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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Under Section 86 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 2000, made under the Planning and Development Act, 2000, developments consisting of the provision of barracks and other buildings, or other premises or installations (including airfields and naval yards), or other structures or facilities, used for the purpose of or in connection with the operation of the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: My Department has commissioned two external reports since 9 March 2011. On 19th April 2011, Mr Frank Callanan, SC, was commissioned to carry out an independent review into matters relevant to the deaths of Corporal Fintan Heneghan, Private Mannix Armstrong and Private Thomas Walsh on 21st March 1989 while serving with the 64th Infantry Battalion, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Before I respond specifically to the amendment, I thank Deputies for their support for the Bill and their fortitude in dealing with what is already a very large Bill, to which I propose to add some additional sections. I also inform the select committee that I will bring forward some further amendments on Report Stage to deal with historical samples and DNA profiles, easing the burden on the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: We are treating all individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment equally. If ten years have elapsed since someone was imprisoned, this ceases to be relevant to him or her. All those who have served terms of imprisonment will be treated equally in that context. There is no legislation under the Good Friday Agreement relating to the circumstances I have described. Measures have been...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am sorry; the Deputy is correct. It is ten years since the expiry of the sentence.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 2: In page 111, line 14, to delete "The Minister may, by order" and substitute "The Minister may by order".This amendment corrects the punctuation in the first sentence in the section in respect of the making of ministerial orders.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 3: In page 112, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"98. (1) If, in relation to an intimate sample or a non-intimate sample taken from a person, the retention period under section 76is extended on one or more occasions under section 77, the Commissioner shall, upon the expiration of that period (as so extended), cause—(a) the person from whom the sample...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 4: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“100.(1) Where a person is arrested for the purpose of being charged with a relevant offence, a member of the Garda Síochána may take, or cause to be taken, the fingerprints and palm prints of the person in a Garda Síochána station before he or she is charged with the relevant offence...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There are certain specific legislative provisions which enable gardaí to require that people co-operate in the taking of fingerprints in a range of serious offences that are specified.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There is a broad range of circumstances in which gardaí can require an individual to co-operate in the taking of fingerprints, just as this legislation deals with circumstances in which an individual can be required to co-operate in the taking of a DNA sample. If someone is under the influence of drink or drugs in circumstances where the legislation applies, it does not remove his or...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There are circumstances in which it can be specified that information should be retained, but it has to fit within the provisions prescribed in the legislation. It cannot be a question of retaining it because one wants to retain it. There have to be serious reasons for retaining information beyond the expiry periods.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 5: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 3(1) of Act of 1984 101. Section 3(1) of the Act of 1984 is amended by the insertion of the following definitions:“ ‘Commissioner’ means the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána; ‘photograph’ includes a negative or any other image howsoever...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 6: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 6A of Act of 1984 102.Section 6A of the Act of 1984 is amended—(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):“(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 6, a member of the Garda Síochána and the member or members of the Garda...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 7: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following: “Destruction of fingerprints, palm prints and photographs 103. The Act of 1984 is amended by the substitution of the following sections for section 8:“Destruction of fingerprints, palm prints and photographs 8. (1) A fingerprint, palm print or photograph of a person taken in pursuance of the powers...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 8: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1984 104.Section 9 of the Act of 1984 is amended by—(a) the substitution of “Sections 5, 6A, 18, 19 and 19A, subsections (8), (8A) and (8B) of section 4 and subsections (1A), (2) and (3) of section 6” for “Sections 4(8), 4(8A), 4(8B), 5, 6(2), 6(3),...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 9: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 28 of Act of 1984 105. Section 28 of the Act of 1984 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) Sections 8 to 8I shall, with the following and any other necessary modifications, apply to fingerprints, palm prints or photographs taken from or...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 10: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1996 106. Section 5 of the Act of 1996 is amended by—(a) the substitution of “Sections 5, 6A, 18, 19 and 19A, subsections (4), (7), (8), (8A), (8B) and (11) of section 4 and subsections (1) to (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1984” for “Sections 4(4),...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No.11: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 12 of Criminal Justice Act 2006 107. Section 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):“(4) Sections 8 to 8I of the Act of 1984 shall, with the following and any other necessary modifications, apply to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 12: In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 52 of Act of 2007 108.Section 52 of the Act of 2007 is amended by—(a) the substitution of “Sections 5, 6A, 18, 19 and 19A, subsections (4), (7), (8), (8A), (8B) and (11) of section 4 and subsections (1) to (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1984” for “Sections...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 13: In page 113, line 17, to delete “section 118(2)” and substitute “section 117(2)”. The purpose of the substantial amendments in this group, amendments Nos. 21 to 26, inclusive, with which I will deal first, is to delete the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Bill and replace them with new provisions to more fully provide for the data protection...