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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is in the Ashbourne Garda District. I am further informed that the area is subject to regular patrols by local uniformed and plain clothes personnel, augmented by the Detective Unit and the Community Policing Unit, together with the Divisional Traffic Unit and the Regional Support Unit as required. Local Garda management...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Legal Aid Issues (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Legal Aid Board is the statutory independent body responsible for the civil legal aid scheme in Ireland. The Board provides legal aid and advice in civil law matters, including asylum matters. Exchequer funding for the scheme is provided by way of a grant in aid to the Board. The funding provided to the Board for the relevant years is set out. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Legal Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Total expenditure on criminal legal aid for the years referred to by the Deputy was as follows: 2012 €50.5m 2011 €56.1m 2010 €56.5m 2009 €60.3m 2008 €55.2m. The total expenditure for 2012 represented a reduction of 10% over 2011. This reduction in the annual expenditure is the largest ever recorded and represents a fall of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Garda numbers have been reducing due to the moratorium on recruitment. My objective, despite the enormous financial pressures facing the Government is to ensure that Garda numbers will not fall below 13,000. I have informed my Cabinet colleagues that I am reviewing the position regarding Garda strength in light of an estimated reduction to just over 13,000 by the end of 2013, and, in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the applications have entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. Letters have issued to the persons referred to by the Deputy asking them to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. Upon receipt of the fees and documentation, the cases will be finalised. The persons concerned will be invited in due course to attend a citizenship...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational demands and in the light of available resources. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the financial provision of €5 million in the Garda budget for the purchase and fit-out of Garda transport in 2013 will enable An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I meet regularly and have ongoing discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice, David Ford, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, the Home Secretary, Theresa May and the Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling. Our discussions cover a range of areas of mutual interest in the justice sector, including the ongoing efforts to combat threats from criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Under the Prison Rules 2007 a prisoner is entitled to a basic provision on release. The Governor is obliged to ensure that the prisoner has sufficient means to travel to his or her destination within the State. Where necessary prisoners are provided with travel vouchers to cover the cost of their journey home. The Governor is also obliged to ensure that the prisoner has sufficient means of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister on whether such status should be granted. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, Operation Fiacla was initiated by the Garda Commissioner to address the incidence of burglary, aggravated burglaries and related offences throughout the country. An Garda Síochána has implemented specific regional operations in support of Operation Fiacla, including in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, to target suspect offenders, disrupt their activities...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licensing Laws (20 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: Immigration Policy (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: It should be stated at the outset that a Stamp 4 immigration permission signifies only that the holder is lawfully resident in the State and can work without the requirement to hold an employment permit. It does not of itself confer rights to free university education or to student support grants. Decisions on eligibility for such supports are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: It has not been possible in the time available to fully investigate the issue raised by the Deputy. A reply will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy as this is an individual decision by an Irish citizen taken following naturalisation. Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1935, if a citizen of the State, aged 21 years or over, became a citizen of another country they ceased to be a citizen of the State. The 1935 Act was repealed by the Irish Nationality and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 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, 2012. The application is 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: Naturalisation Applications (21 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, 2012. The application is 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: State Agencies (21 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 189 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I am on record regarding my concerns in relation to the disproportionate cuts made to the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission in the past. I consider the fact that the provision for 2013 in the budget for the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission of €4.409m is a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (21 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel and transport, throughout An Garda Síochána and I have no direct function in the matter. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of Greystones, Newtownmountkennedy, Wicklow and Arklow Garda Stations on 31 December 2012,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Feb 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (21 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 to 180, inclusive, together. 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.