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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy, on the number of prisoner on prisoner assaults and prisoner on staff assaults for 2012, is set out in the following table. Prison/Place of Detention Number of Prisoner on Prisoner Assaults by prison Number of Prisoner Assaults on Staff by prison Arbour Hill 4 0 Castlerea 73 7 Cloverhill 97 9 Cork 43 7 Dóchas Centre 25...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer to your parliamentary question for written answer on Tuesday 11th June 2013. The information has been collated and is set out in the tables below. Unfortunately, the issue of slopping out cannot be resolved overnight. However, I can assure you that the Government is committed to the elimination of slopping out in all prisons and places of detention. I am pleased to note that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person referred to by the Deputy has not made an application for naturalisation. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned entered the State on 30 September, 2008 and claimed asylum. His application for asylum was unsuccessful at first instance and this decision was upheld on appeal to the Office of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The proposal referred to by the Deputy was discussed at last week's meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg (6/7 June) and detailed consideration by the relevant working group will commence, under the Irish Presidency, later this month. The proposal concerns two existing EU agencies, Europol and CEPOL. Europol's role is to support national law enforcement bodies in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties. All State parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (11 Jun 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: Garda Deployment (11 Jun 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 by the Commissioner and his senior management team in the context of demographics, crime trends, policing needs and other operational...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Services Personnel (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: Section 19 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, (as amended by section 185 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006) makes it an offence to assault, in the course of their duties, a "peace officer", persons providing medical services in a hospital or any persons assisting either. For the purposes of the Act, "peace officer" includes members of the Garda Síochána, Prison...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 741 and 742 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the examination surrounding the circumstances of the death of Father Niall Molloy has been completed and that an investigation file has been forwarded for the attention of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, under the terms of the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is entirely independent in the matter of individual applications for compensation that fall to be considered by the Tribunal. However, in order to be of assistance to you in the matter I have had enquiries made with the Tribunal on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in April, 2013. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision as expeditiously as possible. As well as being a significant event in the life of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 746 and 747 together. The Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. The House of Mercy in Summerhill, County Wexford was one of a number of residential centres run by the Sisters of Mercy, where, generally at the request of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The effect of a Deportation Order is that the person the subject of such an Order must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. Deportation Orders are made under the provisions of the Immigration Act, 1999, as amended, following a comprehensive consideration of an individual's case under Section 3 (6) of that Act and under Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 on the prohibition...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the introduction of the new immigration regime for non-EEA students on 1 January 2011 introduced a limit of seven years as the maximum period that a non-EEA national may reside in Ireland on a student permission. The time limit was necessary to curb the misuse of the student immigration channel by economic migrants. Tackling abuses of the system was part of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Upward Only Rent Reviews (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I have indicated in my replies to previous Parliamentary Questions on the subject of upward only rent review clauses, there are no plans to re-examine the decision which was taken in 2011 not to proceed with legislation to abolish such clauses in commercial leases which were entered into prior to 28 February 2010. It will be recalled that the background to this decision was a substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by officials of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are not aware of any inordinate delay in processing short stay visa applications. Detailed analysis of short stay visa applications for 2012 shows that almost 50% of such applications worldwide were processed within four days of having been received in an embassy or visa office....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service provides a wide range of rehabilitative programmes that include education, vocational training, healthcare, psychiatric, psychological, counselling, welfare and spiritual services. These programmes are available in all prisons and all prisoners are eligible to use the services. On committal, all prisoners are interviewed by the Governor and are informed of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (11 Jun 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 Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: It was not possible to provide the detailed information sought by the Deputy in the time available. My Department is currently seeking to compile the relevant data and I will provide the information directly to the Deputy once it comes to hand.