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Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that currently there are 134 Garda vehicles fitted with the Automatic Number Plate Recognition computer system (ANPR), 85 of which are marked patrol vehicles. The remaining 49 vehicles are unmarked. I also understand from the Garda authorities that there are no plans at this stage to increase the number of vehicles fitted with ANPR. However, the...

Written Answers — Garda Contracts: Garda Contracts (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Garda authorities that no national towing contract has been entered into for the recovery of vehicles seized by An Garda Síochána. They have also indicated that a number of such contracts are in place on a Divisional basis which extend over varying timeframes.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are no Garda Immigration Officers based outside the Country.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that liaison mechanisms are in place between An Garda Síochána and service providers, including Luas, Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann, in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) at both senior management and local levels. Inspectors from the DMR Traffic Corps have been nominated to liaise with each of the service providers to address any policing issues...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The detailed allocation of Garda resources, including mountain bikes, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements and priorities. I am advised by the Garda authorities that they are satisfied that the current mountain bike stock is sufficient and that optimum use is being made of the Garda Mountain Bike Unit. The situation will be kept...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Safari is an intelligence-led inter-regional operation targeting an organised crime gang operating across the Southern, Eastern and Western Garda Regions. The Operation was established in October, 2010 following analysis of crime trends, which identified this crime gang as being responsible for a series of criminal activities across these...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities and will contact the Deputy in relation to the matters he has raised.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Anvil commenced in the Dublin Metropolitan Region in May, 2005 to target serious and organised criminal activity. The Operation was extended nationwide during 2006, and a series of special operations, proposed by each Regional Assistant Commissioner and designed to focus on areas of high crime, has been initiated. These have, generally,...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Certificates: Naturalisation Certificates (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 2 June 2011. The Irish language is the first official language of the State and it is the long-standing practice of the Citizenship Division of my Department to issue certificates of naturalisation in Irish. This certificate of naturalisation as provided is the only official certificate provided to an applicant should they...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy is referring to the administrative scheme operated by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department known as Business Permission. Non-EEA nationals who wish to pursue a business activity (in a capacity other than as an employed person for whom an employer would have to obtain a work permit) must first obtain Business Permission. Information...

Written Answers — Garda Remuneration: Garda Remuneration (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The management of sick leave in An Garda Síochána, including payments to members, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner and I have no role in this regard.

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Ministerial Air Transport Service is primarily provided by the Gulfstream IV and Learjet 45 aircraft, which were specifically acquired for that purpose. The CASA maritime patrol aircraft have been used infrequently for Ministerial Air Transport missions where no MATS aircraft has been available for operational or technical reasons. The Beechcraft was also used as a backup aircraft for...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (14 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The resolution before the Seanad seeks approval for the continuance in operation of those sections of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998, which would otherwise cease to be in operation after 30 June. Senators will be well aware at this stage that this legislation was enacted in the aftermath of the Omagh bombing in August 1998. That was a dreadful atrocity which claimed the...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (14 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Senators who contributed to this debate. None of us should be under any illusion as to the level of threat and difficulty caused by organisations like the real IRA and the continuity IRA in the context of subversive activities and general criminality. That was clearly evident in the lead into and during the course of the very successful visit of Queen Elizabeth to this country,...

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that judges are independent in the matter of sentencing as they are in other matters concerning the exercise of judicial functions, subject only to the Constitution and the law. Therefore, I cannot comment or intervene in any way on the conduct or decision of any individual case which is a matter entirely for the presiding judge. I should add that the Criminal...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, it is the role of the Office of the Attorney General to provide legal advice to the Government. In preparing the memorandum for the Government on the matter of the Magdalen institutions, my Department consulted with the Attorney General.

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: It is my understanding that ten institutions were operated by four religious congregations during the period referred to by the Deputy. They were established to provide a "refuge" or place of asylum for vulnerable women. The laundries were established within the institutions to provide the funding for the operation of the refuges. They were privately run institutions and publically available...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Criminal Justice Act 1960 provided that a person between 16 and 21 years of age who had been charged with criminal offences may be committed to custody to a remand institution (other than a prison) whose use for this purpose has been approved by the Minister. One Magdalen Institution was approved as a remand centre for young women who were aged between 16 and 21 years of age. That was...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can confirm for that the Oireachtas approved the enactment of legislation which provided that a person between 16 and 21 years of age who had been charged with criminal offences may be committed to custody to a remand institution, other than a prison, whose use for this purpose has been approved by the Minister. This was provided for in the Criminal Justice Act, 1960. One Magdalen...