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Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: We need to get the economy moving for the benefit of society and we need to recognise that individuals are in insubstantial difficulty, many through no fault of their own, and this legislation is designed to be of assistance to them. The legislation is designed to assist those who cannot pay as opposed to those who will not pay. Some of the contributions made by Members, particularly those...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: In the period after the end of the Second World War, in one of the great humanitarian gestures, help was offered in Europe through the Marshall plan to friend and foe alike with the objective of getting Europe back on its feet and into productive activity. The implications and desired outcomes of the new insolvency process that I am providing in this Bill try in their own way to achieve that...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Deputies should be assured that while the Bill does not offer an easy way out, it does offer a way out by means of the proper application and implementation of the provisions contained therein. The Bill deals with the law and procedures necessary to operate a modern personal insolvency process. While there are other matters, many of them not insignificant, connected with the problem of...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy emerged out of the fog of past engagement in government to bewail the plight of individuals in debt without having any regard to the contribution he, as a former Minister, made to the financial disaster that has befallen this country and many individuals living here.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The capacity of some Fianna Fáil Members to suffer political amnesia is extraordinary. Likewise certain errant former members of the party, such as Deputy Mattie McGrath, who no doubt-----

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: They will no doubt rejoin the Fianna Fáil Party sometime before the next election.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I welcome any constructive amendments from Members which would improve the text of the Bill. I ask, however, that Deputies, before bringing forward proposals, would reflect on their implications and the extent to which they might genuinely improve the legislation to the benefit of the wider community and having regard to the rights of both debtors and creditors, as opposed to simply...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Referral to Select Committee (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a). Question put and agreed to.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Commissioner has advised me that the Garda investigations in relation to Anglo Irish Bank are substantially complete. A number of Garda investigation files have been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions and her independent directions are awaited. A full investigation team remains employed at the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation to conduct necessary follow up...

Written Answers — Family Law Cases: Family Law Cases (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 246 to 249, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Courts Service Act 1998, management and administration of the courts, which includes the provision of statistics, is a matter for the Courts Service while the allocation of the business of the courts, scheduling of cases and management of lists are the responsibility of the...

Written Answers — Judicial Appointments: Judicial Appointments (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under statute the authorised number of judges on the Circuit Court is a President and 37 judges while the District Court is comprised of a President and 63 judges. Judicial retirements and promotions to other courts in the latter half of 2011 and earlier this year gave rise to up to 15 vacancies on the Circuit Court and the District Court. These vacancies, combined with absences due to...

Written Answers — Ministerial Expenditure: Ministerial Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is not possible to provide the detailed information sought in the time available. A response will issue directly to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: While the traditional unarmed character of the Garda Síochána is one of its key strengths, there are, of course, situations where an armed capability is required. Currently just over 3,500 members of the Garda Síochána, around 25% of the force, are authorised to carry firearms. These include members of the Emergency Response Unit, the Regional Support Units and all members of the...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on agreed priorities established by An Garda Síochána. The programme is progressed in co-operation with the Office of Public Works, who have responsibility for capital expenditure in respect of Garda accommodation. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a contract for repair works in respect of Ballygar...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on agreed priorities established by An Garda Síochána. The programme is progressed in co-operation with the Office of Public Works, who have responsibility for capital expenditure in respect of Garda accommodation. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the project referred to by the Deputy will be progressed...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of Wednesday, 6 June 2012. The position remains as stated. Reply to Parliamentary Question 657 of 6 June 2012 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...

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together. During the course of the examination by a working group of the UN Human Rights Council of Ireland's report to that Council, prepared under the Universal Periodic Review procedures of the Council, my colleague, Minister Shatter, was asked, among many other matters, about the position of Travellers in Irish society. One delegation...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to provide the information in the time available. I will write to the Deputy on this matter in the near future.

Written Answers — Firearm Certificates: Firearm Certificates (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the following subsections of Section 3 of the Firearms Act, 1925 as substituted by Section 43 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 provide that: (8) The holder of a firearm certificate may apply for renewal of the certificate within three months before it ceases to be in force. (9) A decision on an application for a firearm certificate or...

Written Answers — Firearm Certificates: Firearm Certificates (18 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that section 37 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 amended section 9(6) of the Firearms Act 1964 to provide for the deletion of the reference to a one month period for the application for renewal of a firearm certificate before the expiry of the certificate. Accordingly, section 3(9) of the Firearms Act 1925, as amended, which provides that a...