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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is managing the recruitment process for the Garda Commissioner and I have no direct involvement in the matter. The number of Garda reserve applicants who made it through to the current round of assessments and tests is not readily available. The Admission and Appointment Regulations provide that, as part of the competitive selection process organised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Garda Vetting Disclosures are predicated on the signed authorisation of a vetting subject for An Garda Síochána to disclose to the registered organisation “details of all prosecutions, successful or not, pending or completed, and/or convictions which may be recorded in respect of them in the State or elsewhere”; or alternatively that there are “no prosecutions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, which includes the provision of information on the courts system, is the responsibility of the Courts Service. The Deputy will appreciate that the courts are, subject only to the Constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of their judicial functions and the conduct of any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees Remit (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, I initiated the review of the operation of Joint Policing Committees in the context of the commitment in the Programme for Government to build on existing community policing partnerships. My Department, together with the Garda authorities and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has examined the feedback obtained during the review process,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that it would be contrary to the public interest for me to comment on matters of a security related nature or on the procedures in place for the secure transport of cash. What I can say is that the Garda authorities work very closely with the banking sector and the cash in transit industry. In this regard the commitment of An Garda Síochána to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The current staffing of my constituency office, and their salary ranges, is as follows: Grade Salary Range 1.6 Clerical Officers €23,177 - €37,341 1 Personal Secretary €23,820 - €47,755 My Personal Assistant (salary range €43,715 - €56,060) acts as a Press Officer for the Department. The accommodation costs of my constituency office in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The aim of the Fund in question is to facilitate the integration of third-country nationals into European societies. A third-country national is any person who is not a citizen of the European Union, that is, who does not hold the nationality of a Member State of the Union. If the Deputy has any concerns about the use of the Fund in a particular case, I would welcome it if he would bring...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Career Breaks (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Incentivised Career Break Scheme for members of An Garda Síochána is part of the agreed terms set out in the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 - 2016 (The Haddington Road Agreement). Appendix 3, the Collective Agreement for An Garda Síochána, provides that, among other things, the use of short-term career breaks, Incentivised career breaks, unpaid leave and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: 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. As outlined in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 4 February 2014, the Courts Service, during 2013, undertook a review...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 784 and 785 together. There were no station closures in the years 2000 to 2011 inclusive. There were however 39 Garda Stations closed in 2012 of which 4 were in the Mayo Garda Division (Glenisland, Tourmakeady, Mulranny and Bellacorrik). There were 100 Garda Stations closed in 2013 of which 6 were in the Mayo Garda Division (Ballyvary, Ballyglass,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: 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, in order to be of assistance, I have had enquiries made and the information sought by the Deputy is set out in a table. Year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Marriages of Convenience (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate I have no responsibility for marriage registration: I assume he is referring to marriages of convenience and the abuse of the EU free movement legal framework by those seeking to circumvent proper immigration controls to enter the State. One such abuse, which has emerged from the now well documented trend towards unusual patterns of marriage between European...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, the European People's Party Election Congress took place in Dublin on the 6th and 7th of March this year. In the circumstances the event fell within the Garda roster period which will end on the 30th of March. I am advised by the Garda authorities that, given the roster situation, the bulk of the claims by Garda personnel arising in connection with the event...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has been allocated a budget of €7.2 million for 2014 under the Justice Vote. It should be noted that practically all of the planned staffing resources and structures are now in place for the Insolvency Service and it is very much open for business. This is an outstanding achievement considering that the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In the interest of confidentiality, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) is not providing details or breakdowns of the numbers of applications received or being processed at this time. The ISI fully intends to provide quarterly statistics once the figures are compiled. I am advised that the ISI intends to publish this information in April.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I will contact the Deputy's Office directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Section 46 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 requires the Garda Commissioner to submit an Annual Report not later than four months after the end of each year on the policing of the State for the previous year. The report is expected within the coming weeks. The Act also requires me, as the Minister, to lay a copy of the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 793 and 794 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that seven murders in which firearms were used and which are classified as associated with organised crime were recorded in the Dublin region in 2013. While I am of course concerned at these incidents, the Deputy will be aware that the most recent official crime statistics show a reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Garda Vetting Disclosures are predicated on the signed authorisation of a vetting subject for An Garda Síochána to disclose to the registered organisation “details of all prosecutions, successful or not, pending or completed, and/or convictions which may be recorded in respect of them in the State or elsewhere”; or alternatively that there are “no prosecutions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The function of the Criminal Justice (Fixed Charge Processing System) Working Group is to oversee and facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate into the Fixed Charge Processing System. The Group is chaired jointly by the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and comprises...