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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that competitions are ongoing at present to fill vacancies in all three ranks specified. Interviews are being held at the moment in the Sergeant and Inspectors competitions. The Superintendents competition was advertised last month. The sanctioned vacancies for each of the specified ranks will be filled with the successful candidates at the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within the Clontarf Garda Sub-District. I am further informed that a Community Garda is assigned to the area and regularly meets with local residents to address any issues that arise including the type of incidents referred to. The area is regularly patrolled by foot and mobile patrols including Mountain Bike patrols,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 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 I am informed that the Courts Service recognises that the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Transport (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can confirm that the Taoiseach’s flight earlier this month was not subject to any search prior to its departure from Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel en-route to Washington. I have been informed by the Air Corps that the US Customs pre-clearance carried out at Dublin Airport before the departure of the Ministerial Air Transport flight on 16 March, 2008 took place at the request of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The unsatisfactory age and fitness profile of the Permanent Defence Force was an issue of serious concern during the 1990’s and was the subject of severe criticism by a series of external reports, mainly Price Waterhouse Consultants and the Efficiency Audit Group (EAG). One of the key areas identified for urgent action by the EAG was the development of a manpower policy with an...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Expenses (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There are no official cars available to civil servants of my Department. Where travel is deemed necessary for business purposes, staff of my Department are required to use public transport wherever possible, in accordance with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines. Where staff are authorised to use their private cars for travel on official business, mileage expenses are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Ireland has comprehensive legal protection against discrimination on the ground of disability. Persons with disabilities, including persons with intellectual disabilities, are protected from discrimination and afforded reasonable accommodation in the field of employment, under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011. While the Employment Equality Acts place no specific obligation on an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parliamentary Questions Costs (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In my reply to the question raised by the Deputy on 30 January 2014 I advised that the collation of the information sought for the period since 1987 would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources. I undertook to forward the requested information for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Chapter 3A of Garda Síochána Act 2005, inserted by section 41 of the Criminal justice Act 2007, provides for the establishment and functions of a Garda Síochána Executive Management Board. This provision has not been commenced. As the Deputy is aware, the Government at its meeting on 25 March reiterated its commitment to the reform of Garda oversight and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The judgement in the High Court of Northern Ireland on 14 August, 2013 in the Judicial Review case referred to dealt with a decision of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to remove a Sudanese family from Northern Ireland to Ireland under the so-called “Dublin Regulations”. These Regulations set out the criteria for determining which Member State is responsible for examining an asylum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As provided for by the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations 1976, fees paid to counsel acting in the Circuit and higher courts for defendants who have been granted free legal aid are paid on a parity basis with the fees payable to prosecution counsel as set by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). I wish to advise the Deputy that I am informed by the Financial Shared...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Matters (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, the organisation in question has circulated a wide range of material concerning this case in recent months, and as I have previously indicated, nothing I have seen in that correspondence would be grounds for my taking a different view to the conclusions set out in the Independent Examination which examined this matter. Insofar as the receipt of a recent submission is...

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

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of all personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources. The objective at all times is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There has been a 325% increase in the volume of applications for a certificate of naturalisation from 4,500 in 2005 and 9,500 in 2008 to the level in recent years of just under 20,000 per annum. Clearly, the dramatic increase in volume over those years impacted on the capacity of the administrative system to process them and gave rise to a large volume of cases on hand and to a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (27 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: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned does not have an application pending and should be advised to make an application to INIS immediately if the person concerned wishes to upgrade their status. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by email using the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question, who currently has permission to remain in the State until 12 March 2015. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 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: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that the granting of Long Term Residency is subject to the applicant meeting a number of requirements including that he or she has completed five years legal residency in the State on work permit/ work authorisation/ working visa conditions and is deemed to be of good character. Additionally, all applicants must have permission to remain in the State at the time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In light of the fact that neither of the persons concerned, a husband and wife, had a valid basis to remain in the State, they were both issued with notifications of intention to deport, by separate letters dated 6th June, 2013. These communications advised them of the options open to them as a result which were to leave the State voluntarily, to consent to the making of a Deportation Order...