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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Sick Leave (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. - 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total number of uncertified sick days 455 378 270 246 Average number of uncertified sick days per employee 1.14 1.00 0.72 0.66 Total number of certified sick days 4190 4043 3079 2275 Average number of certified sick days per employee 10.50 10.70 8.25 6.10 Total number of sick days taken...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Security Checks (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: My Department has robust security measures in place throughout its various buildings which include restricted swipe-controlled access across branches and offices. In this context, my Department and the Defence Forces attach high importance to all security matters. The detailed security arrangements undertaken in this context are matters that are pursued as considered necessary by my...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: There is a fleet of eight ships assigned to the Naval Service. I am advised that the nominal life span for a naval service vessel is in the region of 30 years. However, a continuous process of husbandry, refurbishment and repair by the Naval Service on vessels in the fleet ensures that the operational capability of the Naval Service is maintained at a satisfactory level beyond the nominal...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies Establishment (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: No new agencies have been established under the auspices of my Department since 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Functions (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Legislation Section Details Defence Act 1954, as amended 37 (4) Billeting during a period of emergency Where by regulations made under this section any powers or duties are conferred or imposed on members of the Garda Síochána or where such regulations provide that any arrangements with regard to billeting...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: An ongoing programme of works preparing the site of the former military barracks in Kildare town for disposal has been in place for some time. Works carried out to-date include securing the perimeter, removal of rubbish, disposal of some surplus metal sheeting, removal of some trees on health and safety grounds and a general clean up of the site. It is not proposed to demolish any of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has responsibility for the development and implementation of public service pay policy. Staff of my Department are awarded increments in line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform policy of progression on incremental salary scales on the basis of a single point per annum. Incremental progression is linked to satisfactory...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Bodies Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: No official bodies under the aegis of my Department subscribe to the daily inflation data for Ireland, collected by the company, named by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Council Directive 2001/55/EC deals with minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof. Article 5 of the Directive states that the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons shall be established by a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The report of the working group in question has been received and I have also recently received an update from the Garda authorities to the effect that the substantial technical and administrative arrangements required to bring the provision in question into effect remain under careful evaluation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on her parentage of an Irish born minor citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, and a decision arrived at, the person concerned will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permit Application Numbers (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Visa required nationals who wish to migrate to the State to take up employment must, in the great majority of cases, obtain a work permit before applying for a visa to travel to the State. In a minority of cases, for example, where visa required nationals wish to migrate for periods of less than six months, a work permit may not be required but the person must apply for, and be granted, a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153, 154, 164 and 166 together. The Deputies will be aware that the Public Appointments Service are managing this recruitment process for the Garda Commissioner and as such I have no direct involvement in the matter. I have however been informed that the first stages of the recruitment competition have now been completed. Candidates who have qualified...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that thirty eight persons were arrested and charged in the Dublin Metropolitan Region Northern Division (Garda R and J Districts) for driving under the influence of an intoxicant from 1December 2013 to 5 January, 2014 (inclusive). It should be noted that the figures provided are provisional, operational and liable to change.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The court poor box is a non-statutory system used mostly by the District Courts to impose a financial charge on a defendant to be used for a charitable purpose, usually instead of imposing a criminal conviction. Payments made to the court poor box are accounted for by the court office concerned and the accounting procedures are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012, a person may not be required to disclose a conviction that is spent under the Bill in certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions. Generally speaking the non-disclosure provisions apply to sentences of imprisonment of 12 months or less, to suspended sentences of up to 24 months and to all other non-custodial sanctions....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The provisions of the General Scheme of the Children and Family Relationships Bill are proposed, except where otherwise expressly provided, to have prospective effect only. The exceptions to this are contained in the Heads relating to assisted reproduction and surrogacy. I propose to give retrospective effect to provisions allowing the establishment of legal parentage by the couple jointly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Security Checks (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice to comment on security related matters.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Security Checks (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice to comment on security related matters.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.