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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Children (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that An Garda Síochána has put in place the Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) Alert system, to enable the Gardaí seek the assistance of members of the public in circumstances where a child has been abducted and there is a reasonable belief that there is an immediate and serious risk to the health or welfare of a child. The system was launched by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Industrial Relations Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I should firstly explain that the operation and functions of the Labour Relations Commission do not come within my remit. The forum for dealing with industrial relations between the staff representative organisations in question and their employer and the Government is the Garda Síochána Conciliation and Arbitration Council. There is a dispute-resolution mechanism which provides...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. An Garda Síochána's Policing Plan 2013 sets out details of the Garda District and Station Consolidation Programme. It outlines the distribution of Templemore District between Thurles and Roscrea Districts. Both Districts are situated within the Tipperary Division in the South Eastern Region. The Deputy will be aware that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (28 Mar 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: Garda Overtime (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have sought the relevant information from the Garda authorities and I will contact the Deputy further in relation to this matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I assume the Deputy has in mind the relevant salary adjustments that would arise in the context of the application of the proposals published by the Labour Relations Commission for a draft Public Service Agreement to run from 2013 to 2016. The basic salary scales of those officers referred to by the Deputy are in excess of €65,000 and the levels of pay adjustments for these officers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on priorities which are established by An Garda Síochána. This programme is progressed in close co-operation with the Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for capital expenditure in the area. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Office of Public Works is taking forward plans for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: In 2012, INIS established a pilot programme in partnership with Marketing English in Ireland (MEI). This pilot programme has been extended for a further phase covering 2013 and 2014. To date, the Visa Office in Beijing has received around 100 applications under the adult MEI Pilot Programme with a refusal rate of 29%. These refusals by and large arise from concerns about the validity of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that permission to remain in the State arising from marriage to an Irish national is normally granted for 1 year initially which is renewable for further periods of up to 1 and 3 years on a rolling basis. The person concerned was initially granted permission to remain in the State arising from her marriage to an Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am wholly supportive of the release of Gardaí from administrative duties to frontline and operational policing. 32 positions were identified in the Garda Communications Centre in Harcourt Square as suitable to be filled by civilian staff and in March 2011, following an interdepartmental competition the first 18 Clerical Officers were assigned as Call Takers into the Centre. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application was received for permission to remain in the State from the person mentioned on 20 July 2012. An examination of this case indicated that this person arrived in Ireland on 12 April 2006 and was registered in the State as a Student until 12 June 2012. The person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in December, 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: Illegal Moneylenders (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 to 192, inclusive, together. I can confirm to the Deputy that I have received a submission from the organisation to which he refers concerning the practice of illegal money lending. That submission is currently under examination in my Department, in consultation with relevant Departments and Agencies and the Garda Commissioner, and a reply will issue in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been granted permission to remain in the State for the period to 25th April, 2014. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 18th December, 2012. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to the Citizenship Section of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when he is in a position to meet the lawful residency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in June, 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As well as being a significant event in the life of its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are currently no applications pending in my Department for residency or naturalisation in respect of the persons whose details were supplied. If applications for asylum have been made by the persons concerned, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on applications which have not completed this process. It should be noted that the fifth named person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the Family Reunification application in respect of the wife of the person in question was approved. This was communicated to the applicant by a letter issued on 31st January 2012. That letter set out the necessary steps to be followed following approval, including directions on applying for a visa for entry....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The cases referred to the Deputy encompass a father, a mother and their child. The father was the subject of an individual asylum application while the couple's child was included as a child dependant in his mother's claim meaning that any determination or decision made in her case applied equally to him. Arising from the refusal of their asylum applications, and in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Mar 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 and has no residency status in the State. Therefore the issue of naturalisation does not arise. The Deportation Order was signed on 11th March 2005 following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and of his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question Number 12210/13 of 7th March 2013 and previous Questions. The situation is unchanged since then and it remains open to the applicant to avail of the process outlined at paragraph two of the reply. The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 20 April 2010, following a comprehensive and thorough...