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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Service (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Personal Insolvency Service are working towards a launch date in Quarter 1 of 2013 that will include the opening of an office and website, the launch of an information campaign and the issuing of publications and relevant guidelines. Intensive efforts are also under way to design and implement the regulatory and IT frameworks required to be in place prior to the Service accepting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned entered the State on 3rd June, 2000 and was last granted permission to remain until 23rd July, 2010. The person concerned remained in the State since that date without permission. Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 10th November, 2010, that the then...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made a Family Reunification application in April 2011. The application was forwarded to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. The investigation was completed in December 2011 and a report was forwarded to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned, together with the other family members referred to by the Deputy, are the subject of Deportation Orders, made against them, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claims, applications for Subsidiary Protection and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Dec 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. Legally resident non-EEA nationals over the age of sixteen years are required to register with their local immigration registration officer. It is open...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by 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 August, 2010. The application is at an advanced stage of processing. Numerous attempts have been made, without success, to contact the person concerned regarding his application. It is vital that an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of Tuesday, 13th November 2012. The position remains as stated. Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of Tuesday, 13th November 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned comprise a father and a mother and their two children. The father applied for asylum on 4th March, 2008. His asylum claim was refused. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), he was notified, by letter dated 5th December, 2008, that the then Minister proposed to make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Food Safety Standards (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The current contract for the provision of fresh poultry products for the Irish Prison Service was placed with Crossgar Foodservices, an Northern Ireland company following an open tender competition in accordance with EU Procurement Directives. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) that all the poultry produce currently supplied through this contract is certified as been reared,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Accident Investigations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Air Accident Investigation Unit of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is carrying out an investigation following the heavy landing incident involving the Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service helicopter which occurred on 19 June 2012. This investigation is ongoing.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Food Safety Standards (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The current contract for the provision of fresh poultry products to the Defence Forces is with Kildare Farm Foods, an Irish Company based in Kildare, who were awarded the contract as part of an open tendering competition, carried out in accordance with national and EU procurement rules. Overall procurement policy is a matter, in the first instance, for the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are 40 residential properties (former married quarters) vacant in the Curragh Camp environs in various states of repair but the majority of which are uninhabitable. 39 of these properties are within the confines of the Camp and the remaining property is in Orchard Park. In February 1997 the then Minister for Defence set out policy on married quarters on the basis that they were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Balance Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 727 and 735 together. Following a number of largely unsuccessful non-statutory initiatives and a public consultation, the European Commission submitted its formal proposal for a Directive on improving the gender balance on company boards to the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on 14 November 2012. The content of the proposed Directive will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Act Implementation (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Disability Act 2005 is a positive action measure designed to support the provision of disability-specific services to people with disabilities and to improve access to mainstream public services for people with disabilities. All sections of the Act have been commenced and its implementation is ongoing. Many of the provisions are implemented on an ongoing basis, for example, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accident Statistics (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Counterfeit Goods (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The lead role in combating counterfeit goods in this jurisdiction primarily rests with the Revenue Commissioners (Customs Service), in the context of the investigation of revenue offences which occasion significant financial losses to the Exchequer. Having said that, both the Revenue Customs Service and An Garda Síochána continue to make significant efforts, separately and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I meet frequently and maintain ongoing contact with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice, David Ford, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, with regard to the security situation and efforts to combat threats from criminal terrorists, the so-called ‘dissident republican’ groups. The ongoing threat which these groups present is a matter of shared...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Regulatory Impact Assessments (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that a total of seven Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA) were carried out by my Department in the past 12 months concerning the following: -Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information On Offences Against Children And Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 -Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 -Criminal Justice (Search Powers) Act 2012 -Criminal Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no direct function in the matter. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and Regional level to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain Applications (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: In the interests of clarity, what is referred to as 'an application for leave to remain' refers to the submission of written representations to the Minister for Justice and Equality against the making of a Deportation Order, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). In all such cases, before a final decision is made, consideration is given to the...