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An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Fianna Fáil is responsible for destroying the public finances. The Deputy should have withdrawn the motion.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the application for a certificate of naturalisation received from the person referred to by the Deputy is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: For the purposes of the reply I assume the Deputy is referring to immigrants who want to come here or remain in the State on a long-term basis, i.e. those who are neither tourists or are here for short-term business or other reasons. There are a number of channels by which any such applications are considered. For example, non-EEA nationals wishing to work in the State must apply for a work...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 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: Joint Policing Committees (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides that JPCs operate under guidelines issued by the Minister for Justice and Equality after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. The current guidelines were issued in September, 2008. These guidelines provide considerable flexibility in the operation of committees, including with regard to the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Regulatory Authority was established on 3 April 2012 under the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 to regulate, control and supervise property service providers (auctioneers/estate agents, letting agents and property management agents) and to establish and enforce standards within the property services industry. A new comprehensive licensing system for property...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of all official Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between Stations as required by operational circumstances. The Deputy will appreciate that a degree of flexibility in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As of 23rd January, 2013, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service had 784 cases on hands where the applicants were seeking a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on the principles of the European Court of Justice Judgment in the Zambrano case. Of these, 416 cases cannot be progressed further until the documentation requested from the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 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 October, 2010. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision in due course. As well as being a significant event in the life of its recipient, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Before being granted immigration permission to enter the workforce, persons in a "de facto" relationship must be able to satisfy the immigration authorities that the partnership is genuine and durable and that the partners are residing, or intending to reside, as a family unit in the State. In the case of a "de facto" relationship between a non EEA national and an Irish/EEA national, this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 154 together. The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 has completed Second Stage in the Dáil and is awaiting Committee Stage. The Bill does not make any provision in relation to the role or status of "legal executives" nor is any such provision envisaged. It is clear from the correspondence I have received from the Irish Institute of Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that a decision has issued in respect of the visa application referred to and the applicant has been advised of same. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be directed to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Before being granted immigration permission to enter the workforce, persons in a "de facto" relationship must be able to satisfy the immigration authorities that the partnership is genuine and durable and that the partners are residing, or intending to reside, as a family unit in the State. The required duration of the relationship is two years in the case of a person who is the partner of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: In each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, the number of non-nationals refused permission to enter the State at Dublin Airport was 2,017, 1,981 and 1,690, respectively. Of those refused permission to enter in the years in question, 259, 206 and 135 were subsequently permitted to enter the State having made an application pursuant to the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended). At Dublin Port, a total...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (30 Jan 2013)

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: Asylum Applications (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned lodged an application for asylum at the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner on 19th December, 2007. Following investigation by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, it was established that the person concerned had previously lodged an application for asylum in Italy, on 26th March, 2003. Arising from his previous asylum history in Italy, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As with previous rounds of consolidation under the Defence Forces modernisation programme, barracks once vacated are being disposed of with the proceeds being used to fund the upgrading of Defence Forces equipment and infrastructure. Since the announcement of the Government decision on barrack closures my Department has written to each Government Department and various agencies and local...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Equitation School (30 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The mission of the Army Equitation School is to promote the Irish horse abroad through participation in international competitions. The Equitation School has discharged this task with considerable distinction down through the years and, through its participation and numerous successes in equitation events at home and abroad, it has successfully promoted the qualities of the Irish horse. Army...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Agencies (31 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information sought regarding vacancies on the Board of organisations and agencies under the aegis of my Department is detailed below. The Private Security Authority (PSA), an independent agency under my remit, is the regulatory body with responsibility for regulating and licensing the private security industry in the State. There are 11 vacancies on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am to advise the Deputy that this year my Department will make available a grant of €98,000 to Free Legal Advice Centres. I can also advise the Deputy that FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) is an independent human rights organisation and is not under the aegis of my Department. Consequently I am not in a position to advise on the proportion of funding that is spent on promotional...