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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (3 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: It was not possible to provide the detailed information sought by the Deputy in the time available. My Department is currently seeking to compile the relevant data and I will provide the information directly to the Deputy once it comes to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff Redundancies (3 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: Following the receipt of sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), the Department recently introduced a voluntary redundancy scheme targeted towards civilian employees (State industrial grades) attached to military installations arising from the rationalisation of the brigade structure in the Defence Forces and the reduced requirement for particular grades/skills...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received in respect of the minor referred to by the Deputy. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation are met and will be submitted to me for decision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: Part 3 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 provides for the revised monetary jurisdictional thresholds. Prior to the implementation of Part 3, the District Court Rules Committee decided to undertake a comprehensive revision of District Court civil procedure. I am awaiting the draft rules which, I understand, were recently approved by the Committee and are now...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual cases that may be or have been the subject of an application under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Such applications are facilitated by the Irish Central Authority for International Child Abduction which is part of my Department but the decision on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Issues (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, made on 15th October, 2009, following a comprehensive examination of her asylum and subsidiary protection claims and the detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). Further representations were received from the person concerned requesting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, made on 5th November, 2007, following a comprehensive examination of her asylum and subsidiary protection claims and the detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). On 27th December, 2012, the person concerned applied for a right of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am familiar with the proposals put forward by the Migrant Rights Centre in this area but at present I have no plans to introduce any form of earned regularisation scheme. It remains the responsibility of all non-EEA nationals who are resident in the State to ensure that they have an appropriate permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality and the great majority of migrants comply...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 to 117, inclusive, together. My Department is currently in discussion with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on proposals for revised sick leave measures, including the application of these measures to the Garda Síochana, which are to be included in the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Amendment Bill 2013....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the relevant available statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am deeply conscious of the continuing impact of the particular circumstances of the tragic case in question. The Deputy will be aware that my Department has been in correspondence with the individual concerned on a number of occasions in relation to the issues raised. The Deputy will also be aware that I wrote to the person referred to on 1 October setting out my position as Minister with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The clear position arising from case law in Ireland - and there is ample case law to this effect - is that marriage is understood as being between one man and one woman, ideally for life. The Government considers that it would be constitutionally unsound to legislate for marriage between same-sex couples in the absence of a constitutional amendment. On this basis, Government referred the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Council Legislation (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government undertakes to “legislate to establish a Judicial Council, with lay representation, to provide an effective mechanism for dealing with complaints against judges” and this commitment is being given expression in the form of the proposed Judicial Council Bill. As well as providing for the establishment of a Judicial Council and Board that will promote...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned are a husband and wife who entered the State on visit/short stay visas. The Deputy might wish to note that the maximum stay on a visit/short stay visa is 90 days. The first named person concerned entered the State in 2006 and was granted permission to remain for an initial 90 days. He was granted further permission to remain from 8th July, 2011 to 8th September, 2011....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned and his spouse were granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 2001 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. His permission was renewed on a regular basis with the latest permission due to expire on 4 March, 2014. I am informed that the spouse of the person concerned has been naturalised. A valid...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: As conveyed to the Deputy in a previous Parliamentary Question Number 108 of 14th March 2013 the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 17 January, 2013. The Deportation Order was signed following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum application in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), and Section 5 of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: In February, 2008, the person concerned made an application for residency in the State on the basis of being the spouse of an EU National who was exercising her EU Treaty Rights in this State. This application was approved and the person concerned was notified to this effect by letter dated 1st September, 2008. The person concerned completed the registration formalities to the extent that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The question of residency status or entitlement to consideration for naturalisation does not arise at this time in the case of the persons whose details were supplied. Should the option to apply for permission to remain in the State arise in the future the persons concerned will be advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Nov 2013)

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. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, that the first named person was granted Long Term Residency on 4th January, 2011. This person registered their permission to remain in the State with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) until 31st August, 2013. The second named person had permission to remain in the State on work permit...