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Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that during the period leading up to enactment of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008, bodies representing the mixed trading sector proposed implementation of a voluntary code of practice with an independent audit and oversight mechanism as an alternative to section 9 of the Act. A code of practice was subsequently drawn up and agreed between the Departments of Health and...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Short Title, along with other issues, is under consideration in finalising the text of the Bill which I expect to bring to Government for approval in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Minister for Health has policy responsibility for mental health care. However, I can inform the Deputy that the Law Reform Commission excluded legislative reform for advance care directives involving mental health from the recommendations made in its 2009 report on Bioethics: Advance Care Directives. The Commission's view was that a separate analysis was required including the impact of...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are no records to indicate that there were any payments made to External Public Relations or Communications Consultants by my Department during the period February 2011 to date.

Written Answers — Public Liability Insurance: Public Liability Insurance (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to him in parliamentary question No. 57 of Wednesday, 21 March 2012. Policy relating to the area of public liability insurance does not fall within my remit as Minister for Justice, Equality & Defence.

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the R District consists of the Garda Sub-Districts of Coolock, Swords and Malahide. I am further informed that crime trends nationally, including burglary, are being monitored closely by senior Garda management with appropriate intelligence led initiatives being put in place to target this type of criminality. The Deputy will be aware of the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: A competition for the enlistment of instrumentalists in the Defence Forces School of Music is currently underway. The closing date for receipt of applications was 22 April 2012. The age requirement applicable to this competition is that candidates must be not less than 17 years of age and must be under 28 years of age on the date of enlistment. As the age requirement for this competition...

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

Alan Shatter: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on hair and make up since February 2011.

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

Alan Shatter: In accordance with Government Decision of 15 March 2011, I retain a State car and Garda drivers in my capacity as the Minister for Justice & Equality. The Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Defence, Paul Kehoe T.D., is assigned two civilian drivers who were appointed in May 2011. The costs associated with the drivers since May...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external public relations or communications consultants since I took office in March 2011.

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have outlined the current position regarding implementation of section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 in the reply which I gave yesterday to Parliamentary Question Number 182 which was submitted by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 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 October 2007. 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 — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 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 Section of my Department in September 2011. On examination of the application submitted, it was determined that the application was ineligible because the statutory residency conditions as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended,...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I do not propose to comment on the detail of this case involving as it does sensitive private matters of the individuals in question. However, as a matter of general practice, the provision of DNA evidence while not mandatory is often suggested to visa applicants as definitive supporting evidence for the claim of parentage. In a number of cases, visa applications involving parentage of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Mediation Bill, which is currently being drafted, will give effect to the undertaking in the Government's Programme for National Recovery (2011–2016) to encourage and facilitate the use of mediation to resolve civil, commercial and family disputes. I have also forwarded the draft Bill to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality for any observations or...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: 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 7 March 2011, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: 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 3 July 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the firearm and ammunition discovered in the car of the individual to whom the Deputy refers was destroyed on 19 July 2000.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Apr 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is my intention to republish the Immigration Residence and Protection Bill 2010 later this year. As part of that process some provisions of the existing Bill are likely to be amended before publication, including if necessary elements of Part 5. In relation to family reunification and the other matters referred to by the Deputy, and without prejudice to the future engagement with the...