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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Records (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Commissioner has informed me that all members including former members, who wish to apply for a complete record of their sick leave held in An Garda Siochana must do so under Section 4 of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 - 2003. They must complete the Data Protection Access Request form (F20) and submit the application together with a small fee to the Data Protection Office, Garda Central...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Redeployment (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Human Resources Division of my Department manage a very substantial number of staff transfers across my Department and other Civil Service Departments and Offices each year. Such transfers arise for a variety of reasons one of which may be a request from a staff member to transfer to another area of my Department or to another Department/Office. There may be a range of different...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Redeployment (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: My Department currently has expressions of interest on file from 2 staff who are seeking transfers from the Department of Defence in Newbridge, Co. Kildare to a Dublin based Department. The following table sets out details of staff who requested and obtained transfers from the Department of Defence to other locations in 2012. Staff Numbers From Location To Location 2 Newbridge, Co....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Upward Only Rent Reviews (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As set out in my reply to Question No. 769 of 16 January, the Deputy will recall that following extensive consideration of this matter, the Government announced in December 2011 that it had decided not to proceed with such legislation. There was a substantial concern that any legislative scheme involving interference in the contractual relationships of private parties would find it extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Section 9 of the Immigration Act, 2004 places an obligation on non-Irish nationals, subject to the following exemptions listed, who have entered the State to present at their local registration office for the purpose of being placed on a register of non-nationals who have permission to reside in the State. It is important to note that EEA nationals, of which many thousands reside in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 471 and 472 together. 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. I have however been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of each Garda Station in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas, on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The deployment of Garda transport is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. In that context, I am informed that the Garda vehicles which were purchased towards the end of last year are currently being rolled out. I have been advised by the Garda authorities that the proposed allocation of the new vehicles is as outlined in the following table. A more detailed breakdown is not currently...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illegal Immigrants (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the principle reasons persons are refused permission to land are as follows: – that there is reason to believe that the person intends to enter the State for purposes other than those expressed by the non-national concerned; – the person is not in possession of a valid Irish visa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Point System (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a total of 341 incidents of driving while intoxicated were detected during the period 21 December, 2012 to 2 January, 2013. The provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2010 include a graduated system of penalties, including a new fixed charge option for lower level offences for first time offenders. Other categories of driving while intoxicated...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that sixstations in the Dublin Garda Region have access to live scan machines. The Garda stations concerned are Ballymun, Finglas, Pearse Street, Ronanstown, Store Street and Tallaght. I am further informed that while there are currently no plans to increase the number of Garda live scan machines in the Dublin Region the situation is being kept under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The most recent crime statistics were published by the Central Statistics Office on 21 December 2012 and cover the period to the end of the third quarter of 2012. Full details are available from the Central Statistics Office or on their website (www.cso.ie). These latest figures show a welcome reduction in 12 of the 14 crime groups for which figures are given, compared with the previous 12...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (22 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. Operation Stilts has been ongoing since 2009 in the Dublin Metropolitan Region North Central Division with the aims and objectives of intensively policing identified areas including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 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: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480, 482, 488 and 489 together. In November, 2009 a contract was concluded for the provision of an outsourced safety camera network to An Garda Síochána. The objective of the network is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Point System (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy is referring to Fixed Charge Notices. Fixed Charge Notices are an alternative to prosecution, and give a motorist the opportunity to acknowledge the offence, pay the fixed charge and, where the offence is a penalty point offence, incur the appropriate penalty points. If the motorist does not pay the fixed charge, he or she will in the normal course be prosecuted for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 490 together. I am advised by the Garda authorities that, in accordance with the contract with Go Safe, the service provider is responsible for ensuring that all vehicles used in connection with the provision of the safety camera network service are fit for purpose, roadworthy and meet all legislative requirements in respect of the use of such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that excessive or inappropriate speeding continues to be a significant contributory factor in road traffic collisions, including fatal and serious injury collisions. A targeted approach to speed enforcement is being undertaken in order to significantly reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injuries and improve road safety. To this end, An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I understand that the Office of Public Works has a programme in place to provide disabled access to public buildings, including Garda stations, on a phased basis. This programme is progressed in conjunction with Garda priorities and the availability of resources from within the Vote of the Office of Public Works. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that, bearing in mind the very...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 492 together. The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote and I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the average financial saving estimated to arise in respect of the closure of the stations designated for closure in the Garda Policing Plan for 2013 is Euro 4,000 per station. To a large extent this estimate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by 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 July 2010. This case, which was part of a backlog of 22,000 pending a decision when I took office, is now at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision in due course. ...