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Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have sought the information required from the Garda Authorities and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as it is received.

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have sought the information required from the Garda Authorities and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as it is received.

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The moratorium on recruitment and appointments continues to apply to An Garda Síochána with provisions for exceptions following agreement with the Minister for Finance. The purpose of organising a recruitment campaign earlier this year was to begin the process of establishing a panel of potential applicants who could go on to be recruited as members of An Garda Síochána. Since that...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda College in Templemore continues to provide both in-service training for serving members and training for recruits and it will continue to fulfil this important function.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that, in considering a visa application, the purpose of which is to study English, a visa officer would not generally consider the occupation of an applicant in isolation as a reason to refuse the granting of the visa sought. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why the visa...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In assessing a visa application a Visa Officer takes into consideration a number of factors before arriving at a decision. Each case is essentially considered on its individual merits, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer that the visa should be granted. It is possible that a visa may be refused where documentation supplied is out of date: however, this would be a...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Question No. 177 of 07 December 2010 and the Written response to that Question. If the Deputy can provide more information I would be happy to investigate the matter further.

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy will be aware the development of the new prison campus at Thornton Hall, Kilsallaghan, County Dublin is now proceeding on a phased basis. Phase one, which is currently in progress, comprises essential preliminary works to facilitate the prison development including the construction of a dedicated access road, the installation of off-site services and the construction of the...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 provides for the offence of harassment. Subsections (1) and (2) states:- "10. —(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, by any means including by use of the telephone, harasses another by persistently following, watching, pestering, besetting or communicating with him or her, shall be guilty of an...

Written Answers — Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In March 2009, the Government agreed to include alcohol in the National Substance Misuse Strategy and a Steering Group was subsequently established under the aegis of the Departments of Health and Children and Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs to develop proposals for integrating alcohol misuse into that Strategy. I understand that the Steering Group has been examining a range of...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: She has obviously been reading this morning's Phoenix.

Written Answers — Commercial Rent Review: Commercial Rent Review (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: One of the Action Points listed in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 refers explicitly to the implementation of the proposals of the Working Group on Transparency in Commercial Rent Reviews. The responsibility for addressing this Action Point lies with my Department and I am fully committed to progressing the proposals of the Group in a timely manner.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I abhor this particularly sinister type of criminality where an employee's family become unwitting players in such acts. In relation to the particular case referred to by the Deputy, I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the incident remains the subject of an active and ongoing investigation. I am also informed that a local Detective Sergeant has been appointed to liaise with the...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service does not collect statistics on the children of prisoners. As part of its overall strategy in relation to the rehabilitation of prisoners, the Irish Prison Service pursues a service-wide approach aimed at sustaining and maintaining prisoners' relationships with their families, in as normal a manner as possible. The Service continues to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 257 together. The Deputy will be aware that there has been a significant increase in the number of outlets offering to buy gold for cash in towns and cities in the State. I understand that some established jewellers also offer to buy gold and jewellery for cash. In addition it is understood that many kiosks are situated in hotels or shopping centres...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred is in Raheny Garda Sub-District. Local Garda management is aware of difficulties being experienced at the location. The member of the local Community Policing Unit allocated to the area has been in contact with local residents and the management of educational facilities nearby. The Garda authorities understand that the...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In reply to the Deputy's question on the number of applications to revoke a Deportation Order, these statistics are not recorded in my Department in a manner as would enable me to readily provide the Deputy with the requested information. Any piece of correspondence submitted on behalf of an applicant after a Deportation Order is made against them is potentially an application to revoke the...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In 2009, twenty eight letters proposing to revoke refugee status were issued. In eleven of those cases status was revoked. To date, in 2010, thirty two letters proposing to revoke refugee status have been issued and status has been revoked in twenty four cases.

Written Answers — Illegal Immigrants: Illegal Immigrants (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The following table shows the total number of persons refused Leave to Land, pursuant to the provisions of Immigration Act, 2004, for each year between 2005 – 2010: 2010 2,811 (to 30 November 2010) 2009 3,857 2008 5,390 2007 5,854 2006 5,556 2005 4,714 ------------ Total 28,182 However, a number of those persons who had been refused Leave to Land were subsequently...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The staffing numbers of my Department and agencies staffed by it have declined by in excess of 300 since the Moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service was introduced at the end of March 2009. The Department of Finance has sanctioned the filling of a limited number of priority posts as exceptions to the Moratorium, which has led to a small number of promotions over the...