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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Alan Shatter: May I briefly raise a point of order?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Alan Shatter: It concerns a matter of great importance to all Members of the House. Members have a constitutional right to access, enter and leave Leinster House. Equally, citizens of the State have a right to demonstrate outside it if they see fit, but they do not have a right to prevent elected Members of the House from gaining access to or leaving it. There is an anti-democratic fascist mob outside...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Alan Shatter: Sadly, the policing by An Garda Síochána in this context is grossly inadequate.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Alan Shatter: I ask that the matter be drawn to the attention of the Ceann Comhairle.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Alan Shatter: I ask the Garda Commissioner to take the necessary action to protect the constitutional rights of Deputies. The anti-democratic dangers posed by events taking place outside Leinster House need to be considered, understood and addressed. What is happening today should not set a precedent for similar events.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the works currently being undertaken at Dundrum Garda station, Dublin 14, will be completed; the estimated final cost of the works; if she will provide details on the new facilities that will result from these works; and the additional technology that will be available as a result to the gardaí stationed in Dundrum. [19287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and category of crimes committed in the Stepaside area, County Dublin in each of the years between 2005 and 2014; and the crimes committed in 2015 to date. [19288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new patrol cars made available to members of An Garda Síochána undertaking policing within the south Dublin constituency, in the period March 2011 to date in 2015; and the total number of patrol cars attached to each of the relevant Garda stations, as of this date, as compared to those so attached in 2010. [19289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda Reserve currently attached to each of the Garda stations engaged in policing within the Dublin South constituency area, compared to the numbers so attached to those stations in 2010. [19290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted citizenship in each of the following periods: 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012, 1 May 2012 to 30 April 2013, 1 May 2013 to 30 April 2014 and 1 May 2014 to 30 April 2015. [19291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Dublin South constituency, the new works sanctioned for schools since 9 March 2011; the funding provided, to date, for such works; the schools that received such funding; the new schools, school buildings and-or school extensions completed from March 2011 to date in 2015; the works currently being undertaken, and works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (19 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Dublin South constituency, the number of pupils currently attending primary school or secondary school in 2015, compared to 2010; in respect of each school, the enrolment numbers expected in September 2015; in respect of each school, as compared to 2011, the current number of teachers, resource teachers, and special needs...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Alan Shatter: 308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in detail, the sums paid in respect of each allowance to each non-party Independent Member of Dáil Éireann, since the general election held in 2011; and the annual sum in respect of each allowance so paid, including the Leader's allowance. [18274/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: The question I want to raise is as relevant to section 14 as to other sections - that is, the interconnectivity between the section and the definition of "egg" in the legislation. The draft Bill examined by this committee had a definition of "human reproductive material" which included an ovum or part of an ovum. This had relevance in circumstances in which an ovum was provided but there...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: I am interested in listening to the Minister's response on the extent to which this was considered when amendments were made to the legislation. It was always envisaged when the Bill went to a consultative process that it would be improved and that amendments would be made, as that was the whole purpose of the consultative process. However, I am concerned that because of the changes that...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: My problem with that is that this issue was addressed by virtue of the definitions contained in the heads of the Bill, to which this committee gave very detailed consideration, and gave rise to no difficulty or controversy. I do not believe there is anyone in this room, in any of the political parties or among the Independents, or anyone outside this House who would be of the view that a...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: I appreciate that. There has not been adequate consultation on what is effectively the banning of anonymous donors in the context of assisted reproduction. Currently, the overwhelming majority of couples who engage in assisted reproduction using donor sperm or ova are entirely dependent on anonymous donation. There is a risk that this legislation, while providing for recognition of the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: If I may return to that point, I will be brief. I very much support and have always supported the concept that in so far as is practical and possible children should be able to trace their origins. That is a fairly basic principle. We have failed abysmally to address that issue adequately in the area of adoption. This is because of the constitutional issues and difficulties that arose in...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: Might I finish what I am saying with a final sentence?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Alan Shatter: Today a person can know much more about his or her health vulnerabilities through genetic testing than he or she would ever know from a brief medical history of his or her biological family up to the time he or she was conceived. Since the discovery of the genome and all of the enormous advances in genetic and hereditary medicine, the idea of having a history from the biological parent which...