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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 529 together. The table below sets out details of organisations which are in receipt of funding from my Department. The table includes details of the amount of funding provided in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Year 2009 2010 2011 AGENCY FUNDING Civil Defence Board €6.148m €6.061m €5.585m Coiste an Asgard €830,000 Nil Nil COSTS ARISING FROM EU...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Museums: Defence Forces Museums (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Columb Barracks museum collection is primarily associated with the history of the 4th Field Artillery Regiment. It is presently intended to make provision to house the museum collection in a suitable location in Custume Bks, Athlone, where the 4th Field Artillery Regiment is now located. This arrangement is in keeping with the normal military practice and tradition. The majority of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Details of allowances paid to staff in the Department of Defence as requested by the Deputy are set out in the tables below. Allowances paid to Civil Servants of the Department are as follows: Allowances paid to staff in 2012 Rate Taxable Private Secretary to the Minister &Minister of State €19,653.00 per annum Taxable Private Secretary to Secretary General €10,405.00 per annum...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (3 Jul 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 man-days. In 2011 and 2012, I sanctioned paid training man-days 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...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The State agencies under the aegis of the Department of Defence are the Civil Defence Board and the Army Pensions Board. The Civil Defence Act 2002 provides that the Board shall consist of at least eight but not more than fourteen members who shall be appointed by the Minister for Defence. Legislation is currently being drafted to dissolve the Civil Defence Board and transfer the functions...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank all Members of the House who have spoken on this legislation. I thank them for their support for the Bill, for the very constructive comments they have made and for the support they have expressed for the work done by the Garda Síochána. That work is of huge importance. The reality is there are fewer resources overall available to this State, right across the board and within...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that section 18(10) of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 places an obligation on the owner of each unit in a multi-unit development to pay all service charge levied by the owners' management company under the Act. Moreover, section 22 goes on to provide that service charges which remain unpaid may be recovered by the owners' management company as a simple contract debt in a...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: There is no intention to disengage from the UNCAT process. As requested in the Concluding observations of the UN Committee against Torture, comprehensive follow up information is being provided in response to the Committee's recommendations in paragraphs 8, 20, 21 and 25 of those observations.

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May, 2012. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May, 2012. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Collision Prevention Programme referred to has been supplied to the family in question. The function of this programme is to identify collision prone locations based on an ongoing analysis of the history of collisions, local knowledge, and road management and engineering involving An Garda Síochána, local authorities and the National Roads...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The management of sick leave within the agencies, offices and bodies reporting to my Department is implemented by them in accordance with civil service policy as set out in Department of Finance Circular 09/2010 - Management of Sick Leave. The criteria for the payment of sick is set out in Department of Finance Circular 25/1978. Currently, full pay during properly certified sick absence may...

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question number 46 of 1 December 2011, in which I indicated the following: "The Programme for Government commitment - to introduce consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation to address all aspects of domestic violence, threatened violence and intimidation, in a way that provides protection to victims - will be progressed as soon as possible...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of Tuesday, 12 June 2012. The position remains as stated. 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 September 2009. The application is currently being...

Written Answers — Prompt Payments: Prompt Payments (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The average time, in working days, from the receipt of invoices until payment for the period 1st January 2012 to 30th June 2012 is set out as follows: Justice and Equality Vote 9.9 days Garda Síochána Vote 14.7 days Prisons Vote 13.6 days Courts Vote 14.8 days Property Registration Vote 8.2 days.

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012, an owner of a residential property was required to pay the household charge by 31 March 2012 unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. Section 1 of the Act provides a definition of "owner" for the purposes of the Act. As regards payment obligations under tenancy...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 and 204 together. The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the Department and agencies staffed by the Department is set out in the table below. The salary bands include staff employed both on a full-time and a work-sharing basis. Income Band Number of Staff 2011 Number of staff 2012 Up to €40,000 960 960 €40,001 - €50,000 370 314...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 provided for the superannuation benefits of public servants, who retired within a 'grace period' which ended on 29 February 2012, to be unaffected by the pay reductions introduced for all public servants with effect from 1 January 2010 under that Act. In the period 1 January 2012 to 29 February 2012, a total of 475...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (4 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Responsibility for the management and development of Civil Defence at national level was transferred by my Department to the Civil Defence Board by virtue of the Civil Defence Act, 2002. As the Deputy may be aware, following a Government decision in July, 2011 legislation is currently being drafted for the dissolution of the Board and the transfer of its functions and responsibilities back to...