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Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (21 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 523 and 526 together. I welcome the fact that the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) recently examined the Chapter on Financial Control in the Irish Red Cross Society that was contained in the Comptroller and Auditor General's recent Report. It is clear that the PAC dealt in some considerable depth with a wide range of issues relating to weak...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department are as follows: Civil Defence Board Army Pensions Board Board of Coiste an Asgard.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (21 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Ministers of State appointed to the Department of Defence from 2005 to 2010 were as follows: 1.Mr. Tom Kitt T.D. 29 September 2004 to 6 May 2008 2. Mr. Pat Carey T.D.7 May 2008 to 22 March 2010 3. Mr. John Curran T.D. 23 March 2010 to 23 January 2011 The Ministers of State were also appointed as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. They were...

Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (21 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 527 to 529, inclusive, together. Officials from my Department and the Office of the Attorney General have recently finalised the text of the proposed Government Order that will amend the Irish Red Cross Society Order 1939. One of the key changes proposed in the amendment Order, which will be brought to Government very shortly, concerns the composition of the...

Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (21 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Red Cross Society is an independent charitable body corporate which, in accordance with relevant legislation, is responsible for handling its own internal affairs. Whilst I am conscious of the importance attaching to its independence, I wrote to the Chairman of the Society last year in relation to corporate governance matters. I subsequently met with both the Chairman and the...

Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (21 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am on record of saying that I do not believe that it is conducive to good corporate governance for any individual to serve indefinitely on the Central Council or the Executive Committee of the Irish Red Cross Society, or in the same appointment. I have previously written to the Chairman of the Society and expressed my views on the need for mandatory breaks in service. I welcome the fact...

Written Answers — Child Prostitution: Child Prostitution (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, it is an offence to organise prostitution, coerce or compel a person to be a prostitute, knowingly live off the earnings of a prostitute, or keep or manage a brothel. The 1993 Act, as amended, provides that a person who solicits or importunes a child, whether or not for the purposes of prostitution, to commit an act which would constitute...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and deployment of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there are currently 91 vehicles attached to the Garda Galway Division of which 36 are marked patrol cars. Based on current usage, it is estimated that 13 marked cars may be...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 to 164, inclusive, together. I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information required 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 — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the initiative referred to was implemented under Operation 'Clean-street', which is an initiative undertaken by the Garda National Drugs Unit, in conjunction with District and Divisional Garda Management, to target individuals involved in on-street sale and supply of drugs in the community. This phase of the operation, which took place in the...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I 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 Transport: Garda Transport (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and deployment of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the amounts spent on purchasing Garda vehicles for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 were as outlined in the table below: Year Cost 2007 €11,403,105 2008 €8,117,641 2009 Nil 2010 €3,074,236 2011...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Garda authorities that there are six Evidential Breath Testing Instruments deployed in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) covering each of the Garda Divisions. I am further advised that the Garda authorities propose to deploy three additional Evidential Breath Testing Instruments within the DMR.

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The arrangements made for the storing of vehicles by An Garda Síochána are matters for the Garda Commissioner. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the capacity of the Garda compound in Santry is in the range of 200 to 300 vehicles depending on the category of the vehicles stored.

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 provides for the offence of harassment, which includes the type of behaviour involved in "stalking". Subsections (1) and (2) state that: "10(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, by any means including by use of the telephone, harasses another by persistently following, watching, pestering, besetting...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: Insofar as the crime related issues raised in the correspondence referred to are concerned, I am informed by the Garda authorities that local Garda management is aware of the issues affecting the areas in question in Dublin city centre. Local Garda management has put in place a number of policing initiatives to prevent and disrupt anti-social behaviour, including the sale, distribution and...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: A person who absconded from Loughan House recently is currently before the courts in Northern Ireland facing criminal charges. The Deputy will appreciate that accordingly, making any public comment about that person at this stage would carry with it the danger of interfering with those criminal proceedings. I have however sought a report from the Director General of the Irish Prison Service...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: As I indicated in my response to the Deputy's question on 14th March details regarding the specific rents paid in respect of each premises rented by my Department for use by the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is commercially sensitive and I cannot therefore provide this information. However, what I can advise the Deputy is that for use by the RDF, the Department has 10 permanent rentals and 30...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government has decided to accept my recommendations that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force will be maintained at 9,500. I believe that this is the optimum level required to fulfil all roles assigned by Government. As the Defence Forces are currently over 500 below the agreed serving cadre, the phased recruitment of General Service Recruits will be undertaken in 2012, within the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (22 Mar 2012)

Alan Shatter: The military authorities have informed me that the 65th Infantry Battalion (Reserve Defence Forces) has restructured its training schedule so that the six companies of the Battalion can train on the same night. It is the view of the military authorities that the change in training arrangements has the positive advantage of exercising the Battalion Headquarters staff weekly in a realistic...