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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 172 of Thursday, 20th September 2012 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then. The person concerned entered the State on 3 June, 2000 and was last granted permission to remain until 23 July, 2010. The person concerned remained in the State since that date without the permission of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Nov 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 September, 2008. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The attached tabular statement sets out the number of promotions which have occurred or are in train in the Air Corps and Naval Service in each of the years 2010, 2011 and to 13 November 2012. Competitions for promotions for enlisted personnel have been completed and promotions are on-going from which there will be further promotions in the Air Corps and Naval Service. Officer Promotion...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department has not carried out any public consultations since the start of 2012.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Congratulations.

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputies for raising these important matters. The latest official crime statistics from the Central Statistics Office show, despite what the Deputies say, that the incidence of most types of crime is falling. This reflects well on the work of An Garda Síochána. Nevertheless, the Garda Commissioner and I remain concerned about the incidence of burglary, which has shown...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána has approximately the same number of vehicles as it had at the height of the Celtic tiger in 2007. By the end of this year, we will have acquired more than 200 cars. Some 42 vehicles were acquired in the spring and 170 more have been purchased since. A considerable number of them will be commissioned and on the roads in December, with the remainder in January....

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: There was a high level of reoffending of those so disposed of who had committed burglaries. The higher category of recidivism was 47%, which meant 53% had not reoffended after that number of years. In the context of the number of people sent to prison or held in detention centres, including young people in the past who were in St. Patrick's institution, the level of reoffending was higher....

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and apologise on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, that he is not here this evening. He has a commitment that he has to keep and he asked me if I would respond to the Deputy. Government policy is to support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This is realised by the Health Service...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: On a personal level, I share the views expressed by the Deputy. There is a need to ensure individuals who are recipients of care at home are not placed in danger. There is a need to ensure the individuals providing that care are properly trained and adequately regulated. There must be a standardisation of the care provided, a uniform approach and proper regulatory oversight. I am willing...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Unfortunately, I cannot accept the Deputy's amendment. I understand the Deputy's seeking to ensure information stored in the database established under section 6 is not stored unnecessarily. He suggests I establish regulations that would provide for the periodic review of such data. As I mentioned during the debate on Committee Stage, the Data Protection Acts apply to all data stored by...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 2:In page 13, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(i) his or her nationality (if known);".During the debate on Committee Stage, Deputy Mac Lochlainn proposed amendments to sections 9, 11 and 13, which deal with the registration of liaison persons, the register of vetted persons and the applications for vetting disclosure. Under each section, certain...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 4:In page 14, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(i) his or her nationality (if known);”.

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 7:In page 15, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"(4) In the case of the—(a) employment of, or (b) entering into a contract for services with,an examiner (within the meaning of the Education Act 1998) for the purposes of the performance by him or her on a temporary basis of functions in respect of the conduct of examinations to which Part VIII of the...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 8:In page 17, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"(i) his or her nationality (if known);".

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 10:In page 25, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:"23.—(1) As soon as may be, but not later than 6 months after the end of each year, the Bureau shall, through the Garda Commissioner, present to the Minister a report of the activities of the Bureau in the immediately preceding year, and the Minister shall, as soon as may be after receiving such report,...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is an issue, although not one that will impact on the majority of people who may be subject to vetting, but we have circumstances in which foreign nationals in this country seek employment with vulnerable adults or children and it is important that information, where possible, can be obtained in a vetting process. There are certain arrangements in existence within the EU for the exchange...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputies opposite and also Deputy Niall Collins's predecessor as his party's justice spokesperson, Deputy Calleary, for the constructive and helpful contributions made during the debate on the Bill as we went through its various Stages. Helpful contributions were made not just by the Deputies present, but also by others in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) was established on a statutory basis on 3 April 2012 in accordance with the provisions of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. The Authority currently has a total full-time equivalent of nine staff, including the Chief Executive. Section 86 of the 2011 Act provides that the PSRA shall prepare and maintain a register of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Bill (20 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I would refer the Deputy to my comments at Dáil Report Stage of the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 on 7 November, where I indicated that: "There will be a new Part 5 to replace the current Part 5 in regard to regulation of persons acting as personal insolvency practitioners. It will provide extensive provisions for the regulation by the insolvency service of the new personal insolvency...