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Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. I am advised by the Garda authorities that provision has been made in the Garda Vote for 2012 to acquire new vehicles for An Garda Síochána and in that general context a Request for Tender is currently being developed in conjunction with the National Procurement Service. This is...

Written Answers — Legal Judgments: Legal Judgments (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 231 on 15th December, 2011. The case referred to has not yet received a hearing date and as the Deputy will be aware the scheduling of cases is a matter for the judiciary. Reply to Parliamentary Question 231 of 15th December, 2011 The legal issues that bear on the case referred to by the Deputy are the subject of an appeal to the...

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service provides general healthcare services for the assessment, treatment and care of prisoners comparable to those available in a community primary care setting and which are appropriate to a custodial environment. Prisoners are referred to external specialist services as clinically indicated by the prison doctor and referrals are on the same basis as for citizens in the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was granted residence for 5 years on the basis of EU Treaty Rights on 21 October 2003. The person in question was subsequently granted a further 5 year period under EU Treaty Rights on 24 November 2007. The current position is that, following the granting of permission on 24 November 2007, the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (12 Jan 2012)

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 4th February, 2011, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply - set out beneath - to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 439 of Tuesday, 15th November, 2011. The position is unchanged since then. The Deputy can be assured that the procedures followed, and to be followed, in the case of the person concerned are as set out in the relevant national asylum and immigration legislation and also take account of the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State, initially on Stamp 2A (student) conditions and subsequently on Stamp 4 conditions. The decision to grant him permission to remain had regard for the fact that his mother had been granted permission to remain in the State, in 2002, based on her parentage of an Irish born citizen child. The Stamp 4 based permission to remain...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 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 Immigration Service (INIS) in June 2006. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person in question did not meet the statutory residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the pre-April 2004 Defence Forces Pensions Schemes, commissioned officers in the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) – including Air Corps pilots – may qualify for payment of pension and lump sum immediately on retirement after 12 years' pensionable service, regardless of age. However, these arrangements have undergone fundamental reform. This process of reform began with the previous...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: This is a very complicated issue and covers a wider range of individuals other than those who deserted to join the British Army during World War II. Having regard to the wider dimensions of the issue, including for those who were actually tried by Court Martial for desertion during the Emergency and thereafter, the matter has been referred to the Attorney General's Office for advice. The...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1The Deputy will appreciate that a considerable amount of Garda time has to be devoted to court duties. In that context specific measures have been put in place by the Garda authorities, and in legislation, to minimise the extent to which Garda members have to attend in court. Following a detailed review of the procedures involved, the Garda Commissioner is making arrangements to implement...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1The issue and renewal of work permits is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Where a person is granted a work permit and requires a visa in order to come to Ireland to take up employment, the matter is expedited by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service subject to normal immigration controls. Re-entry visas are issued to visa required work...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1I can inform the Deputy that the Legal Aid Board is unable to provide an immediate service to all applicants. However in recognition of the fact that certain categories of cases require an immediate or almost immediate service the following matters are accorded priority: · child abduction proceedings; · cases in which there is a real danger of children being taken out of the jurisdiction...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 2057I wish to inform the Deputy that as the Legal Aid Board is a statutory, independent body in accordance with the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, any decision to grant or refuse legal aid is a matter for the Board. Under Section 7(3) of the Act, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which the Legal Aid Board is or may be concerned....

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 4I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 2057The moratorium on Public Service Recruitment continues to apply to An Garda Síochána and no date has been fixed for future intakes into the Garda College. A decision on when recruitment will re-commence will take into account the rate of retirements in the Garda Síochána and Government targets, set in the context of the agreement with the EU and the IMF, to reduce the numbers of...

Written Answers — Legal Services Regulation Bill: Legal Services Regulation Bill (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions No. 27 and 37 of 1 December 2011. In my reply I indicated that while a preliminary regulatory impact assessment had been in preparation it did not prove possible to complete it for publication at the same time as the Bill. This was due to the exceptionally demanding EU/IMF deadline that applied and was met by the Government in...

Written Answers — Drug Offences: Drug Offences (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1I understand the Deputy's question to refer to drugs offences which attract the mandatory minimum sentencing provisions as set out in Section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Acts 1999, 2006 and 2007). The data as requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. However, I have asked the Courts Service to supply the information sought...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1The Government's Legislative Programme which was published on 11 January provides that the Mediation Bill will be published in 2012. However, as indicated in Section G of the Programme, I intend to forward the draft Heads of the Bill to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality for any observations or suggestions they may have prior to finalising its contents.

Written Answers — Immigration Service: Immigration Service (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the Asylum & Immigration Strategic Integration Programme (AISIP) went live in October 2011. One of the principal aims of the new system is to ensure more efficient management of its cases by combining into one system over 20 stand-alone and disparate IT systems involving 69 separate types of applications and...