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Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The extent to which my Department provides supports to failed asylum seekers or other illegal immigrants returning to their country of origin depends largely on whether or not such persons are willing to leave the State voluntarily. Where a failed asylum seeker or illegal immigrant decides to return voluntarily to their country of origin before a Deportation Order is made in respect of them,...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Valid applications for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy were received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in August 2007 and my predecessor decided in his absolute discretion to refuse the applications. The persons concerned were informed of the Minister's in a letter issued on 15th October, 2009. It...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: There are currently around 2,100 full-time-equivalent civilian support staff in the Garda Síochána. These staff provide vital support services in a wide range of areas, such as human resources, training & development, IT and telecommunications, finance and procurement, internal audit, research and analysis, accommodation and fleet management, scene-of-crime support and medical services....

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána now operates a new model of Community Policing which aims to build upon and enhance progress made so far. I fully support this renewed emphasis on Community Policing particularly in light of the priority given to this by the Programme for Government.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that a significant amount of Garda time has to be devoted to court duties. In that context specific measures have been put in place by the Garda authorities, and in legislation, to minimise the extent to which Garda members have to attend in court. This is, of course, subject to the overall requirements of justice and judicial supervision. My position, and that of...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Information on the work of Garda Juvenile Liaison Officers (JLOs) is published annually in the Report of the Committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the Diversion Programme, in accordance with Section 44 of the Children Act 2001, as amended. The last published report, for 2009, is available on the website of the Irish Youth Justice Service (www.iyjs.ie) and on the Garda website...

Written Answers — Whistleblower Protection: Whistleblower Protection (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: On the basis of the details supplied by the Deputy, I am not in a position to reply to the question. If the Deputy provides further information, I will be happy to respond to him.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Long Term Residency section of my Department that the person named by the Deputy in the details accompanying his Question was granted Long Term Residency on 10 March 2011 for a period of 5 years. This particular permission to remain does not extend to the person's dependants. Records in my Department indicate that the second and third reference numbers referred to in the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for an initial 2 year period on Stamp 4 conditions from 4 October, 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA national parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. I am informed that the permission to remain granted was renewed in 2008 and in 2010, and is currently...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 5 May 2005, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of her asylum claim. Her case was reviewed in June 2008 and again in November of 2009. A detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) was conducted and on both occasions a...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 112 of Thursday, 19th May, 2011, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that reply. It is noted that the address supplied in the Deputy's Question does not match the address currently on record in my Department for the person concerned. As it is incumbent on an...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The name of the person referred to by the Deputy does not match the name of any person on my Department's databases. As it is not possible to establish definitively the person to whom the Deputy is referring, I cannot provide the information sought at this time. However, if the Deputy wishes to clarify the identity of the person concerned, a substantive response will be provided. I should...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 140 of Wednesday, 20th April, 2011, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. I should 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 — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim, and a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) a Deportation Order was signed in respect of this person on 26 August 2004. Following further consideration of his case, in particular of the issue raised by the Deputy, a decision was...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 30 January 2008 and applied for asylum on the same date. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 546 and 553 together. I have just recently received the report of the Thornton Hall Review Group. Subject to the views of my Cabinet colleagues, it is my intention to publish this report at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Section 19 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 as amended by Section 185 of the Criminal Justice Act of 20006 already provides that any person who assaults or threatens to assault a peace officer acting in the execution of his or her duty, knowing that he or she is, or being reckless as to whether he or she is, a peace officer so acting, shall be guilty of an offence. In this...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Plans for the holding of a Referendum on the pay of judges are well advanced. The Referendum will, it is intended, be held in conjunction with the Presidential Election. Following Government approval of the text of the necessary Amendment of the Constitution Bill it will be published on a date that is consistent with the requirements of the Referendum Act 1994 in relation to an order...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: My Department's IT Division provides a centralised IT Shared Service to approximately 2,100 direct customers in 23 agencies in 27 national and international locations using 220 servers. The capacity of individual servers varies widely depending on the role and function of that server. In general the servers behind the Shared Service would have a cumulative capacity of between 30 and 60...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government 2011-2016 includes a commitment to ensure that all State Boards have at least 40 per cent of each gender. Composite data on women's participation on State Boards during 2010 will be made available to the Government shortly and are expected to show that about 34% of places on State Boards were held by women in 2010. My colleague, Ms. Kathleen Lynch T.D., Minister...