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Written Answers — Interdepartmental Committees: Interdepartmental Committees (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 516 on 14 February last. The Committee has indicated their intention to conclude their work by mid year. Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 516 on Tuesday 14th February, 2012 The Inter-Departmental Committee, under the independent chairmanship of Senator Martin McAleese, submitted an interim progress report last October which...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: On receipt of the third Compliance Report on the RRAI Code of Practice on the Display and Sale of Alcohol in Mixed Trading Premises, I launched a public consultation process inviting views on the Report and, more generally, on the voluntary approach to implementing structural separation of alcohol products in supermarkets, convenience stores and other mixed trading outlets. Following an...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to the letter which issued to him on 23 April 2012 in response to the earlier questions. That correspondence clarified that 48 members in the Donegal Division are in receipt of the Gaeltacht Allowance and are attached to the stations outlined in the below table. Station Na Brocacha Milford An Craosloch Na Gleannta Kilmacrennan An Fál Carrach Anagaire Na Cealla Beaga...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 to 146, inclusive, together. These questions relate to the spending and procurement policy of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, which is responsible for the accommodation of persons while their applications for international protection are being...

Written Answers — Management of Sex Offenders: Management of Sex Offenders (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is understood that the Deputy is referring to an individual who is residing in accommodation provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Arrangements in that respect are a matter for the HSE for which I have no responsibility as Minister. However, more generally, I can advise that issues in relation to the management of sex offenders in the community were considered in detail in two...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: In general, a person who has been made subject to a Deportation Order would have to apply to have the Deportation Order revoked under Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). It is only where such a person has succeeded in their application to have the Deportation Order against them revoked that they can subsequently be granted residency in the State. If the Deputy, or the...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the data requested for the quantities, type and estimated values of drugs seized in An Garda Síochána's Galway Division are outlined in the tables below. Figures are provided by the Garda Síochána Analyst Service and are based on quarterly data produced by the Forensic Science Laboratory. The Programme for Government affirms the Government's...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of personnel specifically assigned to the Garda Drug Unit in Galway on 30 April 2009 and 30 April 2012 was 13 and 12 respectively. The total Divisional strength on each of those dates was 590 and 582 respectively. The problem of drug misuse is tackled in a coordinated and integrated way under the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Acer is one of the specific burglary related initiatives which are being implemented in each Garda Region in support of Operation Fiacla, which is a nationwide operation targeting mobile gangs involved in burglaries. Operation Acer has a focussed, targeted and integrated approach to tackling criminals involved in committing burglaries in...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: Operation Marton is a policing operation which was commenced in 2008 by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The Operation involved the targeting of suspected trafficking and/or smuggling of non-EEA nationals into this jurisdiction, through Northern Ireland. A significant level of cross-border cooperation between the law enforcement authorities in Northern Ireland and An Garda...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for a period of five years on the 13 February 2007 on the basis that he was the Spouse of an EU citizen who was residing in the State and in exercise of her EU Treaty Rights. It then appears that on 4 April 2011 the person concerned advised the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that he was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (16 May 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 28 July 2011, 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 — Interdepartmental Committees: Interdepartmental Committees (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I presume that the Deputy is referring to Statutory Instrument No. 486 of 2011 - Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2011. This instrument deals only with data protection issues and in particular allows sensitive personal data to be disclosed to and processed by the inter-departmental committee charged with establishing the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy, in referring to "misbehaviour" of children, means behaviour of a criminal nature or anti-social behaviour. I wish to inform the Deputy that the Children Act 2001, as amended, provides for a number of measures in relation to parental responsibility in respect of children aged 12 to 17 who are found guilty of offences or who are involved in anti-social behaviour. Section...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government has decided to accept my recommendation that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force will be maintained at 9,500. I believe that this is the optimum level required to fulfill all roles assigned by Government. The Military Authorities have advised that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 30 April, the latest date for which details are available, was 8,885...

Written Answers — Erection of Memorial Plaque: Erection of Memorial Plaque (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department has previously dealt with representations made on behalf of the family in question regarding a proposal that a plaque be erected in honour of their relative who was executed in 1798. The response that issued at the time indicated that despite extensive research undertaken by my Department in an effort to establish the exact location of the execution, this could not be...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (17 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for raising this issue in the House today, the anniversary of the savage and barbaric bombings in Dublin and Monaghan and the tragic loss of life and injuries that resulted. Thirty-eight years ago, three bombs exploded around Dublin, including not far from here, in the busy evening rush hour. Then, about 90 minutes later, another bomb exploded outside Greacen's...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (17 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: This debate has provided a valuable opportunity for the House to once again not only express solidarity with the families of the victims of those dreadful bombings but to restate the united position of this House with regard to production of information and documents. In July 2008, the Dáil unanimously adopted a motion urging the British Government to allow access to original documents held...