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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Justice and Equality (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the members of the joint committee for inviting me to address them on issues relating to the forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council and the recent Defence Council as well as touching on the priority issues of the Irish Presidency which is now just 35 days away. The Justice and Home Affairs Council brings together Ministers dealing with home affairs and justice issues,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: We will provide that too.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I totally agree with Deputy Finian McGrath on community policing. It is part and parcel of what is being done by the force. It has a significant role in crime prevention, community relations and gardaí knowing how to divert young people who may be creating minor difficulties from going on to creating major difficulties or a life of crime. On the retirement issue, the legal position...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: One enjoys being an agent provocateur.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Courts Service has a range of properties and I do not have the rent figures for all of them. We will provide the Deputy with the information. With regard to early retirement, there is as much planning as can be done. It is genuinely impossible to predict how many members of the force will retire in any one year. There has been considerable variance year in, year out. All that can be...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I will deal with the issues in the order in which they were raised by Deputy Collins. The introduction of Garda rosters is a very substantial reform of the manner in which the gardaí deal with their day-to-day duties. I wish to reiterate my thanks to the two representative bodies of the Garda Síochána, the GRA and the AGSI, who have fully co-operated in the new rostering...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I apologise for the delay. I am afraid I was engaged in dealing with other matters. I thank the committee for making time available today to consider my request for a Supplementary Estimate for the Garda Síochána and Courts Service Votes. I am pleased that on this occasion there is no requirement for additional funding from outside the justice Vote group. In effect, therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Mental Capacity Bill and I refer him to my response to Question No. 467 of 20 November 2012 in which I said the following:"The Programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce a Mental Capacity Bill that is in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The proposals in the Scheme of the Bill, as published, have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the application for a certificate of naturalisation received from the person referred to by the Deputy is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in January, 2009. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration in my Department has channelled significant funding for the promotion of migrant integration to local authorities, national sporting bodies and other national organisations in recent years. This funding is continuing but on a limited scale because our resources are reduced in line with public expenditure generally. There is unfortunately...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The requirement to report a death to a coroner and whether to subsequently conduct an inquest is set out in sections 17 and 18 of the Coroners Act 1962. Under Coroners' Rules of Practice, as outlined on the Coroners website www.coroners.ie, all maternal deaths relating to childbirth are required to be reported to the coroner. The Coroners Bill 2007, confirms this by providing, inter-alia, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Coroners Act, 1962, a Coroner is a statutory officer exercising quasi-judicial functions in relation to which he/she is independent and neither I nor my Department has any role in individual cases. However, to be of assistance to the family in question, inquiries have been made and it is understood that this case is with the Dublin Coroner. I understand that the Coroner has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 504 and 505 together. There were no staff in my Department or in any of the agencies or bodies that fall under its aegis whose annual salaries at 31 December 2011 were in excess of €200,000. At the end of 2011 there were 16 individuals in positions across the Justice Sector with annual salaries of between €150,000 and €199,000 the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 507 to 510, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the areas referred to are in the Navan Garda District. I am further informed that the areas are subject to regular patrols by local uniformed and plain clothes personnel, augmented by the Detective Unit and Community Policing Unit, together with the Divisional Traffic Unit and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my responses to Dáil Questions No 171 of 25 October and 8 November 2012 in which I set out the circumstances of the person referred to by the Deputy. The most recent reply is attached below. The person concerned availed of the 'Timed Out' Student transitional measure introduced under the New Regime for Students in January 2011 as a concession to those student...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that 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, which includes the provision of accommodation for court sittings. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and have been informed that the Courts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that I expect to receive the report before the end of this year but I do not have an exact date. When the report is received it will be submitted to Government and then published.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, the Courts Service is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and have been informed by the Courts Service that if the judge makes a compensation order as part of an overall fine order then the money will be payable to the Courts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 11 July 2003 on foot of a student visa. The permission was subsequently renewed until 30 June 2005 with no further renewals thereafter. By letter dated 29 November 2005, the person concerned was notified that he had no current permission to remain in the State. By letter dated 30 November 2005, the person was notified that theMinister proposed...