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Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: In the correspondence referred to by the Deputy, it is suggested that business owners should have a legal right to exercise their discretion in refusing entry to their premises to shoplifters. Business owners may reserve the right of admission to their premises where there are valid, non-discriminatory grounds for so doing. Business owners providing goods and services are, however,...

Written Answers — Legal Profession: Legal Profession (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have no function in the matter of striking off solicitors and disbarring barristers, nor in keeping statistics in this regard. I understand from the Law Society that 30 solicitors have been struck off the Roll of Solicitors since 2001, the breakdown being as follows: 2001 0 2002 1 2003 3 2004 3 2005 2 2006 1 2007 0 2008 3 2009 10 2010 7 I am informed by King's Inns that no...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The management and administration of the courts including responsibility for maintaining and publishing court statistics is a matter for the Courts Service. To be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made. The Courts Service has informed me that in 2009 the Master of the High Court made 663 orders giving liberty to enter judgment. The Courts Service has further advised that...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of her 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 27 February 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 140 of Wednesday, 20 April 2011. The position is unchanged since then. The reply was as follows: Arising from the refusal of her 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 23rd November, 2009, that the Minister proposed to...

Written Answers — Naval Service Operations: Naval Service Operations (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Customs Service of the Revenue Commissioners has primary responsibility for the prevention of drug smuggling into the country and responsibility for the prevention of crime rests primarily with An Garda Síochána. However, the White Paper on Defence, (2000), provides for a security role for the Naval Service to assist and support the civil authorities in this important work. The Joint...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 713 and 721 together. The amount of money spent on taxis by my Department in each of the past four years is as follows: Year Expenditure 2008 €33,583 2009 €24,236 2010 €20,222 2011 (to end August) €7,473 No specific allocation is made for the provision of taxis in my Department's annual Estimate. In accordance with Department of Finance...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Defence (Amendment Act) 1990 and Defence Force Regulations S.6 provide for the establishment of representative associations for members of the Permanent Defence Force. Under Defence Force Regulations S.6 section 13 (Officers) and section 30 (Enlisted Personnel), the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, second a member of the Permanent Defence Force to the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 715 to 720, inclusive, together. During 2005 and following reorganisation, the FCA - An Fórsa Cosanta Áitúil (Local Defence Force) - and the Slua Muirí became the Reserve Defence Forces, Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve with a consequent reduction and amalgamation of units. The establishment of the Naval Service Reserve since 1 October 2005 has...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: A total of four post holders in my Department have been issued with official credit cards, as set out as follows. Credit Card Holder Credit Limit Private Secretary to Minister for Defence €10,000 Private Secretary for Minister of State at the Department of Defence €10,000 Secretary-General of Department of Defence €10,000 Human Resources Manager €5,000 Details of total annual...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 723 to 725, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy, is set out in the following tabular statement. Office Staff Numbers31/12/2009 Staff Numbers31/12/2010 StaffNumbers01/01/11 –08/03/11(average) StaffNumbers31/08/2011 Salary Cost 2009(inc ER PRSI) Salary Cost 2010(inc ER PRSI) Salary Cost 01/01/11–08/03/11 Salary Cost 09/03/11 -...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The IT budgets for 2010 and 2011, for my Department and for each of the State agencies under the aegis of the Department, are listed in the following tabular form; 2010 2011 Department of Defence 1 €2,230,000 €2,260,000 Defence Forces €2,837,000 €2,368,000 Ombudsman for the Defence Forces IT Budget is built into the Office's overall grant-in-aid allocation (which is

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: Departmental submissions to the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure (CRE) are a central part of the overall pre-budget deliberations of the Government. As such, release of these documents could not be considered in advance of Government decisions on the forthcoming Budget.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The following table outlines the number of personnel in the Department of Defence and the Permanent Defence Force broken down annually from 2008 to 2011. The figures reflect the number of staff (full time equivalents) serving at the end of December each year and on 31 July 2011. Staff Numbers Department of Defence Permanent Defence Force 2008 384.64 10,409 2009 351.06 9,933 2010 328.79...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Military Authorities that General Routine Orders are published for the general information and guidance of members of the Defence Forces and consequently are descriptive in nature rather than prescriptive. Accordingly, the details contained in Paragraph 65 of General Routine Order 43/1955 cannot be relied upon to confer an entitlement to spectacles. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Cadetship Competition is the entry level for the majority of Officers of the Permanent Defence Force. From the Cadetship Competition, suitable candidates are selected for the award of cadetship positions. 42 Cadets were inducted in 2009 (30 Army and 12 Naval Service) and a further 30 Cadets were inducted in 2010 (21 Army, 6 Naval Service and 3 Air Corps). From the Cadetship...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from a recommendation made in 1990 by the Commission on Remuneration and Conditions of Service in the Defence Forces (the Gleeson Commission), Military Service Allowance (MSA) was made pensionable in the case of personnel retiring on or after 1 August 1990. This approach was fully consistent with settled public service pensions policy which provides that the benefit of an allowance...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: Based on professional fees paid by my Department in 2010, it is estimated that a reduction in the fees of 25% would have yielded savings in the region of €1.2m.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (15 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: It is the Government's intention to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to ensure that all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under the Convention are being met. As the Deputy may be aware, Ireland does not become party to treaties until it is first in a position to comply with the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 14 September 2011, which states: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in May 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether...