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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Passenger Name Record (PNR) data is information relating to passengers and their travel which is collected and held by air carriers. PNR data is a tool of proven value to law enforcement services in countering terrorism and serious crime, increasingly for example in trafficking in drugs and people. This proposed Agreement makes provision for the transmission to the Canadian authorities of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Courts Service Act 1998, the management and administration of the courts is a matter for the Courts Service while the allocation of the business of the courts, scheduling of cases and management of lists are matters for the judiciary and in particular the Presidents of the courts. The Deputy will also be aware that judges are, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: While it is not possible to provide detailed costings I can inform the Deputy that the number of committals to prison for non-payment of a court order fine in 2012 was 8,304. I am strongly of the view that we need to keep the numbers of people committed to prison for the non-payment of fines to the absolute minimum. I recently published the Fines Payment and Recovery Bill which represents...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the information requested is not readily available. I will forward the reply to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand. However, in 2012 there were a total of 8,304 committals to prison for non-payment of a Court ordered fine. Based on a statistical sample, the Irish Prison Service has determined that the vast majority of these committals spent less...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no direct function in the matter. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of demographics, crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational demands and in the light of available resources. In that context, I am advised by the Garda authorities that 101 multipurpose Garda patrol vans were purchased in 2012. These vehicles are designed to fulfil a number of operational roles,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the establishment of Garda Text Alert Schemes to augment existing Community Crime Prevention Programmes is currently being considered by An Garda Síochána. I am further informed that this initiative, which was developed through close cooperation between An Garda Síochána, Muintir na Tire, Neighbourhood Watch, the Irish Farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bench Warrants (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the matter referred to by the Deputy is currently under investigation by An Garda Síochána. The Deputy will appreciate that as this matter is under investigation it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Expenditure on the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme for 2012 came to €50.5 million which represented a reduction of 10% over 2011. This is the largest reduction in the annual expenditure ever recorded and represents a fall of approximately €10 million, or 16%, over the peak recorded in 2009. This follows a number of measures introduced since I came into office including significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The publication referenced in the Deputy's question is the recent report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on hearings and submissions on the current review of prostitution legislation. The Joint Committee published its report on 27 June last and the report is being examined. It should be noted that existing legislation includes offences of organising prostitution,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 9th July, 2008, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The bombing at Belturbet on 28 December 1972 was a senseless act of violence in which two young people tragically and needlessly lost their lives. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a thorough investigation into the bombing was carried out at the time by the local Gardaí. They were assisted in this by experts from Garda Headquarters and from the Army. The Garda authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Primary responsibility for security matters rests with An Garda Síochána. The Defence Forces, pursuant to their role in rendering Aid to the Civil Power, provide armed escorts for certain cash movements within the State when requested to do so by An Garda Síochána. An agreement that was signed with the Irish Banking Federation and its member banks in 2005, and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: L.É. Emer will complete her final patrol mission on 20 September next, following which she will be decommissioned and sold. There are no plans for a farewell tour.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The White Paper on Defence was published in February 2000. The drafting of the Defence White Paper was informed by a public consultation process which offered members of the public and other interested parties an opportunity to submit their views. A total of 46 submissions were received as part of that consultation process. A list of the organisations and persons who made submissions to the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Promotions (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Government approval is required for promotion to the following Department of Defence position: Office Held Secretary General Government approval is required for promotion to the following Defence Forces positions: Office Held Rank Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) Major-General Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) Major-General Under the provisions of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) was established in May 1948 by UN Security Council resolution 50 (1948) to assist the United Nations Mediator and the Truce Commission in supervising the observance of the truce in Palestine. Since then, UNTSO has performed various tasks entrusted to it by the Security Council, including the supervision of the General Armistice...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Meetings (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The informal meeting of EU Ministers for Defence took place in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 September 2013. The meeting was chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton and hosted by the Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Mr. Juozas Olekas. NATO Secretary General Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen joined the meeting for...