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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy dated 29 April 2010 and 21 May 2010 regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30620/10]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the status of an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30622/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy dated 12 May 2010 regarding an application for Garda clearance from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30623/10]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform that status of an application for permanent residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30624/10]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the options available to a person (details supplied) who obtained residency based on their marriage to an EU national, but they are now separated, and whose recent application for residency renewal was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30625/10]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a certificate of naturalisation in view of the fact that they secured permission to remain in October 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30626/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in view of the administrative rules governing the visas issued to domestic workers employed in embassies/consular/diplomatic households, the name of this specific type of visa; the terms and conditions of this visa and the criteria for issuing them; if there is a difference between the type of visa issued to household workers...

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to correspondence between persons (details supplied) and the Assistant Garda Commissioner for the western region, regarding complaints about defects, inadequacies and incompetence in the conduct of Garda Síochána disciplinary proceedings against a member arising from the Garda investigation; if he...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department's secondary salary section is not paying out the bike grant to secondary school teachers until 2011; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the reason given is that there are too many secondary teachers and that applications will only be...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I support the thrust of this group of amendments tabled by Deputy Shatter. We live in a society where violent crime, unfortunately, is the order of the day. This group of amendments seeks to address the issue where the victim interacts with the criminal justice system. All Deputies have been engaged with persons who have been victims of crime and are bewildered by their experience. They...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to hear what the Minister has to say.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 8: In page 7, line 32, after "by" to insert "the prosecution or". This is a straightforward amendment which seeks to clarify the practice where an application is made for a victim impact report. The practice is that it is usually made by counsel for the DPP, and therefore it is necessary to make plain in the legislation that given that it is not customarily the victim...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Clearly the Minister of State is not going to change that opinion. I accept that and withdraw the amendment.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, after line 53, to insert the following: "(5) Where a person in respect of whom an offence has been committed, or a family member of that person, proposes to give evidence under subsection (3) orally rather than in writing, it shall not be necessary for the court to give any particular direction or warning to that person in respect of his or her evidence."....

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not see how they are mutually incompatible. One can have subsection 5 and the proper disbarment of the publication of matter that wanders outside of what is contained in the written statement. One can also have the new section I have proposed. It is a belt-and-braces provision which makes clear the practice and the rights of the victim in such circumstances. The Minister is arguing...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I surrender.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 10: In page 10, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "(7) This section is without prejudice to the power of a court to receive evidence regarding the effect of an offence, other than an offence to which this section applies, on the person in respect of whom the offence was committed.". This amendment proposes to insert a new and necessary section to make it...

Business of Dáil (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for his courtesy in seeing the Criminal Procedure Bill through to finality. It is by no means the most significant piece of legislation we have put through in this area. The Minister for Justice and Law Reform claims that his Department has enacted some 60% of the legislation put through the House in the past couple of years. I do not know if the percentage is as high...

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: With the agreement of the House I wish to share time with my colleagues Deputies Jack Wall and Emmet Stagg. I thank the Government for agreeing to complete Second Stage of the Bill tonight because of the unconscionably long time we have waited for it. Tens of thousands of people are waiting for this Bill to become law and in this regard I am grateful to the Minister and the Government for...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister, Deputy Martin, dealt with them when he was in that Department.