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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Intestate Estates (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: No data are available on the number of citizens that have made a will or the age profile of those who have not done so. The annual report of the Courts Service for 2011 indicates however that of the 16,350 applications made to the Probate Office during that year, 12,520 (76.5%) arose from cases where a will had been made and 3,820 (23.5%) were in respect of cases of intestacy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit, GCVU, provides employment vetting for approximately 20,000 organisations in Ireland, registered with the unit for this purpose, which employ personnel to work in a full-time, part time, voluntary or student capacity with children and / or vulnerable adults. The unit processed approximately 328,000 vetting applications on behalf of these organisations in 2012....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commemorative Events (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service is cognisant of the fact that the remains of Thomas Kent are the only remains of a leader of the 1916 Rising still interred in the grounds of a prison. In the context of the proposed development of a new prison in Cork it is the intention of the Irish Prison Service, subject to the agreement of the Kent family and to the necessary permits being obtained, to have his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner's policing plan for 2013, which I laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 5 December 2012, set out plans for the closure of a number of Garda stations around the country in 2013. In that context, Lauragh Garda Station was closed on 31 January 2013. The objective of modernising and re-calibrating the Garda station network is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Peace commissioners are appointed under section 88 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924. It is open to anyone to seek nomination to this office and all such requests for appointment are considered by me. The Garda authorities may also request an appointment in the public interest when they believe there is an essential need for a further appointment. There are 24 peace commissioners entered...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Controls (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, recently commenced a six-month trial of automated border control gates, e-gates, at Pier A/D of Terminal One in Dublin Airport. The e-gates offer certain categories of arriving passengers - passport holders from EU states including Ireland, EEA states and Switzerland who are over 18 years of age and hold a first generation biometric...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons Issues (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 539 and 540 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the total number of persons reported missing for over five years, and who remain untraced, up to and including 24 May, 2013 is 606. It should be noted that this figure is provisional, operational and liable to change. All incidents where persons have been reported missing remain under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the number of committals to prison for non-payment of a court order fine in 2012 was 8,304. The corresponding figures for 2011 and 2010 were 7,514 and 6,683 respectively. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide the cost for each case as this would necessitate a manual search of each record and would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Agencies Funding (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to provide independent oversight of complaints made against members of the Garda Síochána. The Ombudsman Commission was in a preparatory phase in 2006 and became operational in May 2007. The 2007 allocation included significant funding relating to the initial set-up of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am satisfied that the retirement benefits of the person in question were correctly calculated in accordance with the relevant Department of Finance circular. Full details of the method of calculation have been provided to the person in question. If she wishes to have any further information my Department would be happy to provide it. I can confirm that the person concerned is in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Currently, eight members of the Permanent Defence Force, who are deployed to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation, UNTSO, serve in Syria as part of observer group Golan in support of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF. These appointments include two which were previously held by Irish personnel in Damascus until October 2012, when the security situation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the military authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 31 March 2013, the latest date for which figures are available, was 9,189, comprising 7,375 Army, 781 Air Corps and 1,033 Naval Service personnel. The attached table outlines the total vacancies, by rank, based on the agreed stabilised strength for the Permanent Defence Force of 9,500. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The military authorities have advised me that training for members of the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, in 1 Brigade has been scheduled for the following locations in 2013: a. Coolmoney Camp, Glen of Imaal b. DFTC, Stephens Barracks c. Dun Ui Mhaoiliosa d. Kilworth Camp e. Collins Barracks f. Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee g. Bere Island. The Value for Money Review of the Reserve Defence Force,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Amounts paid in respect of the remuneration of military personnel serving with UN and EU peace support operations, together with travel and subsistence and transportation costs - troops and freight - for each of the past five years, are set out in the table below. Equipment costs are not included in the figures, as equipment is generally not procured for a specific mission. UN and EU...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fodder Crisis (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The lands at Casement Aerodrome Baldonnel are already subject to both a letting and a contract arrangement for the cutting of grass. In the circumstances the question of making cut grass from Baldonnel available to local farmers does not arise.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Agencies Funding (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The only Ombudsman post under the remit of the Department for Defence is that of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. The office of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, ODF, was established as an independent statutory office, under the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004. The primary role of the ODF is to provide an independent appeals process for members of the Defence Forces who have...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Churchill did quite well.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: That is pathetic. The Minister for Finance is cleaning up the mess left behind by the previous Government.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I do not do that on the seventh day.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Is that another accusation? Is the Deputy suggesting that I am sleeping with the Commissioner?