

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if his department has received a structural engineer's report for the essential remedial work on Ballinamore courthouse, County Leitrim; if this report has been supplied to the Courts Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 119 to Minister for Justice an...

Justice - Courts accommodation - refurbishment

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in ord...

Justice - Parole boards - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to establish a fully independent parole board on a statutory basis; his further plans to implement the recommendations of the strategic review on penal policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 128 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Justice - Parole boards - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy is aware, the Penal Policy Review Group (PPRG) was established in 2012 in line with the recommendations of the Thornton Hall Project Review Group, to conduct a wide-ranging strategic review of penal policy. The report of the PPRG titled ‘Strategic Review of Penal Pol...

Justice - State pathology service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...further to parliamentary question number 116 of 4 October 2017, if officials within the Office of the State Pathologist are not accountable to his department; and if the Chief State Pathologist is equally not accountable to him or his department. [Q. No(s) 120 to Minister for Jus...

Justice - State pathology service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] All bodies which operate under the aegis of my Department agree governance and accountability arrangements with the Department, including written governance agreements, in line with the requirements of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodiesand in accordance with th...

Justice - Property registration - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will review and provide an update on a matter (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 411 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Justice - Property registration - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] Officials in the Lands Branch of my Department are actively engaging with the Property Registration Authority regarding this matter and will reply directly to the solicitor involved when the issue has been resolved.

Justice - Youth justice - strategy

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the extent to which support services exist to rehabilitate and educate or upskill first time juvenile offenders with specific reference to the need to ensure that such first time offenders do not become subject to the influence of recidivists; and if she will make a statement on ...

Justice - Youth justice - strategy

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Children Act 2001, as amended, provides the statutory basis for dealing with children who come into contact with the criminal justice system. The key principle of the Children Act 2001 is that detention of a child should only be imposed as a last resort. When children come in...

Justice - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal - issues relating to

Sitting date: 12/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House.[An Cathaoirleach]

Justice - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal - issues relating to

Sitting date: 12/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I raise the issue of the delay in the processing of claims before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal which was set up to deal with claims by people who have suffered injury as a result of an assault or a crime committed a...