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Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the Legal Aid Board (LAB) has general procedures in place for applying for legal services and a person wishing to apply for legal services must complete an application form and submit it to a Law Centre. While an applicant is generally required to vouch his or her income this should not be necessary in the case of persons in custody. The Law Centre, on receipt of...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within the Raheny Garda Sub-District. While local Garda management is aware of a number of burglaries in the area, the number of burglaries to date in 2011 is less than the number during the same period last year, and the detection rate is higher in 2011. Incidents which are not yet detected remain under investigation. A...

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that there are 17 doctors employed by the Irish Prison Service to work in prisons on a full-time and part-time basis. The contracted hours of attendance vary from prison to prison from 10 hours to 39 hours per week per doctor. The total cost to the State of the salaries of doctors employed in 2010 amounted to €1,023,956.10. The table overleaf sets out the...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within Coolock Garda District. Local Garda management is not aware of any difficulties of the nature outlined by the Deputy being experienced by residents in the area. Any breaches of the law, including of the Road Traffic Acts, detected by or reported to An Garda Síochána are investigated. The area is the subject of...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there were 62 arrests made nationwide during and relating to the recent State visits, resulting in 47 persons being charged. Seven persons were released without charge pending the submission of a file to the DPP, two others are to be dealt with under the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme and two others are to be dealt with under the Garda Adult...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Garda authorities that there is currently a Garda CCTV scheme in operation at the location referred to by the Deputy, consisting of 9 cameras. Any proposals to further extend the system are a matter for the Garda Commissioner within the framework of his identified operational requirements and priorities. In that context I understand that the Garda CCTV requirements at...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: No auditors are currently employed by my Department. The Comptroller and Auditor General audits the Appropriation Accounts for the Defence and Army Pensions Votes under Section 3 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act, 1993. He is not employed by the Department to do so; rather he is discharging his statutory responsibility. My Department has a dedicated Internal Audit Unit...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: My Department issued a reply to the Department of Social Protection on 8 February 2011 to enable them to consider the application in question. A copy of the reply was sent to the Department of Social Protection on 13 June 2011.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: This matter relates to a minor alteration to Reserve Defence Force Military Police (RDF MP) Headdress and involves the introduction of a green patch behind the cap badge on the Red Beret to distinguish them from their Permanent Defence Force (PDF) counterparts. This will ensure, at a cost of €1,052 (incl VAT), that there is a clear differentiation between RDF and PDF MP. I am advised...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Ireland is currently contributing 218 Defence Forces personnel to 11 different missions throughout the world. Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas are listed in the tabular statement below. The main overseas missions, in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed, are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the EU-led operation ALTHEA in Bosnia...

Written Answers — Air Corps Investigations: Air Corps Investigations (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 493 to 497, inclusive, together. Section 114 of the Defence Act provides that any member of the Defence Forces, who considers themselves to have been wronged in any matter, may make a complaint and have it investigated and redressed. Where the wrong is proven, redress is offered to the complainant. In the event that the complainant is unhappy with the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy is referring to retired commissioned officers of the Permanent Defence Force who are in receipt of occupational pensions from my Department while currently in public sector employment. The specific information as to the total number involved is not available in my Department. Holders of Defence Forces pensions are not required to inform my Department of any employment,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The purpose of the motion is to provide for the continuation in operation of section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 for a further period of one year from 1 July. One of the most important traits of a democratic society is a justice system that operates free from interference by anyone seeking to wrongfully influence outcomes. The criminal justice system is made up not only...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank Senators for their contributions and I thank the majority of Senators who spoke in support of this resolution. I do not believe this House should be a rubber stamp. It is correct that we have an opportunity to consider each year the workings of legislation such as the measure we are dealing with and the measures we discussed yesterday. I cannot agree with Senator Cullinane's...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Colombian nationals require visas for entry to Ireland. The student visa guidelines may be accessed on the web-pages of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, www.inis.gov.ie. These guidelines apply to all visa required nationals who wish to travel to Ireland for the purposes of study. I would also direct the Deputy's attention to the Guidelines for Language and Non-Degree...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Government has decided that new arrangements will be put in place for the making of appointments to State boards and bodies, such as the Equality Authority. In future, Departments will invite expressions of interest on their websites for vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. Ministers will not necessarily be confined to those who make expressions of interest, but will...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. I am advised by the Garda authorities that in May this year the Garda fleet consisted of 2,755 vehicles. This represents an increase on the corresponding figures for December 2008 and December 2007 which were 2,451 and 2,254 respectively. The detailed allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 478 on Wednesday 15th June, 2011: "The UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT) issued its concluding observations on Monday 6th June following Ireland's first examination in Geneva last month under Article 19 of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Committee in its...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The whole purpose of a national passport is to establish a person's citizenship and identity so that international travel and residence may be facilitated. Permission to reside takes the physical form of some type of passport endorsement such as a visa sticker, a residence permit sticker or, as in the Irish case, a residence stamp. Given the importance of ensuring that an immigration...

Written Answers — Migrant Integration: Migrant Integration (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Under the Equality, Integration, Disability and Human Rights (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 139 of 2011), the functions of the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs in regard to the promotion of the integration of persons (other than protection applicants) who are not, or who previously were not, Irish citizens, and...