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Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 12: In page 11, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "PART 3* NOTICE OF CERTAIN MATTERS TO BE GIVEN TO VICTIMS OF CERTAIN OFFENCES 7.—(1) An Garda Síochána shall give a victim to whom this section applies notice, as soon as practicable of— (a) every release on bail (if any) of the person accused of the offence or, as the case requires, the offender, and...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Alan Shatter: Part of the problem in this regard has been that the State, in the guise of the current Minister for Justice and Law Reform and his predecessors over recent years, has utterly failed to provide the type of service necessary to ensure that those who have been convicted of sexual offences and wish to undergo treatment are provided with treatment. Services have been made available for too few...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Alan Shatter: He is not serious.

Business of Dáil (8 Jul 2010)

Alan Shatter: It has been an interesting experience for the past ten days or so to be back again as Fine Gael spokesperson on justice. I am pleased we have completed the Criminal Procedure Bill today as it contains some desirable measures. However, I regret that specific reforms necessary in statute to protect the victims of crime have been rejected. I regret that we still have a parole system which...

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Alan Shatter: I wish to share time with Deputy Varadkar and if I stray beyond ten minutes, the Ceann Comhairle should throw something at me and stop me.

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Alan Shatter: At the outset, I welcome the fact that we are having a debate on this Bill. This is legislation that probably should have been passed a decade ago and it is quite extraordinary that, having been published last year, it is only being debated in the dying hours of this session of the Dáil. Indeed, it would not have been taken if not for the pleas from both Fine Gael and the Labour Party that...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: It is on no list of promised legislation. It has been completely excised.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: As a former member of the committee dealing with children's rights chaired by Deputy O'Rourke, I wish to ask about issues which have already been raised, but which are important. The vetting legislation on the legislative list has already been referred to. It was said that it is now expected to be published some time in 2011. The Oireachtas joint committee published a report in September...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: That is not priority; it is bureaucratic constipation.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant to the board of a school (details supplied) the necessary permission to allow them move, on a temporary basis, to an alternative school building (details supplied) which more adequately caters for the needs of the pupils; if any progress has been made in relation to the provision of a new permanent...

Written Answers — Rent Increases: Rent Increases (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a rent increase of 100% is being sought from tenants of a commercial scheme (details supplied) which is now under the control of National Asset Management Agency at a time when business has already been negatively affected by the current economic climate and the specific businesses are already struggling; if his attention has been...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 923: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of applications for vetting awaiting decision or clearance as at the 1 September 2010; the month in respect of which such vetting applications were first received; and if he will detail the current waiting period for vetting assessments to be completed. [32154/10]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 940: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason applications for citizenship take in excess of 24 months; the respective timeframes for such applications in other EU member states and to clarify the reasons for any disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32397/10]

Written Answers — Ombudsman for Children: Ombudsman for Children (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 1180: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the extent, if any, the Ombudsman for Children was consulted during the planning and preparation of the alcohol test purchasing scheme; if a draft of the scheme guidelines was furnished to her for her input and observations pursuant to section 7 of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002; and if not, the reason therefor. [33891/10]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 1390: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will maintain existing levels of funding for agencies involved in the Arts including the Arts Council, the Irish Film Board and Culture Ireland, to protect Local Authority Arts funding and to make appropriate new funding available to the arts and cultural sector so as to build on our cultural and tourism potential and...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 1491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Private Members' Bill published by Deputy O'Donoghue to amend the Building Control Act 2007; if he intends to introduce his own Bill further addressing the registration of architects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/10]

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Yes, it was the Taoiseach's responsibility.

Vetting Applications (30 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: I would like to start off by paying tribute to the gardaí and civilians working in the Central Garda Vetting Unit. They do a very important job and they do it extremely well. The problem we have at the moment, though, is that essentially they are overwhelmed. As a consequence of all the allegations of child abuse in recent years and the publicity rightly given to that area, far more...

Vetting Applications (30 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: Will the Minister address the adoption issue that I raised?

Vetting Applications (30 Sep 2010)

Alan Shatter: This is why this process is such a waste of time. Ministers come here and deliver prepared scripts without being able to respond to issues raised.