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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned claims to have arrived in the State in May 2005 with his EU national wife. He applied for residency in the State on the basis of his marriage to an EU national in or around June 2005. By letter dated 22 August 2005, the person was notified that he was granted residency in the State for an initial one year period on the basis of his marriage to an EU citizen who was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 201 of 18 April 2013. I have nothing further to add to the information contained therein: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for an initial 2 year period on Stamp 4 conditions from 11 November, 2005, under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA national parents of children born in Ireland prior to January,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned has had no permission to be in the State since 22 March, 2011 and that he has also failed to renew his registration with An Garda Síochána as required by section 9 of the Immigration Act, 2004. No application has been received from the person to renew his permission to remain. No...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda authorities are continually looking at opportunities to employ new technologies to achieve their goals and to contribute to the services they provide. This is a policy that is designed to ensure that the Garda Síochána will be in a position to take advantage of proven up to date technological developments to meet the needs of an effective police force. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (2 May 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 relevant statistics directly to the Deputy. In relation to actions to address the incidence of crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (2 May 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: Courts Service Issues (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Report of the Working Group on the Court of Appeal which was published in 2009 and recommended the establishment of a single Court of Appeal. As he may be aware, the Government decided in principle last summer to proceed with preparations for the necessary Referendum and I recently announced that the intention would be to establish a Court of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (2 May 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 relevant information with reference to the statistics which are available directly to the Deputy. Insofar as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (2 May 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 relevant statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (2 May 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 relevant statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Reform (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that there is no waiting period associated with the granting of criminal legal aid as under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, the courts, through the judiciary, are responsible for the granting of legal aid on the applicant's appearance in Court. In relation to civil legal aid, I am to advise that demand for legal services from the Legal Aid Board has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government 2011-2016 undertakes to "establish independent regulation of the legal profession to improve access and competition, make legal costs more transparent and ensure adequate procedures for addressing consumer complaints". These undertakings complement those structural reforms in the EU/IMF/ECB Troika Programme of Financial Support for Ireland aimed at removing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No 185 of 6th March 2013:- "The Deputy will be aware from my replies to previous Parliamentary Questions that the statistics requested are not centrally recorded by the Irish Prison Service and to provide such information would require the allocation of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and resources. The Irish Prison...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The information provided in a table refers to lump sum (gratuity) payments made to retiring members of An Garda Síochána in the period 1st March 2011 to 1st March 2013. Value range Numbers Over €250,000 0 €200,001 to €250,000 4 €150,001 to €200,000 14 €100,001 to €150,000 130 €90,001 to €100,000 195...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: It has not been possible in the time available to compile all of the information requested by the Deputy which, in the case of the Defence organisation, covers retired members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF), retired civil servants from the Department of Defence and retired civilian employees employed with the PDF. I will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The value for money review of the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, recommended the retention of a reserve of approximately 4,000 personnel, with a broad range of reforms aimed at ensuring a viable and cost effective reserve into the future. A high level implementation group, HLIG, consisting of civil and military personnel, is overseeing this implementation process of the major reorganisation of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The terms of reference for the value for money review were created by my predecessor in 2009. They were prescribed by the Government led by the Deputy's party. I am satisfied that a very detailed and effective analysis was conducted of difficulties within the RDF, including how to make it more effective, how to ensure that it makes a contribution that has value in the public interest and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The reason I refer to his party in government is that in so far as there is any challenge to the nature of the value for money assessment that was undertaken it was undertaken under terms of reference, with which I have no disagreement, prescribed by the Deputy's colleagues in government. One of his colleagues who was a senior Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, when dealing with the value...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Issues (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can confirm that I have read the transcript from the appearance of the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association, RDFRA, before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and have also read the RDFRA written submission to that committee. The completion of the independently chaired value for money review is an important contribution to the reorganisation of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Issues (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: We have had an independent VFM review which made a number of key recommendations which are being implemented in the public interest and in that of members of the Reserve. I fully understand and appreciate that people have a difficulty on occasions with change and reform. It always takes a little time for matters to bed down. I know and I am conscious of the fact that there is an amount of...