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Other Questions: State Pathologists (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: Firstly, the Deputy is right, in that I am advised that he will make himself available to give evidence. Also as I have explained, my overall understanding is that the resignation of Dr. Jaber should not prevent the prosecution of criminal cases where medical examinations have been carried out by him. There have been similar circumstances in the past. The Deputy will recall how Dr....

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government's first priority is to facilitate the processing of applications under the scheme and to implement those measures necessary to provide the individual benefits recommended by Mr. Justice Quirke to the women who were admitted to and worked in the institutions in question. To this end, on 5 November 2013 the Government agreed to the payments and services to be provided on an...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: To date, 636 applications have been received and these are being processed as quickly as possible by the Department. A total of 270 provisional letters were issued to applicants that are at an advanced stage of processing requesting them to agree or disagree with the provisional assessment made by my officials on the length of time they were in a relevant institution. Some 145 applicants...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: I find it difficult to take the Deputy lecturing me on this issue when I compare it to the callousness of her and her colleagues' response to the Smithwick report.

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: It is amazing how members of one party are sensitive to some issues, but lack the sensitivity to appropriately address or to recognise their responsibility for other issues. As the Deputy should know, matters relating to the scheme were finalised only on 5 November because of the complexity of the Quirke recommendations. My Department has done extraordinarily well since 5 November in...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is focusing on one or two applicants who have run into a difficulty, out of 270 odd. I particularly welcome the fact that we have this scheme in place and are processing it. Former residents of the Magdalen laundries have furnished us with their applications and are engaging with us. So far, there has been substantial acceptance of offers made in the context of timelines. I...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Mac Lochlainn is embarrassing himself.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: Including the right to life, Deputy Adams should note.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Culture (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am aware of calls on the part of many Travellers, including a number of national Traveller movements, for recognition of Travellers as an ethnic minority but equally of the fact that this is not a universally shared view. I am also aware of calls for the Government to consider granting such status in the context of international conventions to which Ireland is a party. I have, against...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75, 83, 96 and 351 together. Under the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 the Law Society is the designated authority responsible for the regulation of the solicitors' profession in the State. As part of that function, particularly under Part IV of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 dealing with the 'Protection of Clients', the Law Society is obliged to continue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to provide independent oversight of complaints made against members of the Garda Síochána. The Garda Ombudsman Commission has a hugely important role in ensuring that public confidence in the Garda Síochána is safeguarded, and has extensive powers under the 2005...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: In the interest of confidentiality, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has stated that it will not be providing details or breakdowns of the numbers of applications for the various debt relief solutions received or being processed at this time. The ISI fully intends to provide quarterly statistics once a statistically meaningful number of applications have been processed. It might be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that Educational services are available in all prisons and are provided in partnership with a range of educational agencies including the Education Training Boards (ETBs), Public Library Services, the Open University and the Arts Council. The teachers' salaries are funded by the Department of Education and Skills who provide an allocation of 220 whole-time teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The report of April 2013 from the Professional Standards Unit in the Garda Síochána looked at the processes and systems which are in place concerning the cancellation of fixed charge processing notices. The report complements the report prepared by Assistant Commissioner John O'Mahoney of his examination into the allegations of irregularities in the operation of the Fixed Charge...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Report to which the Deputy refers raised issues relating to the management and use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources and more generally cooperation between the Garda Commissioner and the Garda Ombudsman Commission. I sought the observations of the Garda Commissioner on the report and its recommendations. The Garda Commissioner's observations pointed out the many changes which had...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government has decided to implement the recommendations of Mr Justice Quirke but not always exactly in the way recommended by him. For example, his 10th Recommendation was that the provision in Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 allowing for a person to be appointed to act in the best interest of the vulnerable person should be extended to women who benefit under the ex gratia scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: When I came into office in March 2011 one of my immediate priorities was to address the large backlog of citizenship applications for naturalisation pending a decision that had built up over several years. At that time there were approximately 22,000 applications awaiting decision, many of which had been waiting for 3 years or longer. Notwithstanding the significant increase of almost 60%...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I informed the Deputy in my response to his Question of 13 November 2013, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission requires the members of the Commission and all staff, on an annual basis, to submit a declaration in relation to any conflict of interest which may arise in the course of the performance of their functions or duties for inclusion in a Register of Interests. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: The murder of Garda Richard Fallon was a terrible tragedy for his family and I want to, again, express my deepest sympathy to them. On top of that personal tragedy, his murder was also an event that can only be described as a heinous crime carried out by ruthless individuals with no respect for human life. In view of the fact that Garda Richard Fallon was carrying out his duties as a member...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ombudsman for Children Investigations (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the required Order under Section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, to allow for Ms Emily Logan to conduct an independent Inquiry into these events has been made. This Order has been made by way of a Statutory Instrument entitled "Garda Síochána Act 2005 (Section 42)(Special Inquiries Relating to Garda Síochána) Order 2013" notice...