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Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 - 2007, the Commissioner is required to submit, before November of each year, a policing plan for the forthcoming year. The Policing Plan for 2013 has not yet been prepared and therefore it is not possible to say at this stage what it may contain, although it is expected that it will contain measures to address the ongoing issue of rationalisation of the...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, 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. It is therefore not feasible to provide the Deputy with the particular information sought. However, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, which entered into force on 23 July...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no function in the matter. I am informed by the Garda authorities that, as of the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of the Garda Síochána was 13,581. What will ultimately determine the...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 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 — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (20 Jun 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. Incidents of public disorder and anti-social behaviour reported to the Garda...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 135 together. My replies to previous Parliamentary Questions explained the criteria which applies including the circumstances when temporary release may be provided and what matters must be taken into account. Candidates for temporary release are identified by a number of different means but primarily on the recommendation of the Prison Governor or...

Written Answers — Criminal Gangs: Criminal Gangs (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The emergence in recent years of criminal gangs has had significant implications for the management of Irish prisons. Prison management must ensure that the various factions are kept apart and, as far as possible, that gang members do not have influence over other inmates or criminal activities outside the prisons. The Deputy can be assured that gang members are being managed on a daily...

Written Answers — Witness Intimidation: Witness Intimidation (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the data being sought is not readily available in my Department. I am making further enquiries with the relevant authorities to see if information of the nature sought is available and I shall be in further contact with the Deputy in this regard.

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: There has been a significant level of staff retirements across the public sector as a whole over the past year with the Prison Service being no exception. The moratorium on public sector recruitment also applies to the Prison Service. While some of the retirements have been offset by a certain level of sanctioned recruitment, the Prison Service has nonetheless had to absorb significant...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is ongoing but limited due to resource constraints. The current budgetary provision provides for approximately 30,000 paid training mandays. In 2011 and 2012, I sanctioned paid training mandays to include support for the training of new recruits to the RDF. This was sufficient to train approximately 400 recruits during 2011 and 2012. The military...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. Lariam is a malaria chemo-prophylactic agent first authorised for use in 1989 by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB), which is the statutory regulatory body charged with regulating the use of medicines to ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines available in Ireland. Research has shown that it is one of the most effective...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: In relation to the Curragh of Kildare Bill a number of technical issues arose which caused difficulty in progressing the Bill. Also the establishment of the Authority as a separate agency under the aegis of the Department of Defence (as proposed in the Bill) would involve additional costs in terms of staff, accommodation, expenses and payments to members of the Authority, which would be...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: It seems to have been an exciting morning in this Chamber. I do not know what is going on at all. The House will be aware of the background to the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998. It was enacted in the aftermath of the Omagh bombing of August 1998, in which 29 people were murdered in an indiscriminate and barbarous bomb attack. Those innocent lives were lost as a...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Senators who have expressed support for this important measure. I acknowledge what Senator Thomas Byrne said. It is appropriate and right that Members of both Houses have the most detailed information that can be furnished on the use of the provisions. The provisions, as we have correctly stated, relate to the fundamental security of the State, a matter of very substantial...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: It has reached the point where Sinn Féin-----

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: -----should stop engaging in ambivalent language-----

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: -----dancing on the head of a pin and talking about-----

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have obviously hit a particularly vulnerable point in the positioning Sinn Féin has taken-----

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: -----because it is a falsehood. The positioning is a falsehood.

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: If it favours the peace process, if it is opposed to terrorist organisations targeting individuals, if it is opposed to individuals being shot or maimed, if it supports the cross-community police force-----