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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board was established pursuant to the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995. Section 14 of the Act provides that the Board may adopt such procedures as it thinks fit to carry out its functions under the Act. It is, therefore, a matter for the Board whether it would wish to make a form available in the manner suggested and I have arranged to pass the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that the person mentioned by the Deputy that the person mentioned was registered in the State on 22 March 2006 as a student until 4 August 2012. All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under the "new immigration regime for full time non-EEA students which was published in September 2010 and has been in effect since 1...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was initially granted leave to remain in the State for the three year period ending 27 May 2010. This was subsequently renewed for a further three years to 28th May, 2013. The latter decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 26 May 2010. The person concerned is required to apply in writing for the renewal of this permission. As my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum aplicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 21 March, 2006, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware, from previous Dáil replies in this matter, that the person referred to by the Deputy has no application pending for residency. The person concerned was granted permission to remain for a period of five years on 12 January, 2010 on the basis of being the spouse of an EU citizen, who was residing in the State and was exercising his EU Treaty Rights. The grounds...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy was registered in the State on 30 July 2008 as a student. A reply issued to this person's email query on 15 April 2013 setting out the position with regard to the guidelines for non EEA national students registered in the State before 1 January 2011. This information is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has permission to remain in the State until 29th March, 2015. This position was notified to him by letter dated 19 April, 2012. The person concerned submitted an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation in September 2011. I decided to defer making my final decision on the application for a period of 18 months, until November 2014, in order that I might be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 206 of Wednesday, 24th April 2013 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then. As explained to the Deputy previously, the person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As outlined in my previous reply to the Deputy, the person concerned has been refused a declaration of Refugee Status in the State. He has also been refused Subsidiary Protection and a Deportation Order has been made in respect of him. Judicial Review proceedings challenging the Deportation Order and the refusal of Subsidiary Protection were brought before the High Court on 24 September 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that judicial review proceedings were instituted in the High Court challenging the refusal of subsidiary protection and the making of a Deportation Order in relation to the person concerned on 11 August 2011. Until all court related matters have been dealt with I do not propose to comment further on the case. I should remind...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are no surviving veterans of the War of Independence in receipt of a military service pension from my Department. The last such veteran died in 2006. However, monthly pensions are currently being paid to a total of 181 spouses of deceased veterans.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Issues (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Reserve Defence Force Centre in Kells was recently closed as part of the ongoing reorganisation of the Reserve. In order to ensure the safety and security of the plaques they were removed following the closure of the property. It is intended to re-locate the plaque commemorating deceased members of the Kells Unit to a secure location.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The issue of the naming of the two new Naval Service ships is under active consideration and a decision on the matter will be made shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks Closures (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Under the re-organisation programme for the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) this property closed on 5th March 2013. My Department has written to each Government Department, various agencies and local authorities seeking expressions of interest in acquiring any of the former RDF properties including the Sluagh Hall in Swords to benefit the local community as a whole but with particular emphasis on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Legal Costs (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The main requirement for legal services in my Department is in the context of litigation, usually in the form of judicial review and personal injury proceedings. The Chief State Solicitor’s Office and the State Claims Agency manage and provide legal representation in relation to all cases taken against the Minister for Defence. The Chief State Solicitor’s Office is...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: When I had the privilege of being appointed to the Government, this country was on its knees. The catastrophic failures of our predecessors had left the State on the verge of bankruptcy with a contracting economy, continuously increasing unemployment, unsustainable public expenditure, a collapsed property market, and with our people fearful of their future and with no sense of hope. Over...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: If this debate has any value, it provides me with an opportunity to detail some of the real issues being addressed and what is behind us. Fianna Fáil's no-confidence motion is particularly galling considering that one of my biggest problems upon entering Government in March 2011 was trying to unravel the expenditure ceilings for the justice and defence sectors contained in the Fianna...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: All of these measures were enacted in the space of two years. Innovation and bringing reforming legislation to this House has been a large part of my life's work as a TD over the past three decades, as well as tackling injustice and child abuse. It is what I do. With the expertise of Departments and the Attorney General's office working with me, a great deal more can be done than from the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: That is why we have made available €9 million for the purchase of new Garda vehicles. Also, the long promised new Garda roster system is now operational. This is working, though members of the opposition choose to ignore that. Crime figures have been reduced across the majority of crime categories due to the success of targeted Garda operations and smart policing. Drugs to the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: -----enactment of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Bill 2013; enactment of the Courts Bill before the summer vacation; signing into law shortly, regulations applicable to personal insolvency practitioners; publication of the assisted decision making (mental capacity) Bill; publication of the fines (amendment) Bill; publication of the DNA database Bill; publication of the human rights and...