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Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Population figures for Moyvane and Ballylongford were based on information ascertained from the 2006 Census. As Tarbert Garda Station was not a station which was identified for closure in the policing plan for 2012, the question of assessing the population covered by that station did not arise. The population of the Tarbert area is available from the Central Statistics Office website at...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am not clear as to what the Deputy means by "plans to recognise the residency of non-EEA nationals under the age of 16 years". The question would suggest that the residency of the non-EEA nationals under the age of 16 years is not recognised at present. This is not the case. While non-EEA nationals under the age of 16 years of age are not required to register their residence in the State...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Commissioner's Policing Plan for 2012, which I laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 5 December 2011, sets out the future opening hours of Malahide and Howth Garda Stations. These are to be reduced to 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., from the current 24-hour basis. This in turn will free up gardaí during these hours from indoor duties to outdoor operational duties. It is also important...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I do not accept the premise of the question that the direct provision system does not operate in a fair and transparent way. I believe that it does. In order to meet its international obligations in the area of asylum, the Government has allocated significant resources over the years to our asylum determination structures, to reception arrangements and to the provision of services to asylum...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: At the request of my Department and with a view to establishing the exact nature of alleged abuses, the Garda Commissioner was asked to provide information in response to specific questions in relation to allegations of forced labour coming to the attention of An Garda Síochána. This has been received and officials in my Department have now completed an analysis of whether the Criminal Law...

Written Answers — Prisoner Complaints Procedures: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are procedures within the Irish Prison Service for the investigation of complaints by prisoners. However, I have stated previously that I am not satisfied that the existing Prison Service procedures are sufficiently robust and independent of the local staff to meet best practice for the investigation of serious complaints. My intention is to bring forward amendments to the Prison...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Since November 2011, I have made a decision on over 5,000 applications. I expect to make a final decision on a further 4,000 cases over the coming weeks. The prescribed fees to be paid by applicants on the issue of a certificate of naturalisation were last increased by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Fees) Regulations 2008, which came into effect on 1 August 2008. The standard...

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Law Reform Commission's Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 provides for a general review of the law on domestic violence. I understand that the Commission has commenced its consultations and any recommendations it makes will inform the development by my Department of proposals for further legislative reform in this area. The time taken for the completion and delivery of individual...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department provides accommodation to minors only when they are accompanied by their parents or guardians. As at end February 2012, there were just over 1,700 persons under the age of 18 being accommodated in the direct provision system with their families. RIA does not provide accommodation for unaccompanied minors. This responsibility is...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers while their application for protection is being processed. On 4 March 2012, there were almost 5,300 persons being accommodated in 38 centres throughout the State. In fulfilling its general accommodation responsibilities, RIA does not lease or rent premises from commercial...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The monitoring and investigation of the various criminal activities referred to by the Deputy is a matter in the first instance for An Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Policing Plan 2012 sets out the key actions in tackling organised crime for the year ahead with a focus on drug trafficking, e-crime, financial crime, and the targeting of organised gangs through: Using intelligence...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that arising from the publication of the strategy entitled "Unlocking Community Alternatives - a Cork Approach" the Irish Prison Service in co-operation with the Probation Service, statutory and non-statutory community-based services are in the process of establishing a Cork based implementation team to ensure the strategy is progressed and to develop robust community...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that persons involved in road traffic collisions, their legal advisers or insurers or other interested parties may, on written request, be supplied with an abstract of the Garda report in respect of the collision, copies of statements of witnesses and sketches or maps of the scene. Fees are charged for these reports, to re-coup costs incurred in the...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that organised crime, by its nature, is constantly evolving and diversifying in both its structures and activities. In addition, membership of organised crime gangs tends to be fluid and offences committed by members of criminal gangs may or may not be connected with an individual's membership of such gangs. I am, of course, deeply concerned about the incidence of...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that on one occasion, Saturday 25 June 2011, 70 remand prisoners in Castlerea prison were not unlocked for their morning recreation due to staff shortages in the prison that day. This lasted for a period of two and half hours. They were unlocked earlier that morning for breakfast and returned to their cells after this. There were no incidents during this period of lockdown.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the properties owned by my Department are set out in the following table: Location of Property Purpose Moyross Enterprise CentreMoyross,Limerick. Irish Youth Justice Service Community Project Premises The Hostel,15 Bath Street,Waterford. Leased to the St. Vincent de Paul The former Cork HostelWestview House,17 Audley Place,Patrick's Hill,Cork. Currently...

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: As Minister for Justice, Equality & Defence, I can inform the Deputy that I attend numerous meetings in Ireland and Europe in relation to a broad range of justice and law reform issues. I have regular meetings with different representative groups and organisations in which different facets of justice and the law are discussed. As the Deputy will appreciate, the subjects of these meetings can...

Written Answers — Paramilitary Groups: Paramilitary Groups (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I know the House will share my condemnation of all paramilitary groups and their activities. These gangs of criminal terrorists have no support in the wider community, North and South, for either their criminal activities or their use of violence to achieve their aims. Since early 2009 the threat level in Northern Ireland from these groups has been classified as severe. This is the shared...

Written Answers — Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: In March 2011, the EU Commission Vice-President with responsibility for Justice and Fundamental Rights called on all publicly listed companies in the EU to take voluntary steps to increase women's participation on corporate boards to 30 per cent by 2015 and to 40 per cent by 2020. The European average was then 12 per cent. All publicly listed companies in Europe were also invited to sign up...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (13 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 449 together. The House will be aware that over the course of the conflict in Northern Ireland a number of people were abducted and murdered by paramilitary groups, and then buried in secret locations. They have become known as 'the disappeared'. The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was established by the Irish and British...