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

Alan Shatter: Submissions by third parties in respect of immigration applications under consideration by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) can be made in writing to the appropriate section of INIS, details of which are on the INIS website - www.inis.gov.ie. All submissions made are given due consideration in the overall consideration of an application, subject to the requirements of...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (7 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have written to the Deputy today providing the detailed information sought in Parliamentary Questions 182 and 183 of 25 January 2012.

Written Answers — Court Orders: Court Orders (7 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under Section 19C of The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as inserted by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2002, it is an offence for a person to enter on and occupy property without the consent of the owner. Under Section 19E of the Act, An Garda Síochána have the power to arrest persons who fail to leave when requested and seize anything they may have brought onto the...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (7 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. No appointments have been made to these bodies to the post equivalent to the CEO or de facto Accounting Officer since 1 January 2009. Neither the Army Pensions Board nor the Board of Coiste an Asgard has a Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 to 155, inclusive, together. The Deputy will appreciate that the questions posed raise issues that would go beyond the remit of my Department, including matters concerning the operation of payment services systems and best practice in doing business on-line. Of course, I do appreciate that in the current economic climate, the challenges faced by retailers...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the situation concerning the protest encampment referred to had been monitored by An Garda Síochána for some time. The group in question were encamped on private property and there had been ongoing liaison between An Garda Síochána, the group in question, the Central Bank and other interested parties. Policing of the protest was of course at...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information requested in the time available. The information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is to hand.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. The person concerned was informed of this in a letter issued to him on 16 February, 2012. Once the prescribed fee and requested documents have been submitted, an invitation to a citizenship ceremony will issue to him at which he will make a declaration of fidelity to the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned were granted temporary permission to remain in the State in June 2000, under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission to remain was renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 6 December, 2012. An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first person referred to in the Deputy's Question was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person in question has been asked to produce certain documentation in relation to his residence in the State. On production of satisfactory documentation, the situation regarding his residence in the State will be fully considered by my officials. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State until 3 March 2012. The person concerned was required to apply in writing one month before the end of the expiry period for the renewal of this permission. My Department's records show no evidence of such a renewal application having been made and consequently the person concerned is currently without permission...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 205 on 7th March, 2012. The position remains as stated. Reply to Parliamentary Question 205 of 7th March, 2012 I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in April, 2010....

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The Civil Defence Act 2002 provides that the Board shall consist of at least eight but not more than fourteen members who shall be appointed by the Minister for Defence. Legislation is currently being drafted to dissolve the Civil Defence Board and transfer the...

Crime Statistics (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 63 together. Beginning with the Deputy's crime statistics queries, I am informed by the Central Statistics Office, which has the statutory responsibility for the production of crime statistics, that the recorded crime statistics for 2011 are expected to be published at the end of this month. This reflects a new publication layout and schedule, as a...

Crime Statistics (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: To take the first question first, the Garda is very conscious of the reality that more incidents tend to occur at weekends than during the week. I expect the new Garda roster will be of considerable assistance in this context and it is expected that it will start to operate from 1 April. That will allow for the organisation of gardaí in order to focus a concentration of gardaí in urban...

Crime Statistics (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: -----and I believe they will be successful in bringing to justice those responsible.

Crime Statistics (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Recent legislation is being fully used by the Garda to target these gangs. Gardaí are applying all appropriate resources to bring to justice those who are responsible for the deaths that have occurred. I do not believe it is acceptable that we have gangs who believe they can take life with no accountability or responsibility. I have absolute faith in the work gardaí are doing to bring to...

Criminal Prosecutions (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government is very well aware of its obligations under the UN instruments to which it is a party and which have as their core the protection of fundamental human rights. Those rights are also guaranteed by Bunreacht na hÉireann. Nevertheless the Constitution recognises there are circumstances in which the functioning of the justice system may be undermined unless strong measures are...

Criminal Prosecutions (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have no intention of seeking to repeal the Offences Against the State Act. The Deputy knows the remaining and continuing threat from what are sometimes referred to as dissident organisations. I regard them as urban terrorists intent on destroying the peace process in Northern Ireland and on the whole island of Ireland. This State needs to have available to it the mechanism of the...