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Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the total number of Garda Stations in the country at the end of 2011 was 703. I have been further informed by the Garda Commissioner that there are currently 421 networked Garda locations in the country. While not every Garda station is a networked location, every District and Divisional Headquarters is, therefore providing access to that...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the personnel strength of the Kerry Division on the 31 December 2011, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 314 which compares with 334 on the 31 December 2010 or a reduction of approximately 6%. As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of resources, including personnel, vehicles and other equipment, is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on agreed priorities established by An Garda Síochána. This programme is progressed in co-operation with the Office of Public Works, who have responsibility for capital expenditure in relation to Garda accommodation. The Deputy will recall from the reply I gave to her in Parliamentary Question No 130 on 1st...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will recall that the Government announced in December last that it had decided not to proceed with legislation in the area referred to in his question. There was a substantial concern that any legislative scheme involving interference in the contractual relationships of private parties would find it extremely difficult to survive a Constitutional challenge. In addition, at this...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: In common with all citizens of Iraq the persons referred to are required to be in possession of a visa prior to seeking entry to the State. All persons who are visa required and who are not in possession of same should refer to the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie). The visa application process and procedures are available there. Each visa...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information required in the limited time available. However, the information is currently being collated and will be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Commissioner that the personnel strength of Dublin Airport on 31 December 2010 and on the 31 December 2011 was 22 and 33 respectively. These numbers are augmented by officers from the Garda National Immigration Bureau whose deployment in Dublin airport is dependent on the passenger numbers flowing through the airport on any given day. The Deputy will be aware...

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Courts are, subject only to the constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of their judicial functions and the conduct of any court case is a matter for the presiding judge. In order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the place to which a person appearing before the District Court is...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The names of the Garda Stations which are scheduled to close in 2012 have been provided to the House in the Policing Plan for An Garda Síochána which I lodged with the House last December. I have also today circulated with my response to Parliamentary Question 6551/12, a table containing the names of those stations. I have requested information from the Garda authorities along the lines...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: There is no entitlement to Irish citizenship by virtue of marriage to an Irish citizen under the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, whether the marriage takes place in the State or in a foreign country. The spouse of an Irish citizen may attain Irish citizenship through naturalisation at the absolute discretion of the Minister. Under Section 15A of the...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that under section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner may charge for certain policing services. The question of charges for the type of services referred to by the Deputy is under review at present.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The strength of the Garda Síochána at the end of 2011 was just under 13,900, along with over 2,000 civilian support staff and over 800 Garda Reserve members. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the total number of Garda retirements from the Force in the first two months of this year is expected to be around 300. To put that figure into context, in 2009 the number of retirements was...

Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that law enforcement in relation to the smuggling of tobacco products and the sale of illicit or counterfeit tobacco products within the State is primarily a matter for the Revenue Commissioners. While it has not been possible to identify the specific report to which the Deputy refers, the Revenue authorities have informed me that a survey commissioned in 2009 by the...

Written Answers — Housing Management Companies: Housing Management Companies (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: One of the principal objectives of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 is to ensure transfer of the common areas of multi-unit developments from developers to the owners' management companies concerned. Section 4 of the Act, which deals with partially completed developments, and section 5, which deals with substantially completed developments, provide that transfer of the relevant parts of...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Sex Offenders Act 2001 contains a comprehensive series of provisions aimed at protecting children and other persons. Part 2 of the Act makes persons convicted of a range of sexual offences subject to notification requirements. The provisions of the Act also extend to any offenders convicted abroad of the same range of sexual offences who enter the State. I am informed by the Garda...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 25 October 2011. The position is unchanged since then. I have no plans at present to reform the legislation on citizenship and naturalisation beyond those changes contained in the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2011. My primary objective for legislative reform in the immigration area is to progress the...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am sure the House will join me in condemning all subversive groups and their activities. We should be clear that the so-called 'dissident republicans' are no more than criminal terrorists using violence in pursuit of their own, often personal, ends. They have no support in the wider community, North and South, for either their criminal activities or their violent methods. Since early 2009...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will recall that in response to his request for clarification on the matter I wrote to him on 8 December last confirming that the Government had decided not to proceed with legislation to abolish upwards only rent reviews in existing commercial leases. The letter in question was written after the announcement in the Budget to that effect. That decision was taken on foot of...

Written Answers — Independent International Commission on Decommissioning: Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 169 to 174, inclusive, of 26 January 2012. The position is as set out in that reply.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, having obtained Government approval for urgent drafting by the Office of the Attorney General and Parliamentary Counsel, I published the text of the General Scheme of the Personal Insolvency Bill on 25 January 2012. There is a requirement under the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland to publish the Bill in Quarter 1 of 2012 – since extended to...