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Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Section 31 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 (as amended) created a number of offences in respect of delivering alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years. Under section 31(2) it is an offence for a license holder to sell or deliver, or permit any other person to sell or deliver, intoxicating liquor for consumption by a person under the age of 18 years in any place except with the...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that since 2005 and up to 23 May, 2010, 101 temporary closure orders have been issued under the Intoxicating Liquor Acts for offences relating to the sale and supply of alcohol to, and consumption by, persons under 18 years of age. I am further informed that it is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy regarding the duration and...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November, 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am satisfied that the applications made by the persons concerned for asylum, for subsidiary protection, for temporary leave to remain in the State and for revocation of their Deportation Orders, including all medical information, together with all refoulement issues, were fairly and comprehensively examined and, as such, the decision to deport them is justified. However, if new information...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that applicants selected by the Public Appointments Service and who have successfully undergone a Physical Competency Test, a Medical Examination and also Character Vetting will remain on a panel and are available to be offered positions as Garda Trainees in a future intake.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The case of the person concerned was examined under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act, 1999, (as amended), and Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended), on the Prohibition of Refoulement. On 23 March 2010, I refused the person concerned permission to remain temporarily in the State and instead signed a Deportation Order in respect of him. The effect of the Deportation Order is that...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU) has undertaken a campaign of industrial action for a number of months. Over that time, my Department and the Department of Finance have engaged with the Union to minimise the disruption to services to the public. I am pleased to say that as of now, most of the industrial action that was being taken, has been suspended. The Union is, however,...

Written Answers — Habitual Residency: Habitual Residency (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It is not clear as to what the Deputy is looking for in the context of the person concerned or her son. As a Latvian national and by extension an EU citizen since 1 May 2004, the person concerned is free to live in this State and free also to work here without a Work Permit. Issues relating to habitual residency conditions are a matter for the Department of Social Protection and, as such, the...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred to is in the Clontarf Garda Sub-District. While local Garda management is aware of anti-social behaviour in the area, it is not aware of any incidents of the type referred to by the Deputy. Any such incidents reported to An Garda Síochána are investigated. The area is subject to regular patrols by uniform and plain clothes...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy applied for permission to remain in the State and this application is currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Gaming Industry: Gaming Industry (26 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is no doubt aware from my reply to Question Number 362 of 18 May 2010, the consultation phase of the major review of gambling which I initiated has now been completed. The review will provide Government with options for a new and comprehensive legal and organisational framework governing the gambling architecture in the State, including for the first time, the on-line gaming...

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: My Department provides centralised support for 24 websites developed under its IT Shared Service model. Figures recorded in 2009 indicate that there were over one quarter of a million unique visits to my Department's main site (www.justice.ie) and over a half a million unique visits to the website of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie). Individual visits are not...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The majority of females who entered or were placed in Magdalen Laundries in the period did so without any direct involvement of the State. Magdalen laundries were not State institutions and their records are a matter for the individual religious congregations concerned. A small proportion of entrants to Magdalen Laundries came through the criminal justice system. While my Department,...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that applicants selected by the Public Appointments Service and who have successfully undergone a Physical Competency Test, a Medical Examination and also Character Vetting will remain on a panel and are available to be offered positions as Garda Trainees in a future intake.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of each Garda Division as at 30 April 2010 was as set out as follows: - Divisional strength as at 30 April 2010 Division Strength Division Strength Division Strength DMR South Central 780 Tipperary 400 Sligo / Leitrim 324 DMR North Central 719 Cork City 696 Clare 332 DMR North 825 Cork North 307 Mayo 321 DMR East 476...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 5 October 2005. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 341 of Tuesday, 18 May 2010, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 6 October 2005. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), that it is the policy of my Department not to extend a permission to remain to persons who are admitted for a period of 90 days or less on a short stay visit, save in very exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. The reason for that policy is that an extension of visitor's permission should not generally arise...