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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: 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 9th July, 2008, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person referred to by the Deputy is a failed asylum seeker who has been in the State from 19 February 2007. He married an EU citizen on 25 June 2009 and applied for residency on the basis of EU Treaty Rights under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 and 2008. Permission to reside in the State was granted from the 29 July 2010 on the basis of being...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State, on Stamp 4 conditions, on 25 June 2010. This permission was renewed subsequently and is currently valid until 26 December 2011. The person concerned was advised in both decision letters that he is required to apply one month before the expiry period if he wishes to renew his permission to remain. To date, INIS...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 165 on 20 October, 2011. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Dec 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 July, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The individual concerned claimed asylum in 2005 and the issue of refoulement was considered in the context of that asylum claim, which was ultimately rejected by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. The refusal of the asylum claim was upheld on appeal to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Following the refusal of her asylum claim, the applicant's legal representatives submitted...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy has permission to remain in the state until 2 June 2016 and that this permission allows him to work in the State without the requirement of a work permit. This person's family members have permission to remain in the State as his dependants. To date no application has been...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. I attach the highest priority to the full investigation of white collar crime and bringing the perpetrators of such crime to justice. I have already expressed my unhappiness at the protracted nature of the investigations underway. This is not a criticism of the investigators and prosecutors, who face tough challenges as a result of the...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The emergence in recent years of criminal gangs has had significant implications for the management of Irish prisons. Rivalries and feuds which develop on the outside continue inside of prison. Prison management have to ensure that the various factions are kept apart and, as far as possible, that gang members do not have influence over other inmates or criminal activities outside the...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, there has been a consistent increase in the total prisoner population in Ireland over recent years. The problem of prison overcrowding therefore remains a challenging issue which unfortunately cannot be resolved overnight. I share the view of the Thornton Hall Review Group that decisive action is required on a number of fronts in order to address the problem of...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The statistics requested by the Deputy are provided in the following tables. In 2010 the Irish Prison Service recategorised the offence groups under which prisoners' convictions are recorded. Statistics are now compiled using the same groups as those used by An Garda Síochána, the Central Statistics Office, the Courts Service and the Probation Service. On 28th October, 2011 there were...

Written Answers — Jury Intimidation: Jury Intimidation (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999 makes it an offence to harm or threaten, menace or in any other way intimidate or put in fear a person who is assisting in the investigation by An Garda Síochána of an offence or a witness or potential witness or a juror or potential juror in proceedings for an offence or a member of his or her family, intending to obstruct, pervert or interfere...

Written Answers — Garda Operational Reviews: Garda Operational Reviews (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: As I have indicated to this House on many occasions, tackling crime, and bringing those involved to justice, is a priority for the Government. At operational level the implementation of specific measures to deal with those engaging in criminal activity is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. In that context Garda management closely monitors the allocation of resources with reference to...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Properties: Defence Forces Properties (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Since being appointed Minister for Defence I have had one approach from this Society and met with three of their representatives in June last. At that meeting they outlined their concerns on a number of incidents that had occurred in the Curragh over recent years and sought the introduction of a number of measures that had been proposed by the Inter-Departmental Task Force on the future...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Properties: Defence Forces Properties (1 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Officials from Enterprise Ireland and the IDA visited the site on the 14 November last. On 16 November, I met with a deputation from Kildare Chamber of Commerce to discuss possible future uses. In terms of disposal the Deputy will appreciate that the market remains extremely difficult. In the past week my Department has written to all other Government Departments and a number of State...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is deliberately not listening.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Coming from someone who destroyed the economy, that is not very convincing.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Does Deputy Healy-Rae want to tell us how many hundreds of thousands of euro his company gets from Kerry County Council?

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Martin is performing the role of Mr. Angry Man.

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (6 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No 155 of 2009) prescribe the fees and expenses payable for services provided under the Coroners Act, 1962. The fee payable to a person for performing a post-mortem or a special examination, including preparatory work, any tests required and subsequent report to the coroner is €321.40. The fee payable to a person for...