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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that as of 31 October 2012 the personnel strength of the Garda Reserve was 996. Of this a total of 299 are assigned to the DMR as follows: DMR South Central No. Kevin Street 11 Kilmainham 7 Pearse St 30 Harcourt Tce 0 Donnybrook 7 Irishtown 7 Total 62 DMR North Central No. Store Street 19 Bridewell 14 Fitzgibbon Street 1...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department has not provided any funding to this organisation within the time frame outlined by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for approximately 20,000 organisations in Ireland who are registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ/engage persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. Vetting is carried out in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the persons referred to by the Deputy have no permission to remain in the State. Their permission to remain in the State on Stamp 2 (student) permission was renewed on 2 February, 2012 until 31 July, 2012 for the purpose of allowing a member of the family to complete the Junior Certificate examination and to enable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Order Offences (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that An Garda Síochána continues to implement a wide range of strategies as outlined in my previous reply to the Deputy in order to tackle incidents of anti-social behaviour and public disorder in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the number of recorded instances of public order and drunkenness offences for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the location of drug rehabilitation clinics does not fall under the remit of the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department is currently working on the draft Heads of the Family Leave Bill which will transpose Council Directive 2010/18/EU on Parental Leave. Among other things this new legislation will provide for an additional 4 weeks parental leave for both mothers and fathers. This Bill will also consolidate all various family leave legislation (maternity, adoptive, parental and carer's leave) in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that since the start of 2012 my Department carried out public consultations concerning the following matters: - European Commission's Proposal for a new Data Protection Regulation - General Scheme of the Criminal Justice Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Amendment Bill 2012 - General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill 2012 - Mental Health issues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware the person concerned submitted an application for a review of the decision to refuse the applicant residence in the State under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 and 2008 (the Regulations) which was received in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) on the 5 October, 2012. I am advised that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was registered in the State on student conditions from 9 October 2006 to 14 August 2012 and therefore currently has no permission to remain in the State. The INIS have informed me that the person has made a written request for further permission to remain dated 2 November,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 23 October, 2012 which is set out below. The position is unchanged since then. The onus is on the person concerned to present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to regularise his status in the State, which I am informed that he has failed to do up to the present date. The permission to remain in the State of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: In reply to the Deputy's Question, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of the asylum claim and the application to remain temporarily in the State, the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 28 June 2004. He has been evading his deportation since 3 November 2009 and should he come to the notice of the Garda authorities, he would be liable to arrest and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Nov 2012)

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 September 2011. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned applied for asylum on 12th June, 2007. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned initiated Judicial Review Proceedings in the High Court, challenging the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in his case. As these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: In reply to the Deputy's Question, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of the asylum claim and the application to remain temporarily in the State, the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 30 October 2008. He has been evading his deportation since 11 December 2008 and should he come to the notice of the Garda authorities, he would be liable to arrest...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 172 of Thursday, 20th September 2012 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then. The person concerned entered the State on 3 June, 2000 and was last granted permission to remain until 23 July, 2010. The person concerned remained in the State since that date without the permission of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of 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 September, 2008. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The attached tabular statement sets out the number of promotions which have occurred or are in train in the Air Corps and Naval Service in each of the years 2010, 2011 and to 13 November 2012. Competitions for promotions for enlisted personnel have been completed and promotions are on-going from which there will be further promotions in the Air Corps and Naval Service. Officer Promotion...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department has not carried out any public consultations since the start of 2012.

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Property Price Register (14 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I know it is one in which he has a personal interest. The Property Services Regulatory Authority which comes under the aegis of my Department published the Residential Property Price Register as recently as 30 September. All of the information on the register is publicly available, free of charge, on its website. The register has been produced...