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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The tables set out the number of women by rank serving in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps at 31 December for each of the years 2003 to 2012, and at 31 March 2013, the latest date for which figures are available. These figures show that at 31 March 2013 there were a total of 565 serving in the Permanent Defence Force, a figure which equates to 6.15% of the overall strength of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Surveillance (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Naval Service conducts routine maritime surveillance patrols on a daily basis throughout Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The primary day-to-day tasking of the Naval Service is to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with the State’s fishery protection legislation and our obligations as a member of the European Union. In its fishery protection role,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The UN reimburses some personnel and Contingent Owned Equipment costs in respect of contributions of personnel to UN led operations. Rates of reimbursement, fixed in accordance with UN categories of equipment and personnel, are agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ireland and the UN for each mission. The only mission for which Ireland is currently entitled to reimbursement...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: My Department's property portfolio is kept under constant review to ensure that adequate facilities are available for the Defence Forces to carry out the duties assigned to them by Government. As the Deputy is aware I have indicated to the House previously there are no plans for further barrack closures. Targeted recruitment will ensure that into the future the Permanent Defence Force...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The military installations including permanently occupied barracks currently fully operational are set out in the following table. Whilst my Department’s property portfolio is kept under constant review, as I indicated to the House previously there are no plans for further barrack closures. In addition to these installations a number of other smaller properties are used by Reserve...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Accident Investigations (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with relevant legislation, my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and I agreed that the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport should investigate this accident. The AAIU has now completed its investigation and its Report, which was published on 4 April 2013, is now available on the AAIU website (www.aaiu.ie)....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. I am to advise the Deputy that the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons was ratified in Germany on 31st October, 1991 and came into force there on 1st February, 1992. The Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts, 1995 and 1997 provide a mechanism whereby non-nationals serving sentences in Ireland may apply to serve the remainder...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that 16,870 applications were made to the Legal Aid Board's general law centres during 2012. This compared with 18,727 applications in 2011 which was a decrease of approximately 10%. Overall however, there has been a significant increase in demand for civil legal aid services in recent years, as the number of applications in 2006 was 9,689 which the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The role of the Property Registration Authority in relation to the registration of judgment mortgages is purely administrative and provided that an application is made in the correct form, registration proceeds. The case referred to by the Deputy is currently the subject of an ongoing judicial review case. Two judgment mortgages were lodged with the Property Registration Authority by a firm...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Central Authority for Child Abduction operates in my Department for the purposes of, among other international instruments, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Convention is designed to ensure the prompt return of children who have been removed from one contracting state to another - usually by a parent in defiance of the wishes of the other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that 16,870 applications were made to the Legal Aid Board's general law centres during 2012. This compared with 18,727 applications in 2011 which was a decrease of approximately 10%. Overall however, there has been a significant increase in demand for civil legal aid services in recent years, as the number of applications in 2006 was 9,689 which the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The role of the Property Registration Authority in relation to the registration of judgment mortgages is purely administrative and provided that an application is made in the correct form, registration proceeds. The case referred to by the Deputy is currently the subject of an ongoing judicial review case. Two judgment mortgages were lodged with the Property Registration Authority by a firm...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Central Authority for Child Abduction operates in my Department for the purposes of, among other international instruments, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Convention is designed to ensure the prompt return of children who have been removed from one contracting state to another - usually by a parent in defiance of the wishes of the other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, I have welcomed the Law Reform Commission's recently published report on Jury Service which includes an examination of the law concerning how individuals are selected for jury service and follows on from the Commission's 2010 Consultation Paper. The Report contains 56 recommendations covering a broad range of issues relating to jury service together with a draft...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Staff (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Master of the High Court is appointed by Government under Section 3(3) of the Court Officers Act 1926 which also specifies that the Master holds office at the pleasure of the Government and can serve to age 70. The powers and jurisdiction of this quasi judicial office are set out in the Courts Acts and Rules of Court and relate mainly to administrative and procedural matters which are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned made an application for residency in the State on the basis of being the spouse of an EU National who was exercising her EU Treaty Rights in this State on 31 March, 2010. This application was refused and the person concerned was notified to this effect by letter dated 29 September 2010. The refusal decision was subsequently reviewed and the initial refusal decision was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illegal Moneylenders (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that the regulation of money lending in this jurisdiction is provided for by way of a number of pieces of statutory legislation. Legislative provisions relating to the regulation of money lending are provided for in the Consumer Credit Act 1995, which is the responsibility of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Under the 1995 Act, unlicensed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Partnership Legislation (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have no plans to extend the civil partnership legislation to couples other than same-sex couples who choose to register their partnership, nor to extend the cohabitant provisions to familial pairs or groupings. I do not consider civil partnership to be an appropriate means of addressing the possible needs of the very disparate range of "non-conjugal" cohabitants as it imposes a very high...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Internet Safety Issues (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the internet is global in reach and that, as a consequence, there is very limited scope for regulation by national authorities. National authorities may act only in very specific instances, most notably in relation to sites carrying child pornography. The Office for Internet Safety in my Department addresses a range of internet safety issues. Its focus is on...