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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: At present, the regulation of solicitors takes place under the Solicitors Acts 1954-2008. Barristers are not regulated by similar legislation but under the aegis of the Bar Council. Under Section 2 of the Code of Conduct for the Bar a barrister has an overriding duty to the court to ensure in the public interest that the proper and efficient administration of justice is achieved and he/she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout An Garda Síochána and I have no direct function in the matter. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on District, Divisional and Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for approximately 20,000 organisations in Ireland which employ personnel to work in a full time part time, voluntary or student capacity with children and or vulnerable adults and who are registered with the Unit for this purpose. The Unit processed approximately 328,000 vetting applications on behalf of these organisations in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Her asylum claim was considered by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, both of whom concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licensing Laws (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Report of the Steering Group on a National Substance Misuse Strategy which was published last year contains a broad range of recommendations which seek to address the negative consequences of alcohol misuse and alcohol-related harm in this country. The Department of Health is currently developing an Action Plan for submission to the Government in response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: My Department funds 100 Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs) nationwide. They are community-based, multi-agency crime prevention initiatives, which seek to provide focussed and effective interventions to young people coming to the attention of An Garda Síochána who are at risk of or who have become involved in offending behaviour. They operate as a support to the Garda Diversion...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Originally launched in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) in 2003, Operation Quest targets brothel keeping and organised prostitution. The Operation has been expanded, with liaison officers appointed in each Garda division within the DMR and also on a Regional basis, with a Detective Superintendent, within the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, having the national remit as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The individuals referred to currently have visa applications under consideration. The visa applications were received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 5 November 2012. They were referred to the Visa Office in Abuja for processing, as the individuals concerned are currently resident in Nigeria. Preliminary assessments of the applications have been completed and the reference in Ireland has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The report was published on two websites - www.idcmagdalen.ie and www.justice.ie. While only a limited number of copies were printed, I can assure the Deputy that my Department will do its best to facilitate people with access where possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities on the matters raised by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I would like at the outset to make it clear that the men concerned were not deported from the State nor were they detained at any time but were returned to their country of origin to be reunited with their families as they themselves had requested. In this regard, when the people concerned were located by An Garda Síochána, a spokesman on their behalf alleged that they had been the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in March 2012. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The full operation of the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 is expected in the early part of 2013. The Insolvency Service of Ireland aims to open its office, launch its website, commence an information campaign with the issuing of publications and relevant guidelines in March 2013. The regulatory and IT frameworks required for the Service to accept and process applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Each year the Commissioner prepares a Policing Plan which outlines his proposals for providing the policing service in the country for the following year. Among other things, this plan must include any proposals he has for the re-organisation of the Divisional or Regional network together with any plans he has for the closure of a Garda station. While the Policing Plan for 2014 has not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Opening Hours (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Any decision on the opening hours of Garda stations throughout the country is an operational one for the Commissioner and I have no function in the matter. The Commissioner's Policing Plan for 2013, which I laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 5 December 2012, sets out details of the future opening hours of some stations in Cork and Dublin. It is important to remember that while...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer to my response to Parliamentary Question no. 146 of 7 November 2012 in which I indicated that legislation providing for same-sex marriage cannot be enacted without an amendment to the Constitution following a decision of the people in a referendum on the matter in accordance with Article 46 of the Constitution. In this regard the programme for Government includes a commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I indicated in response to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 11 December 2012, the programme for Government commitment - to introduce consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation to address all aspects of domestic violence, threatened violence and intimidation, in a way that provides protection to victims - will be progressed as soon as possible having regard to the need for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Partnerships (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I indicated in response to Question No. 789 of 16 January 2013, I am presently engaged in the preparation of a Family Relationships and Children Bill. I intend to publish the Heads of the Bill as soon as possible in 2013 having regard to the need for consultations and the need to dispose of urgent legislative matters in my Department under the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As of 31 December 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the total strength of the Force was 13,424 which is, in fact, slightly more than the figure of 13,350 proposed by the previous Government in its National Recovery Plan 2011-2014. There are also approximately 2,000 civilian support staff and almost 1,000 Garda Reserves in the Garda Síochána. Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The National Vetting Bureau (Children & Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 sets out procedures to allow the disclosure of criminal records and specified information for vetting purposes. "Specified information" is information other than a court determined criminal record. For example, "specified information" includes conclusions from investigations of child abuse or neglect that have been...