Results 281-300 of 16,849 for speaker:Dermot Ahern
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to the reply given on 7 December 2010 (Question No. 216) by my colleague the Minister for Foreign Affairs in response to a similar question. In that reply the Minister for Foreign Affairs set out the actions being taken by his Department, which oversees the operation in this State of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961, in respect of private...
- Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I have sought the information required from the Garda authorities and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as it is received.
- Written Answers — Prison Facilities: Prison Facilities (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: There is a tuck shop operating in each prison which is operated and staffed by the Irish Prison Service. Profits from the prisoner purchases are used to support prisoners through the Prisoner Assist Programme Fund. The operation of the tuck shops is currently under review by the Irish Prison Service. I hope the Deputy will understand however that the financial information requested is...
- Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The moratorium on recruitment and appointments continues to apply to An Garda SÃochána 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 SÃochána. This early...
- Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 64 together. No bonus payments have been made to civil servants in my Department or to senior management in any State Body or organisation under the aegis of my Department in the last twelve months.
- Written Answers — Prison Facilities: Prison Facilities (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: Library facilities are available in all prisons. The majority are managed by qualified staff from the Local Authority Library Services whose salary costs are refunded by the Irish Prison Service. Prison staff assist the librarian staff and operate library services in some prisons. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table in relation to nine prisons. PRISON...
- Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The information is as of 7 December 2010. Prison/Place of Detention Number in Custody Number in custody not heldin single cells Arbour Hill 155 71 Castlerea 382 256 Cloverhill 464 425 Cork 320 308 Dóchas Centre 136 90 Limerick 296 224 Limerick (female) 38 24 Loughan House 103 32 Midlands 560 225 Mountjoy...
- Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is not currently available. It will be provided as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The information is as of 7 December 2010. Prison/Place of Detention Number in custody on 23 hour lock up Arbour Hill 0 Castlerea 29 Cloverhill 0 Cork 21 Dóchas Centre 0 Limerick 9 Loughan House 0 Midlands 14 Mountjoy 88 Portlaoise 0 Shelton Abbey 0 St. Patrick's Institution 45 Training Unit 0...
- Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service is currently in the process of enhancing its existing website and the provision of more detailed statistical information is being considered as part of this enhancement.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The Final Report and Recommendations of the Interdepartmental Committee to oversee reform of the non-EEA student immigration regime was published on 22 September 2010. The Report entitled 'New Immigration Regime for Full Time non-EEA Students', which is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie), contains more than 20 recommendations...
- Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: In the original wings of our older prisons - Mountjoy Male Prison, St. Patrick's Institution, Limerick Prison and Cork Prison - a typical cell would have a floor area of approximately 8 square metres. Three new cell blocks have been commissioned in recent years at Portlaoise, Castlerea and Wheatfield prisons. All of the cells in these facilities contain an ensuite shower, toilet and wash...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: In 2008, I asked the Irish Prison Service to review their methodology for calculating the average annual cost of keeping an offender and to bring it more in line with other jurisdictions. The new methodology, which I approved, was introduced in time for the publication of the 2008 Annual Report. It now excludes costs which are not under the direct control of the Irish Prison Service....
- Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Canine Unit of the Irish Prison Service currently has 26 dog handlers with a complement of 37 trained dogs. The Irish Prison Service does not collate costs for the Canine Unit separately. To provide such figures to the Deputy would require the manual examination of records. Such an examination however would require a disproportionate and inordinate...
- Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that there are currently 143 staff (142 posts, 2 job sharers) including the Governor assigned across all units of the Operational Support Group (OSG). Current vacancies in the OSG stand at 17, including management and officer grades. The direct cost figure associated with the OSG for the full year of 2009 is â¬10,627,700.12. This figure represents direct costs only...
- Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (8 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The moratorium on recruitment and appointments continues to apply to An Garda SÃochána 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 SÃochána. This early...
- Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (7 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The following table shows the monies forwarded by the Criminal Assets Bureau to the Minister for Finance for the benefit of the Exchequer under Proceeds of Crime legislation and pursuant to the Revenue and Social Welfare remits of the Bureau for the years 2005 to 2009: CAB Returns 2005-2009 Year Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996 / 2005⬠Revenue legislation⬠Social Welfare provisionsâ¬...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The objective of the outsourced Garda mobile safety cameras is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions. Since the commencement of operations of the cameras on 15 November, 2010 there has been on-going speed monitoring at locations nationwide where collisions resulting in fatal and...
- Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (7 Dec 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the information sought by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when that report is to hand.