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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 1st April 2007 for the purposes of a short term visit and was given permission to remain in the State until 10th April 2007. He remained illegally in the State after 10th April 2007. His wife arrived in the State on the 18th September 2008, and his daughter arrived in the State in the company of her grandmother in 2009. His son was born in the...

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

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 28 July, 1999 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005. This permission was renewed on a regular basis with the last renewal valid until June, 2014. A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a sibling of an Irish born citizen child born in the State prior to 1 January 2005, whose parents were granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 4 July, 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA national parents of children born in Ireland prior to January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. I would advise the person concerned to make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are currently no applications pending in my Department for residency or naturalisation in respect of the persons whose details were supplied. If applications for asylum have been made by the persons concerned, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on applications which have not completed this process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned applied for asylum on 11th May, 2007. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned initiated judicial review proceedings in the High Court, challenging the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in her case. As these...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: If the Deputy, as he always does in this House, is after the usual predictable, easy headline, I cannot sit here while he maligns the members of the current Judiciary, speaks in a manner that makes his accusations readily identifiable with an individual member of the Judiciary, and uses this House to damage the reputation of any member of the Judiciary who cannot respond. The Deputy knows...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: That is outrageous.

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank all of the Deputies who contributed to the debate on this Bill today and the last day. This is an important Bill which provides for much needed reform across a number of different and important areas of the law. As regards the proposed changes to the in camera rule to which so many Deputies made reference, what I am providing for in this Bill is a careful balancing of the need for...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I understand it I have not less than 15 minutes. It would not be possible to respond to all of the issues within 15 minutes. Deputies Collins, Mac Lochlainn and Murphy raised the possible effect on judges and court offices of the increased jurisdiction of the Circuit and District Courts. I am also aware similar statements have been made by bodies such as the Law Society, the chairman...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The suggestion was made that the increase in jurisdiction limits should await the enactment of the Legal Services Regulation Bill. The latter is only one of the measures being taken to ensure the modernisation of the legal professions and a more transparent and competitive legals costs regime. There is no justification for linking implementation of the new regulatory and legal costs...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am very conscious that when a court closes in a constituency it is a cause of concern to Members of this House. I assure Members that I am informed by the Courts Service that it genuinely engages in consultation with all interests, both the legal profession, the Garda and other relevant bodies across the board in particular towns that might be affected by court closures and it looks at the...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I understand it will be next week.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: We dealt with this at length previously in the context of Second Stage. This is the section that allows the courts, where an application is made for repossession, to adjourn the proceedings so that the possibility of an individual entering into a personal insolvency arrangement can be looked at. This is a radical change to the law. There was no connectivity in the past between the court...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: This is a technical amendment in which I seek to address a particular issue raised in submissions to the Department. It was submitted the possibility existed that proceedings against the estate of a deceased person, which had been issued prior to the Dunne judgment but had not been determined and were adjourned with liberty to re-enter pending the outcome of the appeal of that case would not...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: Amendment No. 2 seeks to rewrite provisions in the Personal Insolvency Act, which is not the purpose of this Bill. The House should be aware that the protection to mortgage proposed by this Bill is to require the court to allow for a personal insolvency regime to be considered where, for example, none previously had been attempted, as with the requirement now in bankruptcy petitions, not...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputy McDonald for raising this important matter and for the opportunity to speak in the House here today on this issue. The Deputy knows that when I took up office, I was determined that we would address the issue of the Magdalen laundries and the position of the former residents. My Government colleagues were fully briefed by me on today's matter at our Cabinet meeting this...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I agree entirely with the Deputy that the congregations, as she put it, have a moral, ethical and social duty to contribute to the fund. As I stated, the majority of people outside the House would expect such a contribution, and many of the former residents of the Magdalen laundries or homes expect such contributions. I do not believe anything can be achieved by me as a Minister being...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I must urge them, as I and the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, did privately, to respond positively to the Quirke report and contribute to the scheme, and I am now doing so publicly. I hope they will reconsider the position they have taken. On reflection they may recognise many of the members of the congregations would like to approach this matter in a manner whereby the wider public...

Private Members' Business - Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am pleased to have this opportunity to respond to the case that has been made for the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill has two main objectives; one is to establish a Garda Síochána independent board, and the other is to strengthen the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. I will deal with each in turn. The Garda Síochána independent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Auctioneering Licences (16 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with the provisions of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011, the Property Services Regulatory Authority is responsible for the regulation and licensing of property service providers - auctioneers/estate agents, letting agents and property management agents. I am advised by the Authority that the company referred to by the Deputy does hold a current licence.