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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Courts Service Act 1998, the management and administration of the courts is a matter for the Courts Service while the allocation of the business of the courts, scheduling of cases and management of lists are matters for the judiciary and in particular the Presidents of the courts. The Deputy will also be aware that judges are, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: A decision to grant bail in a particular case is a matter for the court, which is, subject only to the Constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of its judicial functions. There is a constitutional presumption in favour of bail, since, in the eyes of the law, a person is innocent until proven guilty. The provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights also restrict the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Charities Act 2009 provides for an integrated system of mandatory registration and proportionate regulation and supervision of the charities sector in Ireland. The various sections of the Charities Act are subject to implementation through commencement orders. Sections that it was possible to commence in advance of the establishment of the Charities Regulatory Authority, as provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda 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 demographics, crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions, which includes the provision of accommodation for court sittings. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and have been informed that the Courts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service. The Act provides that the Service is independent in the performance of its functions, including the provision of courthouse facilities. As I indicated to the Deputy in my reply of 5 February 2013, the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that it is the policy of An Garda Síochána to make victims of sexual crime aware of all relevant crime victims’ services both statutory and voluntary in their local area, which may be of assistance to them and to provide victims with literature relating to those agencies. It is also the policy of An Garda Síochána that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority Licence Applications (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Private Security Authority (PSA) is the regulatory body with responsibility for the regulation of the security industry in Ireland. The Authority is an independent body under the aegis of my Department and so the processing of licence applications is a matter solely for the Authority. I am however informed by the Authority that a licence will issue in the coming days for the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that An Garda Síochána articulates its strategic plans by way of a Strategy Statement and an Annual Policing Plan. The Strategy Statement 2013-2015 which was published on 25 January 2013 will be actioned through a series of three annual Policing Plans, the first of which is the Policing Plan for 2013. A significant consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that An Garda Síochána articulates its strategic plans by way of a Strategy Statement and an Annual Policing Plan. The Strategy Statement 2013-2015 which was published on 25 January 2013 will be actioned through a series of three annual Policing Plans, the first of which is the Policing Plan 2013. A significant consultation process...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 198 together. The decision to close 100 Garda stations in 2013, including Stepaside Garda Station, was the result of a comprehensive operational assessment carried out by the Garda Commissioner over a 12 month period and contained in his Policing Plan 2013, which I laid before the House in December last. It is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Garda stations closed under the 2013 Garda Síochána Annual Policing Plan form part of the portfolio of State properties owned and maintained by the Office of Public Works. Minister Hayes, who has responsibility for the Office of Public Works, has indicated that, if an appropriate community management structure is put in place, closed stations could be used for local community purposes.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for approximately 20,000 organisations in Ireland which employ personnel to work in a full time part time, voluntary or student capacity with children and or vulnerable adults and who are registered with the Unit for this purpose. The Unit processed approximately 328,000 vetting applications on behalf of these organisations in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Military Personnel (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Where requests are received by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for permission for persons to enter the State wearing any foreign uniform in accordance with Section 317 of the Defence Act, 1954, they may be forwarded to my Department for observations and information purposes. Foreign military personnel enter the State from time to time in order to attend official meetings,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application on behalf of the person concerned was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) on 18 December 2012. The application is currently being processed and it is anticipated that a response will issue to the registered organisation involved shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS), which is under the aegis of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, has statutory responsibility for the testing, approval and supply and maintenance of evidential testing machines and roadside breath testing screening devices to An Garda Síochána. I am further informed that the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Our legislation on prostitution is currently being reviewed. As part of that review, in June 2012, I published a discussion document on the future direction of legislation on prostitution. The purpose of the discussion document is to facilitate a public consultation process. On its publication, I referred the discussion document to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 180 together. The Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. There were a wide variety of institutions which had laundries run by different religious congregations and no decision has been made to include them all within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I understand that the Deputy's question relates to whether a parent involved in a custody dispute must be represented by a solicitor. I can confirm that there is no obligation on either parent to be represented by a solicitor. While there is no such obligation, a person may still wish to be represented in court. In this context I should point out that the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 makes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been in the State without permission since February, 2003. Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 13th January, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...