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Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy. I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the measures that...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Further to my reply to question No. 14 tabled for answer by the Deputy on 7 October, I have examined the report completed by my Department following the Dignity Project visit to Sweden in September. As stated in my earlier reply, any proposal to amend the law to create an offence of purchasing sex would require very careful consideration. I have asked the Attorney General to examine the...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the role of the Property Registration Authority (PRA) is to manage and control the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds and to promote and extend the registration of ownership of land. The PRA also operates the Ground Rents Purchase Scheme under the Landlord and Tenant Acts. An application to the Land Registry may include multiple transactions, for example an...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November 2009. The application is currently being processed in the normal way with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me...

Written Answers — Travel Documents: Travel Documents (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 30 September 2010 which outlines the current position surrounding the possible issue of an Irish Travel Document to the person concerned. The lack of recognition afforded by the French authorities to the Togolese travel document, held by the person in question, is a matter for the consular authorities of his own country to address and...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 11 November 2010. I am informed that the person concerned did present for registration at her local Immigration Office on 20 November. However, she was refused registration on foot of a PULSE check and a report in relation to same will be forwarded to the Irish Born Child unit of the Irish Naturalisation and...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Smithwick Tribunal is the only on-going Tribunal of Inquiry currently in operation in relation to an issue within the responsibility of my Department. The Smithwick Tribunal was established in 2005 to investigate allegations that members of An Garda Síochána or other State employees may have colluded in the fatal shootings of RUC Chief Superintendent...

Written Answers — Legal Services Ombudsman: Legal Services Ombudsman (2 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The position of Legal Services Ombudsman will be filled by an open competition conducted by the Public Appointments Service. The competition was advertised on 19 November, 2010 and the closing date for applications is 9 December, 2010. I expect that an appointment will be made early in the New Year.

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The following table shows the monies forwarded by the Criminal Assets Bureau to the Minister for Finance for the benefit of the Exchequer under Proceeds of Crime legislation and pursuant to the Revenue and Social Welfare remits of the Bureau for the years 2005 to 2009: CAB Returns 2005-2009 Year Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996 / 2005€ Revenue legislation€ Social Welfare provisions€...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The objective of the outsourced Garda mobile safety cameras is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions. Since the commencement of operations of the cameras on 15 November, 2010 there has been on-going speed monitoring at locations nationwide where collisions resulting in fatal and...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the information sought by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when that report is to hand.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The principal legislative provisions applicable to the processing of applications for asylum in Ireland are set out in the Refugee Act 1996 and the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006. The definition of a refugee is set out in Section 2 of the Act and is based on a well-founded fear of persecution in the country of origin for reasons of race, religion,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Defamation Act 2009 was commenced by order in its entirety on 1 January 2010.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested in relation to the staff appointed by me is set out in the following table. Name Title / Duties Salary Range Mr Ciarán Ó Cuinn Special Adviser (Programme Manager) € 80,051 - € 98,422 (Principal Officer scale) Mr Richard Moore Press Adviser € 80,051 - € 98,422 (Principal Officer scale) Ms Christine Maguire Personal Assistant € 43,816 - € 55,415...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that I have nothing further to add to the reply provided in respect of Question Number 191 on 4 November, 2010 as it is not feasible to extract the information sought by the Deputy without a disproportionate use of resources in gathering and compiling the list of payments sought. I would however like to remind the Deputy, as stated previously, that for the most part,...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: 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 12 March 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Prison Service have informed me that queries raised by the Deputy were previously addressed by correspondence to him from the Director General of the Irish Prison Service in November 2010. The Irish Prison Service have also informed me that an investigation into the incident took place and that it has not been possible to establish what happened on the date in question. However,...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to refer the Deputy to the Revised Estimates Volume for 2010 which contains full year Estimates information for the bodies concerned. Copies of this document are available on the Department of Finance's website at www.finance.gov.ie and in the Oireachtas Library. As the majority of agencies under the aegis of my Department are staffed by my Department it would not be appropriate to...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that no recent changes have taken place with regard to visa processing facilities in Saudi Arabia. In fact, and as has been the case for approximately two years now, in order to assist with Irish colleges' efforts to attract high-standard students, a specific delegated sanction scheme is in place in our Riyadh embassy to facilitate and indeed expedite visa...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The allocation of Garda resources, including transport, together with overall policing arrangements, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. Such allocations are continually monitored by the Garda authorities and reviewed to ensure that optimum use is made of resources and the best possible Garda service is provided to the general public.