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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 1265 of 18 September, 2012 in which I said that the precise details in regard to the regulation of personal insolvency practitioners require further consideration in the final development of the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 in consultation with the Department of Finance, the Central Bank and relevant professional bodies. I will be bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I would firstly extend my deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the two young men who tragically lost their lives recently in Cork City in what would appear to be drug related deaths. I am advised by the Health authorities that the Health Services Executive Addiction Services issued a public health warning on Friday 5 October 2012 based on reports of these deaths which occurred at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which provides for civil proceedings in relation to anti-social behaviour by adults, was commenced on 1 January 2007. Part 13 of the Act, which relates to anti-social behaviour by children, was commenced on 1 March 2007. These provisions set out an incremental procedure for addressing anti-social behaviour by adults and children. With regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Report on an Inspection of St. Patrick's Institution compiled by the Inspector of Prisons and the Irish Prison Service Action Plan for St. Patrick's Institution have been published on the Departmental website today. These can be accessed at http://www.justice.ie/

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456 and 458 together. 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 — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons Numbers (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that during the last three years, there have been a number of human bone and skull finds off the coast of counties Wexford and Waterford. Enquiries to establish the identity of the human remains referred to have not yielded any positive results to date and consideration is now being afforded by the Garda authorities to having nuclear and mitochondrial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including motorcycles, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational requirements. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the motorcycles attached to the Garda Traffic Corps play an important role in An Garda Síochána's strategy of providing high visibility traffic policing. Accordingly, they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including mountain bikes, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. I am informed by the Garda authorities that in total there are 24 mountain bikes attached to the Garda J and R Districts. The latest allocations of mountain bikes to the J and R Districts were in 2008 and 2006,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Dáil Question No. 171 of 4th October, 2012 which sets out the latest position in respect of the matters raised by him.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 483 together. There are 104 staff of my Department and agencies staffed by my Department, as set out in the table below, currently on career break. This includes staff availing of a career break under Circular 18/98 - Special Leave without pay for career breaks and also the Special Civil Service Incentive Career Break Scheme 2009. Staff availing of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are no plans to introduce legislation of the type outlined by the Deputy in this case.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information he requested is summarised in the table below. I can also inform the Deputy that while my Department does engage outside translators on occasion, as much translation work as possible is undertaken by an in-house translator and other staff members who are proficient in Irish. Examples of documents translated by Departmental staff include Rules...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (16 Oct 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 15 April, 2009, that the then 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 — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. In turn, at Garda Divisional level, the allocation of Garda vehicles is a matter for the Chief Superintendent who may make and revise arrangements for the deployment of vehicles throughout the Division in response to policing demands. This flexibility in allocating and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 5 February, 2007 and applied for asylum on 8 February, 2007. Correspondence issued to the applicant on 12 June, 2007 from the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner stating that in accordance with Section 17(4) of the Refugee Act, 1996 the Minister was precluded from giving him a declaration as a refugee. A letter was sent to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Management Companies (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that I am unable to comment on a particular case in response to a Parliamentary Question. However, I can indicate the following by way of general information. The primary purpose of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 is to reform the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and to facilitate the fair, efficient and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Management Companies (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011, the owners' management company (OMC) is responsible for the setting and collection of the annual service charge. Section 18 of the Act provides that the OMC must establish a scheme for annual service charges to fund expenditure on: - insurance; - general maintenance; - repairs; - waste management; - cleaning; - gardening and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending. Applications for refugee status in the state are determined by an independent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that local Garda management is not aware of any reports of anti-social driving practices at the location concerned on the specific weekend referred to by the Deputy. I am further informed that the activity referred to occurs on a stretch of road that traverses through County Fermanagh on the N.54/A3. Accordingly, road safety enforcement on that...