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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525 and 529 together. The Government has facilitated a new arrangement in the form of a Working Group chaired by the Chief Justice and comprising the Presidents of the Courts and other representative judges. The Attorney General, who has traditionally acted as the formal link with the Judiciary, also attends the Group accompanied by the Secretary General to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: Under the provisions of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011, the Property Services Regulatory Authority does not have any responsibilities in relation to rent prices in the private residential rented sector. In relation to that sector, the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), which comes under the aegis of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: Arrangements are in place in my Department to process applications for payments under the scheme from the women involved. A copy of Mr Justice Quirke’s report and an application form was posted to all women who had already registered an expression of interest with the Department. In excess of 672 applications forms have issued to date and 259 completed forms were returned for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Bodies Establishment (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 536 together. In April this year I announced the appointment of members designate of the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. At that time I explained that the independent Selection Panel, which was established to carry out this task, had confirmed to me that it had not proved possible to recruit a Chief Commissioner at that time. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 530 to 532, inclusive, together. The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) hopes to be in a position to accept applications from debtors in August. It is important to note that all of the necessary elements must be in place before the ISI can begin to receive applications. These elements include: the authorisation of Practitioners; finalisation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, under the Constitution, judges are appointed by the President on the advice of the Government. Further to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 13 June 2013, in which I indicated that the Government had nominated six persons for appointment by the President as a Specialist Judge of the Circuit Court, I can confirm that these appointments were made by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers while their application for protection is being processed. I assume the question refers to a recently published article by the Ombudsman on asylum seekers. The Ombudsman says in her article...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation to address all aspects of domestic violence, threatened violence and intimidation, in a way that provides protection to victims. Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, is currently considering a wide range of proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy's question concerns the disclosure, to parents, of information relating to persons on the sex offenders' register. In exceptional circumstances, the provision of appropriate information to the public is already possible. This includes the disclosure of such information to parents. Currently, this is done on an administrative basis but, subject to Government approval, I intend to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers while their application for protection is being processed. The following are the details of expenditure by RIA and occupancy in recent years. Year Expenditure outturn Occupancy at year end...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tourism Visa Applications (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 27 February 2013. Following full consideration, the Visa Officer decided to refuse the grant of the visa on 3 May 2013. The decision to refuse was appealed on 16 May 2013 and was upheld by an appeals officer on 5 June 2013. The visa appeals officer did not consider that the person concerned provided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Incidence (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence is an executive office of my Department. Cosc's key task is to ensure the delivery of a well coordinated "whole-of-government" response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence against women and men. Cosc carries out its co-ordination functions primarily within the framework of the first National...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person referred to by the Deputy was committed to prison for non-payment of a Court ordered fine. I am advised that on the date in question there were 358 prisoners in Castlerea, 58 above the capacity recommended by the Inspector of Prisons. In addition, the person in question had no previous convictions and had received a sentence of 7 days imprisonment. The granting of temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on priorities which are established by An Garda Síochána. The programme is progressed in close cooperation with the Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for capital expenditure in this area. As the Deputy is aware, plans for the provision of a new Divisional Headquarters in Tallaght are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that there are currently Drug Free Units operational in 7 closed prisons: Mountjoy (Male), St. Patrick's Institution, Dochas Centre, Wheatfield, Cloverhill, Limerick, and Cork Prison. There is an aggregate total of 417 spaces in these Units, which currently house 380 prisoners with 39 vacancies. The breakdown of these aggregate figures is set out in the table...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the table below outlines the number of prisoners on protection in each prison/institution on the last day of each of the past six months: Total number of Protection Prisoners on the last day of each month - June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 Mountjoy Male 110 116 114 115 112 109 Mountjoy Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Patrick's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: There is extensive legislation on the statute book addressing fraud and organised crime. The efficacy and appropriateness of criminal legislation is kept under ongoing review. Amendments are considered in light of the experience of the Garda Síochána and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in operating the legislation and in light of relevant rulings of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (18 Jul 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: Traveller Community Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: My Department is currently collating reports on progress achieved in relation to Traveller actions which are in the National Traveller/Roma Integration Strategy with a view to updating the strategy. It should be noted that Traveller representatives are active participants on National Committees dealing with policy and, in this way, are involved in the development of policy. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Irish Third Level Graduate Scheme has been in operation since 2007 with some amendment in 2011. This scheme allows legally resident non-EEA third level graduates to remain in Ireland after the completion of their studies for the purpose of seeking employment and applying for a green card permit or employment permit. Under the current student immigration...