The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD and Minister of State James Browne TD today attended a Passing-Out ceremony at the Garda College in Templemore to welcome 157 newly-attested Garda members.
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Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Law Reform, James Browne TD, welcomed the establishment of a new division of the High Court dedicated…
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The Government has agreed to reappoint Elaine Byrne, Donal de Buitleir, Anthony Harbinson, Dr Jane Mulcahy, Paul Mageean and Dr Deborah Donnelly as members of the Policing Authority. Elaine Byrne…
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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has welcomed the passage of key legislation to provide An Garda Síochána with bodycams to give our Gardaí greater access to CCTV and to…
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The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has obtained government approval to repeal the Censorship of Publications Acts. The decision follows a review undertaken in the Department to Justice on the…
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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has published the Annual Report of the Private Security Authority along with the Financial Statements for 2022. The Private Security Authority (PSA) is the…
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Minister of State for Law Reform James Browne TD opened the annual Youth Diversion Project Conference at Croke Park. The Conference brings together hundreds of Youth Justice workers from across…
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Minister of Justice Helen McEntee has published the Office of the Inspector of Prisons Annual Report for 2022. This is the 12th Annual Report of the Office of the Inspector…
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The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has secured Government approval to publish the Bill to create a statutory agency dedicated to tackling and reducing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence…
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The Minister for State with responsibility for Law Reform and Youth Justice, James Browne, supports the publication of a landmark new report into the gambling habits of teenagers in Ireland….
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The Minister for State with responsibility for Law Reform and Youth Justice, James Browne TD, has published the Department of Justice’s policy paper on Restorative Justice. The Programme for Government…
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The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has welcomed the attestation of 87 members of An Garda Síochána at the Garda College, Templemore. The newly attested members have now completed…
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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has this evening passed a wide ranging Criminal Justice Bill through all stages in the Oireachtas to deliver on a series of her commitments in…
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The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has published the International Protection Modernisation Strategy 2023-2024 which sets out a new a new suite of International protection reform measures. Minister McEntee said, “a fair,…
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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD and Minister of State for Law Reform James Browne have welcomed the passage of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023 through…
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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has announced that An Garda Síochána is to immediately begin the process of procuring bodycams for frontline Gardaí. Following a Cabinet meeting at which Government…
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The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has secured government approval to make amendments to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will fulfil a number of commitments to better support…
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The Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD, launched an awareness campaign, ‘Threat to Share’, highlighting that threatening to share intimate images of another person is a crime with potentially serious…
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Minister for Justice Simon Harris has announced that approval has been granted to proceed with the development of new Garda Stations in Macroom, Co. Cork and Clonmel, Co. Tipperary through…
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On a visit to London, Minister for Justice Simon Harris met with the UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman MP at the Home Office and met with senior officials at Scotland…
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Minister of State at the Department of Justice, James Browne, established the Firearms Expert Committee (FEC) on a non-statutory basis, in June 2022. The Firearms Expert Committee included representation from…
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The Minister for Justice Simon Harris attended the Prison Officer Association Conference in Galway where he announced plans to increase prison capacity in existing prisons across the country. The need…
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The Minister for Justice Simon Harris has launched a significant new awareness campaign highlighting the rights available to you if you are victims of crime. The campaign – which will…
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The Minister for Justice Simon Harris has welcomed the publication of a new CSO survey providing national prevalence figures on sexual violence in Ireland. The Sexual Violence Survey 2022, commissioned…
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