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National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 2:In page 13, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(i) his or her nationality (if known);".During the debate on Committee Stage, Deputy Mac Lochlainn proposed amendments to sections 9, 11 and 13, which deal with the registration of liaison persons, the register of vetted persons and the applications for vetting disclosure. Under each section, certain...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 4:In page 14, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(i) his or her nationality (if known);”.

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 7:In page 15, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"(4) In the case of the—(a) employment of, or (b) entering into a contract for services with,an examiner (within the meaning of the Education Act 1998) for the purposes of the performance by him or her on a temporary basis of functions in respect of the conduct of examinations to which Part VIII of the...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 8:In page 17, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"(i) his or her nationality (if known);".

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 10:In page 25, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:"23.—(1) As soon as may be, but not later than 6 months after the end of each year, the Bureau shall, through the Garda Commissioner, present to the Minister a report of the activities of the Bureau in the immediately preceding year, and the Minister shall, as soon as may be after receiving such report,...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is an issue, although not one that will impact on the majority of people who may be subject to vetting, but we have circumstances in which foreign nationals in this country seek employment with vulnerable adults or children and it is important that information, where possible, can be obtained in a vetting process. There are certain arrangements in existence within the EU for the exchange...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and apologise on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, that he is not here this evening. He has a commitment that he has to keep and he asked me if I would respond to the Deputy. Government policy is to support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This is realised by the Health Service...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: On a personal level, I share the views expressed by the Deputy. There is a need to ensure individuals who are recipients of care at home are not placed in danger. There is a need to ensure the individuals providing that care are properly trained and adequately regulated. There must be a standardisation of the care provided, a uniform approach and proper regulatory oversight. I am willing...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Unfortunately, I cannot accept the Deputy's amendment. I understand the Deputy's seeking to ensure information stored in the database established under section 6 is not stored unnecessarily. He suggests I establish regulations that would provide for the periodic review of such data. As I mentioned during the debate on Committee Stage, the Data Protection Acts apply to all data stored by...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána has approximately the same number of vehicles as it had at the height of the Celtic tiger in 2007. By the end of this year, we will have acquired more than 200 cars. Some 42 vehicles were acquired in the spring and 170 more have been purchased since. A considerable number of them will be commissioned and on the roads in December, with the remainder in January....

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: There was a high level of reoffending of those so disposed of who had committed burglaries. The higher category of recidivism was 47%, which meant 53% had not reoffended after that number of years. In the context of the number of people sent to prison or held in detention centres, including young people in the past who were in St. Patrick's institution, the level of reoffending was higher....

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputies for raising these important matters. The latest official crime statistics from the Central Statistics Office show, despite what the Deputies say, that the incidence of most types of crime is falling. This reflects well on the work of An Garda Síochána. Nevertheless, the Garda Commissioner and I remain concerned about the incidence of burglary, which has shown...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Congratulations.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) was established on a statutory basis on 3 April 2012 in accordance with the provisions of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. The Authority currently has a total full-time equivalent of nine staff, including the Chief Executive. Section 86 of the 2011 Act provides that the PSRA shall prepare and maintain a register of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Bill (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I would refer the Deputy to my comments at Dáil Report Stage of the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 on 7 November, where I indicated that: "There will be a new Part 5 to replace the current Part 5 in regard to regulation of persons acting as personal insolvency practitioners. It will provide extensive provisions for the regulation by the insolvency service of the new personal insolvency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Many factors influence the time it takes for post-mortem reports to be received by a coroner from the pathologist concerned. Coroners are effectively a purchaser of these reports and the services involved from individual pathologists who in turn may be dependent on other service providers such as the State Laboratory or various hospital services. I understand that, in general, it takes at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 480 and 496 of 13 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 required extensive revision in order to meet that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities and Voluntary Organisations (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The amount of funding available under the Charitable Lotteries Scheme in 2012 is €6 million. This total is unchanged from 2011. Applications from nineteen eligible organisations, that is, charities that operate lotteries that were established before 1997, are currently being processed by the Department of Justice and Equality and payments will be made later this year. The total funding...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Merger of State Agencies (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will recall, I published the General Scheme of a Bill to replace the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission with a new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on 5 June 2012. The Bill is currently being drafted and it is intended to have the legislation in place early next year. In parallel, arrangements are being made to select members of the new Commission....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a number of organisations (20,000 approximately) in Ireland registered with the Unit which employ personnel to work in a full time, part time, voluntary or student capacity with children and or vulnerable adults. The current average processing time for vetting applications is 8 weeks. However, seasonal fluctuations and...