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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Garda Compensation Scheme: Garda Compensation Scheme (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 and 1945 provide for a scheme for compensation for Gardaí who have been killed or maliciously injured in the line of duty. The scheme provides for compensation for the family of a deceased member where death resulted from malicious injury and provides a mechanism to apply to my Department for authorisation for cases of malicious injury of a...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Increased civilian support for the Garda Síochána does not necessarily take the form of one for one replacement of individual Gardaí with civilians. In some instances it enables the replacement of sworn members, who are engaged in exclusively clerical, administrative or technical duties, with civilian staff. In others, it allows sworn members who would otherwise have to devote a...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information to reply to this question cannot be provided at this time. A reply will be provided at a later date.

Written Answers — Garda Powers: Garda Powers (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 became law on 23 July 2009 and all sections of this Act are in operation. Section 8 of the Act schedules the organised crime offences specified for the purpose of the provisions under the Offences Against the State Act 1939 relating to the use of the Special Criminal Court. This piece of legislation is aimed at tackling serious crimes and I can...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is aware the legislation referred to in the question represents additional legislative resources that the Oireachtas has made available to An Garda Síochána to facilitate them in their fight against serious and organised crime. Given the serious nature of the offences dealt with under the legislation in question a full and thorough investigation of individuals and their...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the provisions of the Department of Finance Circular 28/2009 relating to the pay reductions for the grades of Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary and related public service grades where the pay reductions comprise both a reduction in the salary scale and the termination of the scheme of performance-related awards previously applicable to the...

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Legislation: Criminal Assets Legislation (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is aware I have asked that a Committee be formed to review the proceeds of crime legislation to ensure that it reflects our experience of the issue over the last number of years and remains a strong and effective deterrent to criminality. This review will look at areas such as decreasing the amount of time which must elapse before criminal assets which have been frozen become...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The confiscation of drugs (or suspected drugs) was recorded by our prisons under the generic description of "prohibited articles/substances" prior to 2008. Therefore an accurate breakdown as requested by the Deputy for that period is not available without the manual examination of records going back over a considerable time period. From May 2008 (when new security initiatives were first...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Inspectorate was established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to ensure that Garda resources are used efficiently and effectively as measured by reference to the best standards of comparable police services. This is the sixth report of the Inspectorate and it focuses on the allocation of human resources in frontline, uniform policing. The report contains many positive...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As I have recently stated, this is a Garda operational matter on which are they best placed to make a decision. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the matter.

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The allocation of Garda resources, including the distribution of personnel, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner and senior Garda management. They are aided in this by a distribution model which indicates the most effective means of distributing Garda personnel and acts as a guide to Garda management decision making. It takes into account different policing variables, including crime...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: While I am concerned at some of the trends shown in the crime statistics released by the CSO for the last quarter of 2009, it would be unfair to An Garda Síochána not to recognise that there were reductions in nine of the fourteen crime groups covered by the statistics. I welcome the decrease in the numbers of cases of manslaughter and dangerous driving causing death. However I am still...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 38 of 10 December 2009. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the updated figure for such incidents in 2009 is 196 incidents and there have been 16 such incidents to 1 February 2010. In respect of the incidents that occurred to 1 February 2010 there have been three arrests. In respect of the incidents that occurred in 2008 and 2009 there...

Written Answers — Gambling Review: Gambling Review (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is aware, the major review of gambling currently under way in my Department is aimed at developing a new and comprehensive legal and organisational framework governing the gambling architecture in the State. Any proposed new regulatory framework for gambling must be based on three important considerations which are the hallmark of most well-regulated gambling codes. These are:...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the investigation into the death of the person referred to by the Deputy was the subject of an intensive review in 2004. I am further informed that the Commissioner appointed the Assistant Commissioner, Northern Region to examine the investigation file, which remains open, and is under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner. Liaison is being...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 80 together. The Law Reform Commission's Consultation Paper on Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement, published in September 2009, contains an extensive list of provisional recommendations for reform of the law on personal debt that includes provision for a system of non-judicial debt settlement. The Commission had indicated that the date for...

Written Answers — Gangland Killings: Gangland Killings (4 Feb 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 1 on today's order paper (ref. 5800/10).