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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: Legislation relating to sexual offences usually provides for the maximum sentence to be imposed. In some cases, special provisions apply. For example, an offence by a person in authority is effectively treated as an aggravating factor in the case of certain sexual offences against children. It is the responsibility of the presiding judge to determine the sentence to be imposed in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: Work on the details of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 is ongoing at my Department pursuant to current Government policy which is committed, under the Programme for National Recovery, to "introduce comprehensive reforms of the immigration, residency and asylum systems, which will include a statutory appeals system and set out rights and obligations in a transparent way"....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (19 Sep 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 relevant statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, this case is currently being examined by An Garda Síochána’s Serious Crime Review Team. In my last response to the Deputy on this matter in June of this year, I indicated that a preliminary assessment of the case by An Garda Síochána was expected to be finalised by September 2012. I am now informed by the Garda Commissioner that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The number of prisoners in custody on the 13th September for each of the past five years is set out in the following table. Date Number in custody Thursday 13/09/2012 4,248 Tuesday 13/09/2011 4,260 Monday 13/09/2010 4,359 Monday 14/09/2009* 3,947 Friday 12/09/2008* 3,611 * These figures are the nearest available for the years in question as weekend numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: In 2010 the International AIDS Society convened the 18th International Aids Conference in Vienna. As stated in the official declaration of the Conference (also known as the 'Vienna Declaration') the aim of the declaration is to seek to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. The declaration calls on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: Countering the threat from terrorists has always been a priority for the Garda Síochána and nothing has changed in that regard. Let me be clear that these so-called 'dissident republicans' are no more than criminal terrorists using violence in pursuit of their own, often personal, ends. These groups maintain more than just a casual acquaintance with organised criminals in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Location of Victims' Remains (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains was established in 1999 by the Irish and British Governments as one of the actions taken in the context of the Peace Process to acknowledge and address the suffering of the victims of violence as a necessary element of reconciliation. The purpose of the Commission is to facilitate the location of the remains of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rent Reviews (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 171 together. Section 132 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 prohibits upward only rent reviews in respect of leases entered into on or after 28 February 2010. Following extensive consideration of this matter, the Government announced in December last that it had decided not to proceed with legislation to abolish upward only rent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the Garda Síochána and the Minister has no direct role or function in that matter. In drawing up arrangements for the policing of the State each year the Commissioner and his senior management team take all relevant factors into account,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Agencies (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to refer the Deputy to the following reports which were prepared during the last decade: - The Kopp Report (Review of Resource Needs in the Forensic Science Laboratory and the Wider Scientific Context in Ireland) ]; and - The Law Reform Commission's Report on the Establishment of a DNA Database [ ] Neither of the above mentioned reports make any reference to a merger of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 repealed the Auctioneers and House Agents Acts 1947 to 1973 which previously governed the licensing of auctioneers and house agents. The new legislation provides for the establishment of the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) to licence, control and regulate Property Service Providers (i.e. auctioneers/estate agents, letting agents and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for the establishment of the Garda Reserve. The first intake to the Garda Reserve in Templemore Garda College was on 30 September 2006. Members of the Garda Reserve provide invaluable services to the organisation and its current strength is just over 900. I would like to place on record my appreciation of the members of the Reserve who give...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The criminal law elements of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography have largely been implemented by the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 and the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008. Legislative proposals to enhance the protection of children against sexual abuse and exploitation,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy may recall my announcement in September 2011 that the Government had approved my proposals for new legislation on the regulation of gambling. Work has been underway in my Department since then on the preparation of the Heads of a Bill. I expect I will be in a position to bring the Heads to Government later this term for its approval and agreement to proceed to formal drafting. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Appointments (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: Peace Commissioners are appointed under section 88 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924. On the date of their appointment, Peace Commissioners are issued with a Warrant of Appointment which is signed and sealed by the Minister for Justice and Equality. As such Warrants are considered to be a unique document, it is not the practice to issue copies or replace those which have been lost or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. One such condition is that I must be satisfied that the applicant is of good character. In relation to the good character requirement, a background check is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of Gardaí, by rank, who have left the force this year up to 31 August and who have declared their intention to leave from 1 September to 31 December is as set out in the table hereunder:- 2012 Com D/Com A/Com C/Supt Supt Insp Sgt Gda Total Jan 1 3 6 27 37 Feb 1 5 14 12 66 131 229 Mar 3 10 13...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda authorities have in place a range of measures designed to address problems of anti-social behaviour and crime in Dublin city centre. Incidents of public disorder and other anti-social behaviour are dealt with by way of juvenile or adult caution, fixed charge penalty notice or by initiating criminal proceedings. Operation Pier commenced in 2008 within the Pearse Street Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (19 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 came into effect on 7 June 2008, there are no recorded figures for victims of human trafficking prior to this date. Between 7 June and 31 December 2008, 36 alleged victims of human trafficking were encountered by An Garda Síochána. No further breakdown of the 2008 figures is available. On 1 January 2009, the Anti-Human...