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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be glad to note that, in response to a flash appeal by UNHCR, Ireland has agreed to accept 30 persons from Syria for resettlement in 2013. This is in addition to the annual UNHCR led resettlement programme in which Ireland participates.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to has been approved. Queries in relation to general immigration matters may be made directly 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 cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill, which is due to be published in the near future, will reform the law in relation to Wards of Court. The Bill will provide for the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871 to cease to have effect and the replacement of the Wards of Court system provided under that Act with a modern statutory framework to support persons who require assistance in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 868, 913 and 946 together. It is the Government's intention to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to ensure that all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under the Convention are being met. As the Deputies may be aware, Ireland does not become party to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that five vetting applications have been received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) on behalf of the person to whom the Deputy refers. I am further informed that three of these vetting applications were processed and returned to the registered organisations concerned on 26 February 2013 and 21 March 2013. The remaining two applications were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilianisation Process (16 Apr 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....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 871 and 874 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 94 personnel assigned to the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU). Following discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, sanction was granted for an additional 25 staff to be re-deployed from the Department of Agriculture to the Garda Central Vetting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Public Access Call Boxes (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote and I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the annual cost saving arising from the removal of certain Public Access Call Boxes is approximately €394,000. In this context, I understand that in the course of an operational review it was established that, on average, the majority of the relevant Public Access...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 877 together. I intend bringing proposals to Government shortly in relation to the strength of the Garda Síochána and when recruitment might recommence. While no final decision has been taken in relation to the lifetime of the recruitment panel created as a result of the last recruitment process, the fact that this panel is now...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: My officials are collating the information which will be forwarded to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the outsourced safety camera network commenced operation in November 2010 and reached full operational capacity in March 2011. The contract provides for 6,000 speed enforcement hours and 1,475 speed survey hours per month across the country. There have been no new Garda speed cameras installed for the years 2011 to 2013. I am advised that speed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that on 28 February 2013, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána, the Garda Reserve, the civilian whole time equivalents and the Community Gardaí, broken down by Division, was as set out in the following table: Division Strength Reserve Civilian WTE Community DMR...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that on 28 February 2013, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of the Garda National Drugs Unit and each Divisional Drugs Unit is as set out in the table below. Both the Garda National Drugs Unit and the Divisional units are also supported in their work by officers from other national units such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Rank (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that here is no rank of Detective in the Garda Síochána. Members of the Garda Síochána, at the ranks of Garda to Chief Superintendent inclusive, may be assigned to Detective duties by the Garda Commissioner. I have been informed by the Commissioner that on 28 February 2013, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is probably aware, there are a number of international and EU instruments which provide for the return of children who have been wrongfully removed from one contracting State to another, or wrongfully retained in another contracting State. Through these instruments, a network of Central Authorities have been established in Contracting States to facilitate applications for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 882 and 883 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the specific arrangements made by An Garda Síochána in relation to firearms are, as operational matters, dealt with by the Garda Commissioner. In that area the Commissioner determines the appropriate measures to be put in place, including the specific firearms to be deployed, without reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (16 Apr 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 Investigations (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: In the first place I should mention that the Report makes clear that the requests in question relate to criminal requests from law enforcement agencies or courts either by way of sub poena, court order or warrant, in other words in accordance with either statutory or court authority. The Deputy will appreciate that a wide range of statutes provide for the gathering of evidence by An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, is responsible for the accommodation of persons under the system of direct provision while their applications for international protection are being processed. RIA itself has no function in determining whether someone should stay or not in its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licensing Laws (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position is that section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000 made provision for the upgrading of restricted licences under certain conditions, including a condition that applications to the Revenue Commissioners for such upgrading be made within one year of the entry into force of the Act. I understand that a small number of restricted licences remain in existence and I intend to...