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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Service (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The full operation of the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 is expected in the early part of 2013. The Insolvency Service of Ireland aims to open its office, launch its website and commence an information campaign with the issuing of publications and relevant guidelines during March 2013. The regulatory and IT frameworks required for the Service to accept and process...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire Issues (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. I would like to begin, this being the anniversary of the Stardust fire tragedy, by expressing my continuing sympathy for all those affected by the fire, for whom this time of year must be especially difficult. As the Deputy will recall, the Coffey Report acknowledged the original Tribunal's findings that there is no evidence that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Report of the Steering Group on a National Substance Misuse Strategy which was published last year contains a broad range of recommendations which seek to address the negative consequences of alcohol misuse and alcohol-related harm in this country. The Department of Health is currently developing an Action Plan for submission to the Government in response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Details of any station closures since 2007 are available in the Policing Plans for 2012 and 2013. These plans were lodged in the Oireachtas Library and are also available on the Garda Síochána web site www.garda.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (14 Feb 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. The personnel strength, by rank, of the Meath Garda Division as at 31...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The case referred to by the Deputy concerned a pre-leave judicial review hearing involving a national of Pakistan who sought to have the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in his appeal quashed. In its judgment, the High Court was critical of the Tribunal's decision in the applicant's appeal citing, inter alia, errors of law and fact. In light of the High Court's judgment the Chairman...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The situation in relation to this matter remains as set out in my Written Reply to Questions No. 152 and 154 of 30 January 2013 which I will, therefore, reiterate on this occasion. 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"...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: This question concerns a Galway based firm, QTS Limited, which is contracted by the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) to carry out inspections of asylum accommodation centres. RIA is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department responsible for the accommodation of persons while their applications for international protection are being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order so therefore has no residency status in the State nor does the issue of naturalisation arise. The Deportation Order was signed on 10 September 2009, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim, and a detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Feb 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 March, 2012. 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: Naturalisation Applications (14 Feb 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 September 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. As well as being a significant event in the life of its recipient, the granting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter has issued to the person referred to by the Deputy asking him to submit the prescribed fee and other documents so he can attend the next citizenship ceremony at which he will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Feb 2013)

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 July, 2009. As the person referred to by the Deputy did not confirm on her application form that she intended to reside in the State after naturalisation, one of the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned had her case examined in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, (as amended), and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996, (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. Refoulement was not found to be an issue here. In addition, no issue arises under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (UN Convention against Torture) Act, 2000. Consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am aware of the case referred to by the Deputy, and I have requested a report on the current position from the Garda authorities. I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for permission to remain from the person concerned is currently being processed. The person was living in the State for a period of almost 20 months without permission to remain before making the application. I understand that a decision will issue to the person shortly. Queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Feb 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 December, 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision in due course. There is no record of an application for family-reunification having...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy did not specify what services were covered by the term "outsourced security services" or indicate a specific period of time with regard to the information sought in her question. Accordingly, my Department has interpreted the question as relating solely to outsourced security personnel employed by my Department (and not agencies of the Department) in the calendar year 2012, not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The amount spent on cleaning services from my Department's Vote was as follows, 2011 €228,300.26; 2012 €189,943.19 and to the end of January 2013 €11,143.17. These figures contain payments made in respect of cleaning services, janitorial supplies and other incidental cleaning costs. Following an EU procurement exercise a Cleaning Services Framework was established to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (14 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that the Defence Forces have no plans to transfer NCOs from Parkgate, Dublin to Newbridge, Co Kildare. However, I am advised on foot of plans for the Director of Public Prosecutions to fully occupy the office accommodation at Parkgate, it will be necessary to relocate Defence Forces personnel currently based there to McKee Barracks.