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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that according to the most recent snapshot of the prisoner population taken on Thursday 31 October, 2013 there were 591 prisoners held on remand throughout the prison system. On the same date in 2012 there were 637 prisoners held on remand. The 2013 figure has a decrease of 46 or 7% on the 2012 figure. A detailed breakdown of the location of all remand prisoners is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are robust mechanisms already in place in legislation to deal with discrimination, hate speech and racist crime. The Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2012 and the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011 prohibit discrimination on nine grounds in the supply of and access to goods and services and in the field of employment. This legislation is kept under ongoing review by my Department. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Indexation (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: Part 2 of the Fines Act 2010, which was commenced on 4 January 2011, provides for the indexation of fines contained on the statute book up to the time of its enactment. All new legislation providing for the imposition of fines on summary conviction refer to a category of fine (Class A, B, C, D or E) which corresponds to a monetary value set out in the Act. There is no provision in the Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: Section 36 of the Defamation Act 2009 concerns publication or utterance of blasphemous matter and the related Section 37 concerns seizure of copies of blasphemous statements. These sections replaced section 13 of the Defamation Act 1961 which provided for the offence of blasphemous libel punishable by monetary and prison penalties - a term of up to 2 years imprisonment was possible. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, I referred the correspondence in question to the Garda Commissioner for his observations and he has directed the Assistant Commissioner Traffic to examine the issues raised and to provide a comprehensive report on the matter. As soon as I have received the Commissioner's response I will be in further contact with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 29 December, 2005, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 24 April, 2009, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The parents of the person concerned were granted temporary permission to remain in 2000, under the arrangements then applicable to non-EEA national parents of children born in Ireland prior to January, 2005. I am informed that the person concerned registered with his local immigration officer for temporary permission to remain in the State, under stamp 2A conditions, from 8 October, 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to claimed asylum (along with her son) as a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Information received from the United Kingdom immigration authorities indicated that this person is in fact of Angolan nationality and her case was considered on that basis. The person in question is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for permission to remain in the State on 25 October 2013. Applications are dealt with in chronological order and INIS will be in touch with this person shortly.The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 15 November, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position with this person remains the same as was previously stated in my replies to Parliamentary Questions No. 159 of 17 October 2013, No. 194 of 3 October 2013 and No. 1103 of 18 September 2013. This person currently has permission to be in the State on Student conditions until 31/01/2014. They do not qualify for a Stamp 4 status and when their permission expires they will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Matters (7 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The specific matters raised by the Deputy relate to a case that has already been the subject of related proceedings at the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and under the professional conduct regime of the Law Society where a solicitor has been disciplined and, I am led to understand, struck off the Register of Solicitors. I do not hold responsibility for the relevant actions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, this issue has been extensively discussed in the Seanad in the context of two Private Members Bills. I consider that the operation of section 37 needs to be reviewed to ensure that it in practice operates to ensure a more appropriate balance between freedom of religion, the rights of individuals and the obligations of the state to vindicate those rights in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charity Sector Remuneration (12 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: Setting the levels of remuneration of charity employees is a matter for individual charities themselves. This will remain the case when the Charities Act 2009 comes into force. Though it should be noted that charity trustees cannot be remunerated for carrying out their duties as trustees. The reporting requirements that will apply to charities once the Act is in force will increase...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (12 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Annual Report of the Committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the Diversion Programme under Part 4 of the Children Act 2001, as amended, includes details of the number of incidents of youth crime and the number of individual children referred to the Programme each year. This information is broken down by Garda Region and Division and not by every county. The reports for period...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (12 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The signage referred to has been placed without prior approval and thus no income accrues.  Signage has been removed from time to time but has reappeared within a short period.  No decision has been made regarding the future use of the property. 

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 301 together. As the Deputies are aware, I requested the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to provide me with a full report in relation to this and another related case. I have now received these Reports. I have already indicated my intention to refer these reports to the Ombudsman for Children in the context of my proposal to appoint...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (12 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300 and 302 together. My Department does not engage in any form of discriminatory ethnic or racial profiling. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the Garda Síochána does not engage in discriminatory ethnic or racial profiling, and specifically that it does not engage in data gathering or data mining based upon discriminatory profiling in...