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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order remains...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned claimed asylum in the State on 12 June 2008. Following recommendations by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, his asylum application was refused on 30 April 2010. The person concerned also made an application for Subsidiary Protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the immigration permission of the person mentioned expired on 14/9/2010. It would appear that he has remained here without the appropriate permission. This is in breach of Section 5 (1) of the Immigration Act 2004 which provides that no non-EEA national may be in the State other than in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy has permission to remain in the State on Stamp 4. His current permission is due to expire on 17 June 2014. This permission can be renewed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau and he should present himself to his local Immigration Officer in advance of his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Government approved my proposals for a Landlord and Tenant Law Reform Bill in September 2011 and it is currently being drafted in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The General Scheme of the Bill is available on my Department's website: www.justice.ie. The objective of the Bill is to update and modernise the general law relating to landlord and tenant by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 202 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are considerable sensitivities around the provision of the information sought by him and that it is not the practice for obvious security reasons to reveal details of equipment in use by An Garda Síochána or other agencies of the State in the context of tackling serious crime, terrorism or protecting the security of the State. What I can say...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am not aware of any evidence of such breaches of security. As the Deputy will be aware, retired Judge John Cooke has been appointed to examine concerns as to whether the Garda Ombudsman Commission was subject to surveillance.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for complaints to be made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission by or on behalf of members of the public. As the Deputy is aware, the Ombudsman Commission is an independent statutory body. The Ombudsman Commission, which has been operational since 9 May, 2007, submits an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 208 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of all personnel and resources among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts and I have no direct function in that matter. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. The Deputy will be aware that statistics are available from the CSO in relation to offences committed while on bail, as well as with respect with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that there is a standard operational procedure in place to ensure that upon committal, all offenders are assessed and accommodated appropriately according to their needs and specific security status. Dedicated committals units have been established in all committal prisons for this purpose. To segregate first time committals from the general prisoner population...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I assume the Deputy is referring to the recent allegations made by a Garda whistle-blower. As the Deputy is aware, following a decision by Government, Mr. Sean Guerin, Senior Counsel, has been requested to undertake an assessment of those allegations. Mr Guerin has been asked to report his findings before the Easter recess and to make recommendations. The report will be published...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathologists (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 213 together. The Office of Public Works has agreed to make the former Whitehall Garda station available for the relocation of the State Pathology Office and to carry out the necessary refurbishment work. The project is being actively pursued in conjunction with the OPW and I understand that it is not currently possible to provide details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with relevant legislation dealing with the confiscation of proceeds of crime all monies collected are returned to the Exchequer. Such monies are paid into the Government’s Central Fund, from which the Government draws for expenditure on all necessary public services and investment. From time to time, it has been suggested that monies collected by the Criminal Assets...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware from my replies to previous Parliamentary Questions that the Irish Prison Service provides a wide range of rehabilitative programmes that include education, vocational training, healthcare, psychiatric, psychological, counselling, welfare and spiritual services. These programmes are available in all prisons and all prisoners are eligible to use the services. On...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I presume that the Deputy is referring to investigations arising from Garda whistleblower reports. Under the current Confidential Recipient system, such reports are dealt with by the Confidential Recipient and the Garda Commissioner. The only instance where the Confidential Recipient refers a report to me is, under the relevant regulations, where a Garda whistleblower makes a complaint...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (27 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: An internal review of the correspondence referred to in the question has been conducted at senior management level in my Department. The results of this review, which did not require the use of powers and which has been finalised, enabled me to address many of the issues raised in the debate on this matter in this House yesterday. As the Deputy is aware, following a decision by Government,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (4 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The second report of the Moriarty Tribunal (March 2011) contains one recommendation (62.15) directly relevant to my area of responsibilities - that office holders should be able to elect voluntarily to have their financial affairs audited by the Standards Commission. This affects the Ethics Acts 1995-2001. Following the publication of the Final Report of the Mahon Tribunal in March 2012, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (4 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Government has decided that a statutory code of practice under section 17 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 concerning the sale and display of alcohol products in mixed trading premises should be introduced. Preparatory work is currently under way and I hope to be in a position to launch a consultation process on the contents of the code, as...