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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. 36: In page 151, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“Recognition of accredited forensic service providers carrying out laboratory activities in Member States 136. (1) The results of an accredited forensic service provider carrying out the laboratory activities referred to in subsection (2) in a Member State shall be recognised by the authorities in...

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. 37: In page 157, line 38, to delete “Director General of the Irish Youth Justice Service” and substitute “National Director of the Irish Youth Justice Service”.This is a minor amendment to section 144 to correct an error in a reference to the head of the Irish Youth Justice Service whose titled should read "National Director", rather than...

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. 38: In page 162, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 6(4) of Act of 1984 154. Section 6(4) of the Act of 1984 is amended by the substitution of “a class A fine” for “a fine not exceeding €3,000”.”.This amendment involves the insertion of a new section 154 which amends section 6(4) of 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: I move amendment No. 40: In page 12, line 3, after “2006;” to insert the following:“to give effect to Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA of 30 November 2009 on Accreditation of forensic service providers carrying out laboratory activities;”.

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 thank the select committee for its co-operation in completing Committee Stage of this ground-breaking and important legislation. This is the most important legislation that will be enacted during this Dáil’s lifetime. It will provide assistance for members of An Garda Síochána in the investigation of crime and bringing individuals before the courts who have committed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 11 February 2014. The position is unchanged since then. As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, as of 10th March, 2014, there were 781 'pending' applications for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on parentage of an Irish born minor citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. Of these 781 applications, 165 were lodged between...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (13 Mar 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. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions, which include the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Eligibility (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, that the person referred to by the Deputy currently has a De Facto Immigration Permission application pending with General Immigration since 4 March 2014 and that she has not applied for a Stamp 3. Applications for De Facto Immigration Permission are dealt with in chronological order and a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of her 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 30th December, 2009, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The question of residency status or entitlement to consideration for naturalisation does not arise at this time in the case of the person whose details were supplied. As the Deputy is aware, if the person has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The question of residency status does not arise at this time in the case of the person whose details were supplied. As the Deputy is aware, if the person has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Eligibility (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned entered the State on 6 November 2008 and was registered on 27 November 2008 as a student until 11 February 2014. The Deputy should be aware that Stamp 2 student permission is not reckonable for naturalisation. An application was received from this person on 24 July 2013 for a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy should be advised to read the new Immigration policy on Family reunification which was published on 31 December 2013. If they meet the criteria required it is open to them to make an application. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation had been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: It is open to a visa required national to make a visa application for any purpose, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why the visa should be granted. All information that the applicant wishes to have taken into consideration should be included with his or her application. The criteria that apply to the consideration of an application for a visa for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that only one of the persons concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order. The person concerned has been evading her deportation since 29th March 2011 and should she come to the notice of the Garda authorities would be liable to arrest and detention. She should, therefore, present herself to the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State, on a Stamp 4 basis, on 25 June 2010. This permission was subsequently renewed, with the latest permission due to expire on 6 January, 2017. I am advised that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation had been received from the person concerned. The application is currently being processed with a view...