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Written Answers — Rights of People with Disabilities: Rights of People with Disabilities (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: Ireland has comprehensive legal protection against discrimination on the ground of disability. Persons with disabilities are protected from discrimination and afforded reasonable accommodation in access to goods and services and in the field of employment, under the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2008 and the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2008, respectively. In enforcing their right to...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: The matter in question relates to a proposal from the European Commission published in 2008, for a further EU directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, to have effect in a number of areas outside of employment. Unlike many other EU Member States, Ireland already has extensive...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: Responsibility for the Irish Human Rights Commission transferred to my Department with effect from 1 April 2011. Under current legislation the Chief Executive of the Commission is accountable to the Public Accounts Committee. The Commission can also be required to make a presentation to an Oireachtas Committee on any matter that has been considered by the Commission. I am satisfied that the...

Written Answers — Departmental Responsibilities: Departmental Responsibilities (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am committed to the protection of human rights and promotion of equality as is required under the Irish Constitution and the various International laws and treaties Ireland has signed and ratified including obligations from EU membership. All work of the Department in all areas will fully reflect and respect human rights principles. Far from being a retrograde step, as implied in the...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 3 May 2011. The position is unchanged since then. Employment equality legislation aims to strike a necessary and appropriate balance between the right to the free profession and practice of religion, recognised by the Constitution and the principle of equality and has done so by providing a qualified exception, of...

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government states that we will end the practice of detaining children aged 16 and 17 years old in St. Patrick's Institution. Responsibility for the development and provision of safe, secure accommodation for all children ordered to be detained by the Courts rests with the Irish Youth Justice Service, and this service will shortly come under the remit of my colleague Ms....

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: The work of the Criminal Assets Bureau is central to tackling serious and organised crime, including drug trafficking and other drug related criminal activity. The Bureau is being actively utilised to identify and target funds accumulated by those involved in drug related activity, in order to seize such assets and to deprive those involved of the profits of their criminal activity. A...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: Cosc, my Department's National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, actively contributed to all stages of the drafting process in relation to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. I welcome the opening for signature of the Convention and I anticipate that the question of signature by...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Number 114 of 6 April 2011 which indicated the following: "The Government Legislation Programme announced on 5 April 2011 indicates that the Mental Capacity Bill is expected to be published in late 2011. The Bill will reform the law on mental capacity taking into account the Law Reform Commission's Report on Vulnerable Adults and the Law. The Bill...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Garda authorities and I will contact him again when it is available.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: The property in question is still in the ownership of the Department of Defence. It had been intended to transfer the property to the Local Authority under the Affordable Housing initiative. However following the cancellation of that initiative the Local Authority have advised the Department that they have no further interest in acquiring the property. Since then the Department has taken...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: The State Agencies under the remit of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. None of these are members of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: The following four post holders in my Department are authorised to use official credit cards: Private Secretary to Minister for Defence, Private Secretary to Minister of State at Department of Defence, Secretary-General of Department of Defence and the Human Resources Manager. The decision to issue an official credit card is made on the basis of the business need having regard to the...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (17 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: A request has recently been referred to my Department, on behalf of the family in question, seeking permission to erect a plaque to commemorate Bartholomew Teeling who was executed in 1798. The Department is still considering the matter.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: This is Deputy Boyd Barrett's question.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: This is the equivalent of "Will somebody somewhere do something?"

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: Were they in town or on the town?

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: Is the Deputy in favour of it or against it?

Crime Levels (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am conscious of public concern about the extent to which offences continue to be committed by persons on bail. I share that concern. Our bail law must be continually reviewed to ensure that all possible avenues are taken to protect the public against the commission of crime, particularly serious crime, by persons on bail. In doing this, we have to take account of the restrictions which...

Crime Levels (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: There are not what I would describe as daily vacancies in the prisons. The reality is that our prisons are severely overcrowded. It is a matter of great concern to me that such is the case. It is a consequence of appallingly bad planning by the previous Government over a period of 14 years, which has created the anomaly that approximately 15% of those who should be serving prison sentences...