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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Total expenditure on criminal legal aid for the years referred to by the Deputy was as follows: YEAR EXPENDITURE 2004 €34.1m 2005 €40.2m 2006 €42.1m 2007 €46.3m 2008 €55.3m 2009 €60.3m 2010 €56.5m 2011 €56.1m 2012 €50.5m 2013 - Jan to 31 Aug €33.9m As the Deputy will be aware, under the Criminal Justice (Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that a vetting application was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) on behalf of the individual concerned. The application was processed and a disclosure issued to the registered organisation in question on 20 July 2013. Following further correspondence on the matter, additional enquiries were conducted by the GCVU. As a result an amended...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Defence Forces currently operate an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System, commonly referred to as UAVs. Following a tender competition, an order for two portable mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems and associated spare parts and training was placed with Aeronautics Defence Systems Limited in May 2007. The UAV systems were acquired to enhance the capability of the Defence Forces to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: By way of background to the Deputy's question, I wish to advise that the number of vetting applications received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) each year has risen from 187,864 in 2007 to 327,903 in 2012 and it is expected that there will be upwards of 350,000 applications this year. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the current average processing time for applications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The outstanding statistics sought as well as updated ones already provided in my answer on 25 June, 2013 will be provided to the Deputy by the end of next week. The delay in collating this is regretted.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Applications for refugee status in the State are assessed at first instance by the statutory independent Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and on appeal by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT). At the end of August 2013 there were 239 asylum applications pending in ORAC and 533 appeals pending in RAT. While the current median processing time from date of initial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: A detailed manual on Garda policy and procedures in relation to the use of incapacitant spray has been developed by the Garda Commissioner and is published on the Garda website. The manual sets out the detailed considerations which must always be taken into account by a member of the Garda Síochána before using incapacitant spray. Any use of incapacitant spray, as with any use of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that applications for a certificate of naturalisation have been received from the persons referred to by the Deputy. The applications are being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The recruitment competition for the Garda Síochána, for which I recently secured the approval of my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, will be run by the Public Appointments Service on behalf of the Garda Commissioner.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Marriages of Convenience (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Freedom of movement was one of the four freedoms guaranteed with the establishment of the European Community in 1952. While the original objective of free movement was to facilitate labour mobility the focus of Community law has since shifted towards family reunification which dominates more recent secondary legislation and jurisprudence of the Court of Justice in this regard. However, our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Extradition Arrangements (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: In addition to arrangements within the European Union, Ireland currently has bilateral extradition agreements with the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong. Negotiations on agreements are at varying stages of progress with Argentina, Canada, Chile and Mexico. Ireland and Brazil recently agreed to commence negotiations on an agreement. I have no plans for further agreements at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Recovery Frameworks (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are a number of statutory frameworks which could potentially apply in the circumstances outlined by the Deputy. The question of which particular framework might apply can only be considered by reference to the particular circumstances including whether it is the State who might take action or a foreign jurisdiction through international cooperation mechanisms or whether it is civil...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for Long Term Residency has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently under consideration and officials from INIS will be writing to the person concerned in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 25 January 2004 and claimed asylum the following day. The Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner considered the claim and recommended that he not be declared a refugee on 3 May 2005. He was notified of the ORAC recommendation on 26 May 2005. An appeal of the ORAC recommendation was submitted to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal on 14 June 2005....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a sibling of an Irish born citizen child of non-EEA parents born in the State prior to 1 January, 2005. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of family dependency in January, 2005. This permission was subsequently renewed and is currently valid until 27 November, 2014. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order so therefore has no right to residency/naturalisation in the State. The Deportation Order was made following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and of his application to remain temporarily in the State. He has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The question of residency status in the case of the person whose details were supplied does not arise at this time. Should the option to apply for permission to remain in the State arise in the future the person concerned will be advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy contacted the INIS on 23 September 2013 and a reply issued to him on 24 September 2013. His case will be examined upon receipt of the documentation requested. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy arrived in the State on 27 December 2007 and registered on 17 January 2008 on Student conditions. His permission to remain here expired on 07 February 2012. The person submitted an application to INIS which was received on 27 March 2013. On 29 July 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned are a husband and wife who entered the State on separate dates in 2005, as students, and were granted permission to remain until 23rd November, 2006 and 22nd February, 2006 respectively. They have remained in the State without permission since then. Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the persons...