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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in February 2012. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person in question did not meet the statutory residency requirements as set out in the Irish...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 2 April 2012, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his case in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act. The person concerned is the father of an Irish citizen child born in December...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned may make an application on behalf of her children to change their immigration status (or if 18 years of age, an application can be made in their own behalf) by writing to the General Immigration Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. Queries in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of Thursday, 29th March 2012. The position is unchanged since then. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 18th February, 2002, that the then Minister proposed to...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the new roster will be introduced nationwide, on a pilot basis, on 30th April 2012. Its implementation and operation will be regularly reviewed throughout the first year of operation. The roster has been developed following detailed consultations between Garda management and the Garda representative associations and is designed to ensure...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the position in respect of agencies within my Department's remit is as follows: Courts Service The Courts Service does not have its own internship scheme in place for graduates. The Courts Service has facilitated two interns through the JobBridge Scheme which is run by FÁS. These interns worked in 2011 in the areas of Information and Communications...

Written Answers — Garda Compensation: Garda Compensation (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: Garda personnel are not employed by my Department but by the Garda Commissioner. However, the following may assist. A member of An Garda Síochána who is maliciously injured may claim compensation under the terms of the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941-1945. Where such a member is involved in a road traffic accident which is caused by the negligence of another party he or she has a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May, 2008. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation,...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the...

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: There is no separate Defence Ministers' Council within the EU Council of Ministers. However, twice a year - once during each Presidency - Defence Ministers attend the formal Foreign Affairs Council. These Council meetings are held in Brussels at the invitation of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Since 9 March, 2011 there have been three such meetings on 23rd...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: Of the civil servants who have retired from my Department since 2005, one former staff member at Principal Officer grade provided interview board expertise to my Department following retirement and was paid fees and expenses of €978 in relation to this service.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The number of staff in my Department who have retired under the Early Retirement Scheme or otherwise since 1 January 2012 is 6. None of these staff have been taken back onto my Department's payroll in any capacity.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Croke Park Agreement provides that there will be full support in the Civil Service and State Agencies for programmes and initiatives to support and assist the unemployed. The key programmes put in place to do this include the FÁS Work Placement Programme (WPP) and the National Internship Scheme. The active State boards under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: In addition to the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces, the agencies under the aegis of my Department are the Army Pensions Board, the Civil Defence Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. Records of past employment and related pension arrangements of newly recruited staff are not captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling the information requested by the...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 156 together. The suggestions referred to by the Deputy are, of course, baseless. It should be noted that the Central Statistics Office crime statistics for 2011 show a welcome decrease in 11 of the 14 crime groups compared with 2010. These statistics reflect the capacity of An Garda Síochána, which continues to receive substantial resources, to...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am at a loss to understand the basis for the Deputy's assertion that I stated that Garda stations are not required to police the countryside. What is at issue is not whether we need Garda stations, because of course we do, but whether we need the 703 Garda stations we have had more or less since the beginning of the State, a time when transport, communications and technology were vastly...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The persons referred to by the Deputy created a 'C type', i.e. short-stay, visa application on-line on 7 March, 2012. Following full consideration by a Visa Officer the application was refused on 11 April, 2012 as the reason for applying for the visa was contrary to general policy. Visas are not generally granted to dependent family members over the age of 18 to join persons granted...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has not incurred any expenditure on hair or make-up since February 2011.

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government introduced a number of changes for the provision of Office Holder transport during 2011. One of the consequences of that decision was that the transport arrangements in place for Ministers of State became applicable to Government Ministers, subject to very limited exceptions on security grounds. In addition, it was decided that former Presidents...

Written Answers — Garda Districts: Garda Districts (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 to 181, inclusive, together. As the Deputy is aware, the Commissioner's Policing Plan for 2012, which I laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 5 December 2011, sets out, among other things, plans for the amalgamation of Garda Districts. On 29 April 2012 the Garda Districts of Abbeyleix and Portlaoise in the Laois/Offaly Garda Division and Laytown...