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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application...

Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The details provided by the Deputy in his Question do not correspond with any Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Justice and Equality laid down for answer on 27 September 2011. My Department has been in contact with the Deputy's Office seeking clarification and I will write to the Deputy in the near future.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the following former Secretaries General are currently engaged in various roles within public bodies/agencies falling within the remit of my Department. The Deputy may wish to note that with the exception of the Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) none of the positions listed below are in an employment relationship with the public...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: Part of the information sought by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statement. Rents are reviewed on a regular basis and amounts are determined by a number of factors, including size, location and quality of the facility. Information regarding the specific rents paid in respect of each premises is commercially sensitive and I cannot therefore provide this information. However the...

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 192 together. As the House is aware, on Tuesday, 15 November the Government approved a proposal from me to proceed with a further phase of consolidation of Defence Force personnel into fewer locations with the closure of four barracks. The barracks being closed are Kickham Barracks Clonmel, Columb Barracks Mullingar, O'Neill Barracks Cavan and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: There are no former Secretaries General employed by my Department or by any bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Department sources its staff through the Public Appointments Service. There is no cost to the Department for using this service.

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (17 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: This motion proposes to amend the terms of reference of the tribunal of inquiry into allegations of collusion by members of the Garda Síochána or other employees of the State in the murder by the Provisional IRA of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Bob Buchanan in March 1989. The tribunal was established in 2005 and is chaired by Judge Peter Smithwick, former...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: Tell us about your legacy to this country.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy's party proposed that 2% increase.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy never stopped making promises.

Official Engagements (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: On which planet is the Deputy? Is it Neptune, Pluto or Mars?

Official Engagements (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is very tempting.

Prison Visiting Committees (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputies O'Brien and Daly for raising these important matters and for the opportunity to speak on some of the issues which occurred in our prisons in 2010, prior to my appointment as Minister for Justice and Equality. I published the Prison Visiting Committees' annual reports for 2010 on 18 November 2011. They highlight a number of issues relating to prison conditions and services....

Prison Visiting Committees (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I will try to be rapid. I visited Cork Prison where a new procedure to replace what they used to use in the context of slopping out is being put in place. I will have a detailed letter sent to Deputy O'Brien about that issue because I am conscious of the time constraints. On the second issue, the prisons are overcrowded. Successive Governments failed adequately to address the problem. We...

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 1: In page 13, line 10, to delete "of," and substitute ", of". This is a minor drafting amendment. It might the briefest amendment I have ever dealt with.

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 2: In page 14, line 3, after "59(3)," to insert " or 60(1),". I thought we might have given more time to the previous amendment. On Committee Stage I flagged my intention to introduce new provisions to address the potentially serious conflicts of interest which can arise where an auctioneer promotes an apparently attractive loan package to intending purchasers without...

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 3: In page 14, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: ""land" has the meaning assigned to it by the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;". The Bill does not include a specific definition of "land" because the definition in the Interpretation Act 2005 is a generally applicable definition. However, it appears that the lack of a definition has resulted in...

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 4: In page 15, to delete lines 38 to 40 and substitute the following: "(i) which is formed for the purposes of becoming the owner of all or some of the common areas of the development, and". This is a technical amendment that will ensure consistency between the definition of "management body" in the Bill and the corresponding definition in the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011.