Results 6,041-6,060 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Seanad: Health Services (14 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am a great admirer of the work done by the Jack and Jill foundation. If the funding was available and I had the power in the morning, I would make it available to facilitate the service continuing up to the age of six and to relieve some of the financial pressures on the foundation. As the Senator knows, there are huge financial difficulties. There is a huge battle to meet the diversity...

Legal Aid Service (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputy Mulherin for providing me with the opportunity to discuss the matters she has raised. As she knows, the Legal Aid Board has 33 full-time law centres located throughout the country, including seven located in Dublin. The board also operates a private practitioner service, refugee documentation service and library service in Montague Lane, Dublin. In addition, the functions of...

Legal Aid Service (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy might be aware that the judgment which was delivered by the courts in the 1976 case of State (Healy) v. O'Donoghue, which has been reiterated in many judgments since then, provides for a constitutional right to legal aid in criminal cases. As I have already mentioned, there is a view that a small application fee might deter some applicants from availing of the scheme in...

Courts Service (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. As I recently outlined to her in reply to a parliamentary question, the Courts Service has informed me that at present, there are nine High Court cases and one Supreme Court case in which judgments are awaited for between three and six months. I have also been advised that there are 15 cases in the High Court and 19 cases in the Supreme...

Courts Service (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I expect to receive the report early in the new year and intend to publish it then. I hope it will contain comprehensive recommendations to address outstanding issues, in order facilitate the hearing of cases earlier than currently occurs in some courts. I also hope the measures that have been taken will ensure that judgments which are outstanding are delivered within a reasonable period....

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together. The Sex Offenders Act 2001 contains a number of provisions aimed at reducing the risk to the public from convicted sex offenders. These include a notification system, also known as the "Sex Offenders' Register". A convicted sex offender is required to notify his name and home address to An Garda Síochána within 7 days of becoming...

Written Answers — Legal Judgments: Legal Judgments (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The legal issues that bear on the case referred to by the Deputy are the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court in another preceding case and, as they are sub-judice, I am constrained as to any comment I can make on the matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The total net allocated budget for the Justice and Equality Vote in 2011 is €355,195,000. The actual outturns at subhead level will not be available until after the end of the financial year and will be published in the Departments Appropriation Account for 2011.

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

Alan Shatter: Last month, I signed into law Statutory Instrument 569/11, which introduced an application fee of €175 for applications for a certificate of naturalisation. Managing and dealing with incomplete applications consumes scarce processing resources and the application fee is designed to recoup some of the costs associated with the application process. The application fee is also intended to...

Written Answers — Illegal Immigrants: Illegal Immigrants (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question 168 of 17 November 2011, Parliamentary Questions 161 and 174 of 24 November 2011 and Parliamentary Question 276 of 6 December 2011. The position is unchanged since then. I am aware that there have been proposals of this nature and of course my Department will give due consideration to the issue. However great caution should be...

Written Answers — Criminal Injuries Compensation: Criminal Injuries Compensation (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of a crime of violence in this State may make application for compensation under the terms of the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal. An application form may be obtained by contacting the Tribunal's Offices at 13 Lower Hatch...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department does not, as a matter of policy, incur public relations expenditure. However, expenditure does arise from time to time on public information notices such as, for example, the dangers of fireworks, illegal drug dealing or the bringing into force of new legislation and other statutory notices. The information requested concerning consultancy...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 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 May, 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Question posed by the Deputy is very general and non-specific in nature. I am not aware of any new positions that have been created. However, the number of new committees and advisory groups that have been created are set out as follows: Expert Group on Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights . A new National Steering Committee on Violence against Men met for the...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The number of committals for the past 3 years solely for non - payment of fines and civil debt is set out in the table. Figures are taken from the Annual Reports of the Irish Prison Service. In the case of 2011, these figures are provisional pending the publication of the 2011 Annual Report. Year Committals for non - payment of fines Committal for non - payment of civil debt 2011 (up to...

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The position is that options to respond to the High Court judgment continue to be considered in the light of advices from the Office of the Attorney General.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State based on his parentage of an Irish born citizen child in 2000. This permission has been renewed on a number of occasions and is currently valid to 30 January 2012. The person concerned should attend the Garda National Immigration...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned are failed asylum seekers. Their respective applications for Subsidiary Protection were considered and refused. Deportation Orders were made in respect of the persons concerned and these Orders were served by registered post which placed a legal obligation on them to leave the State. The persons concerned initiated judicial review proceedings in the High Court,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned had her status as a refugee revoked in March, 2010. She was subsequently granted Permission to Remain in the State for the twelve month period to 4th February, 2012. This position still obtains. An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The first named person concerned applied for asylum on 17 April 2007. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeal Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 9 February 2009, that...