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Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 23: In page 7, line 36, to delete "of the units" and substitute "of the residential units".

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 24: In page 7, line 39, to delete "the unit owner enjoys" and substitute the following: "each owner of a residential unit in the development concerned enjoys".

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 25: In page 8, line 14, to delete "to the units" and substitute "to the residential units".

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 26: In page 8, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(8) In this section— "suitably qualified person" means a person who is a member of a class or classes of persons prescribed by the Minister for the purposes of this section; "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister having consulted the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and...

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: We have to go back to the Seanad with any amendments that we make here, so I would think it will be shortly after that.

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: On Committee Stage I amended section 8(3) to require that unit owners must provide the owner-management company with relevant contact details. I understand the motivation behind this amendment but I have serious reservations about how it would work in practice. The amendment suggests that the sale of apartments be made conditional on compliance with undertakings with the purchaser....

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 28: In page 8, line 19, to delete "of a unit" and substitute "of a residential unit".

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 29: In page 8, line 22, to delete "relating to the units" and substitute "relating to the residential units".

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Seanad): Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 30: In page 8, line 31, to delete "to the units" and substitute "to the residential units".

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As a matter of general practice my office does not purchase refreshments specifically for meetings and functions I am involved in. Other costs may arise in my Department for the provision of these items for meetings held by Department officials. However, I am advised that any such expenditure is not likely to be significant.

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred to is within Raheny Garda Sub-District. Local Garda management is aware of one incident of burglary in the location referred to by the Deputy, the investigation of which is ongoing. No further incidents have been recorded in the area during 2010. A member of the local Community Policing Unit is specifically assigned to the...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There are a number of provisions in the law for ensuring that payments continue to be made by spouses in support of their dependent spouses and children. They include enabling powers for the courts to order attachment of the earnings of a debtor spouse, to order the securing of payments to the maintenance creditor, to order the payment of lump sums and to order arrears of maintenance to be...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the expiration of her permission to remain in the State on student conditions, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 8 June 2010, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 176 together. The full information sought by the Deputy is not readily available or easily accessible and requires a significant trawl of departmental and in some cases the records of bodies for which the department is responsible. I have asked that subject to other ongoing departmental and agency priorities this work be completed without undue delay....

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 410 Garda applicants who have successfully completed stages 1 and 2 of the application process. Of these there are a total of 164 applicants who have completed all stages of the application process and are ready for entry to the Garda College when recruitment re-commences. The remaining candidates are being processed through...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The moratorium on recruitment and appointments continues to apply to An Garda Síochána with provisions for exceptions following agreement with the Minister for Finance. The purpose of organising a recruitment campaign earlier this year was to begin the process of establishing a panel of potential applicants who could go on to be recruited as members of An Garda Síochána. Since that...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There has been no change in the processing of applications for Subsidiary Protection as referred to by the Deputy. On a regular and ongoing basis my Department assesses the cases on hand to ensure that, as far as possible, persons who are waiting for a decision for the longest periods have their cases finalised first. The factual position is that any case where an application for Subsidiary...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application to change his current immigration status on the 14 October 2010. Applications are dealt with in chronological order and I am informed that officials in INIS will be in touch with this person shortly. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that unaccompanied minors are dealt with in accordance with section 8(5)(a) of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) which provides that, where it appears to an Immigration Officer or an authorised officer that a child under the age of 18 years who has arrived in the state and is not in the custody of any person, that child...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (14 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of each of the ranks referred to by the Deputy, as at 31 December 1999 - 2009, and 30 September 2010, the latest date for which figures are readily available, is set out in the table below. I am further informed that as of 10 December 2010, 2 Chief Superintendents, 9 Superintendents and 9 Inspectors have either retired or...