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Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 6:In page 5, to delete line 7 and substitute the following:“(7) In this section and section 3--”.On Committee Stage I indicated my intention to examine the possibility of requiring that all repossession applications in respect of principal private residences in the case of mortgages created prior to 1 December 2009 be taken in the Circuit Court. The Land...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I will deal with the second question first. The proposal was that these matters be dealt with in the Circuit Court as they are appropriate to the Circuit Court and not to the District Court. That is the position in the context of post-1 December 2009 mortgages, as contained in that particular legislation. There is already experience and expertise in the Circuit Court in dealing with these...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I said to the Deputy, this would create major drafting problems to travel the route in full that he is suggesting. We will see how the courts applying interpret the legislation. Linking the two issues - getting stuff out of the High Court into the Circuit Court and also the personal insolvency arrangement, PIA, issue - provides certain possibilities but if anyone is in genuine financial...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 8:In page 5, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Proceedings relating to certain mortgages to be brought in Circuit Court 3. (1) This section applies to land which is the principal private residence of--(a) the mortgagor of the land concerned, or (b) a person without whose consent a conveyance of that land would be void by reason of--(i) the...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: These amendments both seek to make substantial changes to the Personal Insolvency Act. As I have stated previously, this is not the intention of the Bill or of section 2, which provides a necessary link to the personal insolvency process. Amendment No. 9contains an astonishing proposal, in paragraph (c), that the court should consider whether, when a personal insolvency arrangement, PIA, has...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: There is a very simple answer to the questions posed by Deputy Donnelly. Section 2(4) states: "On the expiry of any period of adjournment granted under subsection (2), the court may grant a further adjournment of the proceedings concerned where it considers that significant progress has been made in the preparation of a proposal for a Personal Insolvency Arrangement." Let us assume that any...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: These amendments, which are being taken together, to a large extent fall outside the scope of the Bill. Amendment No. 10 relates to situations where tenancy agreements are in place and seeks to invest the court with the power to require mortgagees to abide by the terms of such agreements. Repossession is not the only option in such situations. Where rents are being paid and where it is...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 15:In page 5, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following: "(2) Sections 2 and 3 come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Justice and Equality may by order or orders appoint and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions.".This is a technical amendment which will allow the commencement of sections 2 and 3 on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application on behalf of the individual referred to by the Deputy was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) on 9 May 2013. The application is being processed and will be returned to the registered organisation once completed. All organisations registered for Garda Vetting are aware of the processing time-frames for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the State property portfolio. In addition, I understand that the OPW has a programme in place to provide disabled access to public buildings, including Garda stations. This set of projects is being progressed by the OPW and I am advised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 184 together. The entering into a marriage in this State irrespective of the immigration status of the persons involved is a matter for the individuals concerned. Neither my Department nor An Garda Síochána has any role or involvement in establishing the marital status of a non-national person living here who proposes to get married in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Investigations (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181, 191 and 192 together. While I am in ongoing contact with the Garda Commissioner concerning the progress of the investigations into the former Anglo-Irish Bank, the Deputies will appreciate that I have no role in relation to the detailed management of these investigations, nor would it be appropriate for me to disclose what evidence the Gardaí have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that under the terms of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, as passed by the Oireachtas, the Legal Aid Board is independent in the operation of its functions and decisions on individual cases are a matter for the Board. However, in order to be helpful to the Deputy I have had enquiries made with the Board on his behalf. I am advised that demand for legal services from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law Matters (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matters 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: Rights of Way (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, I am not in a position to interpret the law or to provide advice on a particular case in response to a Parliamentary Question. Moreover, on the basis of the information provided, the matter does not appear to come within my field of responsibility as Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that on today's date I have announced Government approval for my plans regarding the future accommodation of prisoners currently detained at St Patrick's Institution. In line with the recommendation of the Inspector of Prisons and in order to effect the changes necessary in regime and culture and to ensure the safe and secure custody, I am satisfied that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service (IPS) that the University of Ulster has been successful in a recent tender to develop a programme to illustrate the benefits of positive communication, cover the main theories of communication, personality, child development and stress reduction in order to equip Irish Prison Service staff with the skills they need to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Process (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. The function of the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) is to conduct Garda vetting checks in respect of persons on whose behalf vetting applications have been submitted by organisations registered with the Unit for that purpose. The role of the GCVU is not to deem any individual to have "passed the vetting process". Its role is to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am to inform the Deputy that in the absence of a specific prison on the committal warrant, designated prisons are associated with specific areas of the country. For example, all male persons committed to prison on remand, pending trial or under sentence of imprisonment or otherwise from any court in the county of Cork, the county borough of Cork, the county of Kerry, the county of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The issue of human trafficking and the rights of victims of this abhorrent crime was a focus of discussions at the European Council during the Irish Presidency. The discussions centred on the Commission publication in April 2013 of a document entitled 'The EU rights of victims of trafficking in human beings' as provided for by Priority A, Action 4 of the EU Strategy towards the Eradication...