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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am sorry to hear about the Deputy's frustration. The purpose of Committee Stage is to tease out issues arising in the legislation. In the framing of amendments, we have had particular regard to submissions received from various groups and organisations. Technical issues arise in respect of sections 15 and 17 and Parliamentary Counsel required further time to deal with them. I was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Data (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 and 539 together. I note that the Report referred to by the Deputy was issued by a well-known estate agency with a national presence and highlighted the ongoing prevalence of cash buyers in the property market. I should advise the Deputy that the Property Services Regulatory Authority was established in April 2012 under the Property Services (Regulation)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I understand that with the exception of Dublin, where specific arrangements apply, local authorities are not involved in the provision of funding for morgue facilities. With regard to financial payments to coroners, the position is that such payments are made by local authorities. As the Deputy will be aware, the Coroners Bill 2007 which is before the Seanad, having been restored to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the individuals concerned have not made any application to INIS for residence permission. They will be contacted by officials from the General Immigration Division shortly with regard to their wish to reside in the State. I shouldremind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The annual allowance payable to Reserve members as a contribution towards their expenses is set at €1,000 per annum. The Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 provided that the allowance paid to members of Garda Reserve be exempt from taxation. Garda Reserve members are also reimbursed for expenses incurred while attending court in respect of their service as a Reserve member.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: In cases where the religious congregations have no clear record, my officials will have to carry out a thorough examination checking whatever records are available to see if they support the claim. The application forms requested applicants to consent to the provision of personal information to my Department by any Government Department, agency, health or educational institution and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I met with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice, David Ford MLA, on 17 December last and we were joined by the Garda Commissioner and the PSNI Chief Constable. The programme of personnel exchanges, secondments and lateral entry between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI which has operated for some years now, was among a number of issues we discussed in the context of the positive,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide the statistical breakdown, as requested, as this would require the manual examination of thousands of individual prisoner records. This exercise would entail the diversion of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time which could not be justified in current circumstances. All sentenced prisoners serving a sentence in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: A breakdown of the number of persons imprisoned solely for non-payment of fines for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 is set out in the following table. Year Number of Persons 2008 2,343 2009 4,350 2010 5,995 2011 6,727 2012 7,476 I can advise the Deputy that the number of such persons held in custody at any one time is a tiny fraction of the overall prisoner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide the information without a manual examination of records. This exercise would entail the diversion of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time which could not be justified in current circumstances. However, I can advise that in 2012 there were a total of 8,304 committals to prison for non-payment of a Court ordered...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The provision of the new Galway Garda Divisional Headquarters was included in the special Government stimulus package announced in July 2012. It is intended that the relevant projects will be delivered by means of a Public Private Partnership and work is being undertaken by the relevant agencies in the light of the Government announcement. As the arrangements to be put in place for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate the question relates to a matter which is the subject of ongoing investigation and in such circumstances it would not be appropriate for me to comment further on this matter. More generally, with regard to the destination of monies collected by the Criminal Assets Bureau, I can inform the Deputy that all such monies are returned to the Exchequer in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I set out below details of all Commissions of Investigation established since the enactment of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 in respect of which the Minister for Justice was specified as responsible for matters under section 3(3)(b) of the Act. Name of Commission of Investigation Date of Establishment Date of Conclusion Cost in Millions (€) Dublin Archdiocese...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: As requested by the Deputy, the following are details of all Tribunals of Inquiry established under the remit of my Department from 1997 to date. Name of Tribunal of Inquiry Terms of Reference Date Established Date Concluded Cost in Millions (€) Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry To enquire into suggestions that members of the Garda Síochána or other employees of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Forms (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 551 and 552 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that form CT(68) is an internal collision report generated as a result of information contained on the Garda PULSE system and which serves An Garda Síochána for operational purposes and the Road Safety Authority for statistical purposes. I am further informed that An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that the application is currently being considered by the Northern Irish Prison Service Authorities (NIPS). I am to inform the Deputy that this application cannot progress any further until such time as the decision of NIPS is received by my officials.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: Work on the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill is ongoing at my Department. The Bill, which I propose to introduce this year, should substantially simplify and streamline the existing arrangements for asylum, subsidiary protection and leave to remain applications. It will do this by making provision for the establishment of a single procedure, so that applicants can be provided with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Funding (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 and 558 together. From the information available, two organisations which are substantially or entirely migrant-led applied under the European Integration Fund and two under the European Refugee Fund. These applications were not successful. However, many organisations which are not migrant-led would have had migrant involvement, including in key...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that agency staff supplied by Eircom have been used by my Department for the purpose of answering and transferring calls on a switchboard and in some cases providing receptionist duties. These staff are located in 7 locations with 14 Service Operatives assigned to 12 posts. Agency staff were also engaged in another two locations but these services were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No 177 of 18 December, 2013 wherein I informed the House that following investigation by An Garda Síochána, a report in relation to the case has been forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. As the Deputy will appreciate, such reports are not published and in the circumstances it would not be...