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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in November 2010. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the licensing requirements of the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 will, when enacted, apply to providers of property services, including the letting of land. As the Interpretation Act 2005 already contains a definition of "land", which includes houses and buildings, there is no legal requirement to include a definition in this legislation. However, in order to...

Written Answers — Legal Services Regulation: Legal Services Regulation (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I would draw the attention of the Deputy to sections 69 and 70 in Part 6 of the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 which makes provision for the imposition of a levy on the Bar Council and Law Society to cover the expenses of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority and of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. As a general rule, the total amount of the levy payable in each financial...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: A final decision on whether station closures will take place will be taken in the coming weeks when the Commissioner's Policing Plan for 2012 is finalised. That policing plan will be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. I must stress that as with every other public sector organisation, the Garda Síochána is going to have to manage with reduced resources. The Garda Commissioner is...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The estimated annual cost of issuing hard copy payslips to 754 employees in my Department and in its associated offices amounts to €8,655 in 2011. Options for the increased use of electronic payslips are currently under consideration and I would expect a significant reduction in these figures during 2012.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The estimated annual cost of issuing hard copy payslips to the 20,799 employees and 9,026 pensioners of the agencies accountable to me amounts to €510,641 in 2011. Options for the increased use of electronic payslips are currently under consideration but there are particular technical, logistical and cost challenges in providing electronic payslips for the majority of these people since...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with relevant legislation, the Irish Red Cross Society is an independent charitable body corporate with full power to manage and administer its own affairs. My Department pays an annual grant to the Society of €951,000 which includes the Government's annual contribution (currently €130,000) to the International Committee of the Red Cross. The balance of the grant goes...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: In June last the Government decided that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine would chair a Working Group to oversee the clean-up of the former Ispat site on Haulbowline Island. Cork County Council are acting as an agent of that Department on the technical aspects of an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a landfill licence. The preparation of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together. The cost of issuing payslips to all employees and pensioners paid by me (including cheques/payslips) for 2010 was in the region of €137k. The number of employees who received hard copy payslips for the year 2010 is as follows: · Defence Forces Personnel 9,746 · Defence Forces Reserve 3,170 (occasional payments) · Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (3 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Department of Health is responsible for policy formation in respect of pre-hospital emergency care, and the Health Service Executive, (HSE) has statutory responsibility for the provision of ambulance services throughout the State. The role of the Air Corps as set out in the White Paper on Defence is to provide a range of military and non-military services in support of the State. These...

Written Answers — Daylight Savings Time: Daylight Savings Time (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Nos. 10 and 16 of 23 June, 2011 below and Question No. 73 of 25 October 2011. The position remains unchanged and with particular regard to the last paragraph of my previous replies. I can advise the Deputy that while officials of my Department continue to carefully monitor the situation in the United Kingdom I have no plans at this time to...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362 and 363 together. Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 the Garda Commissioner must each year prepare a policing plan setting out the proposed arrangements for the policing of the State, including any proposal to cease stationing members in a Garda station. The policing plan, once it has been approved by the Minister, is laid before each House. The Garda...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 the Garda Commissioner must each year prepare a policing plan setting out the proposed arrangements for the policing of the State, including any proposal to cease stationing members in a Garda station. The policing plan, once it has been approved by the Minister, is laid before each House. The Garda Commissioner has been reviewing the Garda station network...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner, in consultation with his senior management team, is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation, and I have no function in the matter. The moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the Public Service continues to apply to the Garda Síochána for both sworn members and civilian...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that there are no plans, at this time, to make Carndonagh Garda Station to a 24 hour Garda Station. I am further informed by the Commissioner that the Carndonagh Station is in the Buncrana District and the Garda strengths in each of those stations are 4 and 53, respectively. The opening hours of each of those Garda Station are: Station Monday-Friday...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: In the time available it has not been possible to obtain the details requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to decide in accordance with his identified operational requirements and priorities. At Divisional level, responsibility for the efficient deployment of all Garda vehicles is a matter for the Divisional Officer. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the current allocation of Garda vehicles...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. In that context the efficient deployment of Garda vehicles within each Garda Division is a matter for the Divisional Officer in the light of operational requirements. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the situation with regard to Sneem Garda station is being kept under on-going review....