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Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The number of personnel who have left the Permanent Defence Force broken down by Army, Naval Service and Air Corps to date in 2011 is contained in table 1 below. The total number of personnel due to retire on age grounds from the Permanent Defence Force during the remainder of 2011 and in 2012 are contained in table 2 below. It is not possible to estimate how many personnel will leave the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 111 together. Since taking up office as Minister for Defence, in March, I have met with each of the Defence Forces Representative Associations. On 8 April 2011, I met with both the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) and the Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (PDFORRA). At these meetings the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: A total of 19 female personnel have left the Permanent Defence Force in 2011. There are no female members of the Permanent Defence Force due to retire on age grounds during the remainder of 2011 or in 2012. It is not possible to estimate how many female personnel will leave the Permanent Defence Force for reasons other than age during this period. I have made clear that I will endeavour to...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Employment Control Framework (ECF) for the Defence Forces is based on a figure of 10,000 all ranks, appropriately configured across the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps to enable them meet the roles assigned by Government. The number of positions by rank in the Permanent Defence Force as of 30 September 2011 currently waiting to be filled, as compared with the Employment Control...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: On 15 July 1998 the then Government approved a programme of the closure and sale of six barracks considered surplus to military requirements. The barracks in question were located at Ballincollig, Fermoy, Naas, Castleblayney, Kildare, and Islandbridge, Dublin.The sale of 97 acres approximately at Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig was completed in 2003 for a total of €42 million. The bulk of the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 to 115, inclusive, together. I am advised by the Military authorities that the total strength of the Defence Forces at 30 September 2011, the latest date for which figures are available was 9,458, comprising 7,666 Army, 784 Air Corps and 1,008 Naval Service personnel. A comprehensive breakdown of the total strength of each branch of the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (26 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the military authorities that the strength of the Army Reserve and the Naval Service Reserve at 30 September 2011, the latest date for which figures are available, was 5,362. There were 5,107 personnel in the Army Reserve, 31 personnel in the Reserve Defence Force Training Academy and 224 personnel in the Naval Service Reserve. The strength of the Army Reserve and the Naval...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I understand the Deputy's question to relate to the investigation and/or prosecution of the moneylending offences provided for in Part VIII of the Consumer Credit Act 1995. In this regard, I am informed by the Garda authorities that where such offences are reported to An Garda Síochána the matter is the subject of investigation under the direction of local Garda District officers with...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: 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 makes provision for this and the CSO has established a...

Written Answers — UN Conventions: UN Conventions (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 and 350 together. 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...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: In November, 2009 a contract was concluded for the provision of an outsourced safety camera network to An Garda Síochána, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions and fatalities. The objective of the safety camera network is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives and prevent serious injury, not to generate revenue. I am...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Number 40 of 25 October, 2011 which indicated the following: In line with a commitment in the Programme for Government the Personal Insolvency Bill is in the course of being developed in my Department to provide for a new framework for settlement and enforcement of debt and for personal insolvency. The commitment under the EU/IMF Programme of...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The formulation of proposals in relation to the provision of services by An Garda Síochána at specific locations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner. The Garda authorities have advised me that a number of Garda public offices have been established within the Navan Garda District. These offices are open to the public for a number of hours each week and I understand...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 323 and 356 together. As the Deputy will be aware, earlier this year I forwarded outline proposals in relation to the abolition of upward only rent reviews clauses in existing business leases to the Attorney General for examination and development. I am giving further consideration to those proposals in the light of the most recent advices of the Attorney...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. 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 30th March, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. 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 15th August, 2007, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that a letter granting stamp 2 student status issued to this person's legal representatives on 25 October 2011. This is the appropriate permission for the person mentioned by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in November 2010. On examination of the application submitted, it was determined that the application be returned in its entirety to the person concerned for further attention on 23 November, 2010. In order to be fair to all...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 1st September, 2005 and applied for asylum on the following day. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 685 of 14 September 2011 which is set out below. The person referred to in that reply has registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Regarding her daughter, a representative of INIS wrote to her legal representatives on 2 September 2011 to request further documentation. Upon receipt of the requested documentation, her...