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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 373 of 17 May 2011. The permission of the person concerned was renewed by her local immigration Office on 15 February 2011 and is currently valid up to 5 October 2013. I remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas mail facility which has...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the applicant has renewed his residency and has permission to remain in the State until 26 July 2015. I remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has had his temporary permission to remain in the State renewed for a further one-year period, until 11 April 2012. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 31 March 2011. I remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together. Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from An Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 381 together. The Coroners Bill 2007 is before the Seanad having been restored to the Order Paper on my initiative. The Bill is in the course of being reviewed in my Department with a view, among other matters, to making it as cost-effective as possible. The jury system is also being examined. In the meantime, I am providing for some early reform of...

Written Answers — Garda Complaints Procedures: Garda Complaints Procedures (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together. Section 84 (1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for a period of six months, beginning on the date of the conduct giving rise to the complaint, for a person to make a complaint to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Section 84 (2) of that Act provides for an extension to the six month deadline if the Ombudsman Commission...

Written Answers — Inquiries into Garda Activities: Inquiries into Garda Activities (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Allegations of this nature were previously the subject of an investigation which resulted in an Investigation File being submitted to the Law Officers in 2009. The findings of the Law Officers at that time was that no evidence was found of any impropriety, interference or improper advances by either serving or former members of An Garda Síochána. The general position is that when a Garda...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Annual Reports of the Committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the Diversion Programme under Part 4 of the Children Act 2001, as amended, include details of the number of incidents of youth crime and the number of individual children referred to the Programme each year. This information is broken down by Garda Region and Division. The reports for period 2004 -2009 are...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the persons referred to by the Deputy are the subjects of Deportation Orders, signed on 27 July 2010, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claims and applications for subsidiary protection, and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section...

Written Answers — Judicial Staff: Judicial Staff (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The annual leave allocation for District Court judges, which is taken in consultation with the President of the District Court, is as follows: Permanently assigned judges are allocated 12 days annual leave plus the month of August. Unassigned judges are allocated 36 days annual leave. District Court judges are also available, as required, for sitting out of hours. The allocation of...

Written Answers — Judicial Staff: Judicial Staff (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate court districts and circuits have more than one court venue and judges are required to travel between venues. There are 17 District judges and 13 Circuit Court judges assigned to districts or circuits the border of which is more than 20 km from their home. Details of payments made are set out as follows. Table 1 District Court 2010 Judge Home Travel &...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The location of Garda stations is primarily a matter for the Garda Commissioner. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Palmerstown area is policed on a 24 hour basis by both Ballyfermot and Ronanstown Garda Stations in the DMR West Garda Division. I also understand from the Garda authorities that there are no plans to open a new Garda station in Palmerstown and that the current...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 7 September, 2007, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The information sought in the question is not readily available and would have to be specifically compiled. To do so would involve the reallocation of resources at the expense of other more important tasks which would not be warranted. For the sake of completeness I should add for the information of the Deputy that asylum seekers are regularly transferred to different direct provision centres...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the Legal Aid Board does not provide information to third parties regarding any individual who may or may not be a client of the Board. The solicitor/client relationship is protected by privilege in accordance with the terms of Section 32 of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The majority of my Department's agencies avail of my Department's IT Shared Service which is currently managed on an outsourced basis by a consortium of Irish SMEs led by IBM Ireland. Expenditure with this Consortium for the outsourced service was €5.7 million in 2010 and €2.1 million to June 2011. During 2010 the IT Shared Service achieved an availability rate of 99.7%. My Department...

Written Answers — Civil Service Staff: Civil Service Staff (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that in so far as the question relates to primary grades within my Department, the grades and pay scales being provided are in respect of grades within An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service. Details of primary grades of civil servants in my Department and their relevant pay scales are available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with Government Decision of 15 March 2011, I retain a State car and Garda drivers. The Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Defence is entitled to claim motor mileage allowance in respect of the use of his private car on official business. All expenses & allowances payable to myself and the Minister of State are in accordance...

Written Answers — Athbhreithniú Fórsaí Cosanta: Athbhreithniú Fórsaí Cosanta (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Faoi láthair tá oifigigh i mo Roinnse, i gcomhchomhairle le comhghleacaithe míleata, ag déanamh scrúdú ar chaiteachas cosanta mar chuid den athbhreithniú cuimsitheach ar chaiteachas, a d'fhógair an Rialtas le déanaí. Tá treoir tugtha do Ranna na roghanna ar fad atá ann maidir le caiteachas a laghdú a leagan amach lena gcinneadh ag an Rialtas. Níl aon rogha curtha as an...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Review: Defence Forces Review (28 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which was established to examine all current Exchequer spending across all Departments and agencies and to identify where expenditure and staff savings might be made identified a saving by discontinuing the Army Equitation School. Despite this, on 3 March last, the then Minister for Defence, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, gave a...