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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: On that correspondence, we will seek to have the OPW here on 22 October for a public meeting. That concludes our consideration of correspondence. Moving to the work programme, the draft work programme discussion document has been circulated to members. Next week we will engage with the University of Limerick to resume our consideration of the 2020, 2021 and 2022 financial statements and...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: We can put it on our list for beyond that date, if the Deputy wants to. I think the hospital development board-----

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: No, we are booked.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is about the timeline as well. We have to give organisations four to six weeks' notice. I suggest that beyond 7 November we could put the regulator in for a slot there. Is the Deputy happy with that?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: We had this with a couple of other public bodies in the last year or two. What we can do is ask. Mr. Maurice Buckley is the former cathaoirleach of the OPW. We can ask, but there is no onus on him to attend.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: Powers of compellability possibly would not stand up. We can look at that, but I am not too sure that would pertain. Is that all right?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will ask him. We move to any other business on the public agenda. Members do not wish to raise any other matters.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I wish to refer to correspondence that came in to Deputy Pa Daly's office. It came from an Irishman who is married to a man who does not have Irish citizenship. His husband had exceeded the wait time considerably and he was in contact with a number of others who were in the same situation. Many people received emails from the Department of Justice stating that there was a delay but that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: I acknowledge that in the past there were significant delays in processing citizenship applications. What the Minister, the officials in the Department and I have done to streamline matters and introduce a new processing system with the online application form and e-vetting has led to a significant change in the processing time relating to citizenship applications. I am confident that by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is very positive, and it should be the aim. It is a matter of making sure it happens. Regarding workflows in the Department, there have been backlogs in respect of a number of immigration permissions. The Minister of State referred to citizenship applications and the processing of asylum applications. The numbers have risen in all these areas. I suppose only so much can be done...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: Significant work is being done in the Department to ensure that all applications, be they in respect of citizenship, asylum or whatever, are dealt with in a speedy and timely fashion. It is acknowledged that significant work needed to be done in this area. This work is being carried out.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

Policing Authority

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

Denis Naughten: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to support policing in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34856/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

Denis Naughten: According to an Irish Examiner-IPSOS poll that was published last week, 70% of people who live in rural Ireland do not believe that there is a visible Garda presence in their areas. Members of the public believe that improved visibility can deter crime. How does the Government propose to increase visible rural policing?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Naughten for this very important question, which relates to supporting policing in our rural communities. Community safety is a top priority for my Department. Everyone has the right to be safe and feel safe in their community, and rural Ireland is no exception in that regard. Our approach to community safety is a whole-of-government one. Enhancing rural safety includes...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

Denis Naughten: The move regarding the LCSPs is positive. I welcome it. When the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, came before the justice committee last year, he pointed out that rural policing is done with the active support of local communities. We can only have the active support of those communities if we have gardaí engaging with them. The difficulty is that if people in rural areas throughout...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: I acknowledge that we do not have as many gardaí as we need, but significant efforts are being made to address this. We have had a very large increase in the number of recruits coming through Templemore. Regarding safety in rural Ireland, the national rural safety forum was established in 2019. In 2022, we published the national rural safety plan. Yesterday, I met the deputy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

Denis Naughten: There are more gardaí going through Templemore and more are being recruited. That is very positive. However, the reality is that they are not coming to Roscommon, Longford or Mayo. We can designate gardaí all we like, but they are not there. In addition, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, is aware of cases where gardaí are stationed in far-flung parts of the country. They...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: There is no question that there is a challenge regarding the number of gardaí, but that arose out of the situation during Covid when recruitment was paused. We are now addressing the situation by significantly increasing recruitment through Templemore. Up to the end of June of this year, 581 gardaí were assigned to the Mayo, Roscommon, Longford division and 599 were assigned to...