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Written Answers — Sentencing Policy: Sentencing Policy (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Prison Service is developing and rolling out a fully co-ordinated Integrated Sentence Management system (ISM) across all prisons and places of detention. ISM involves a new emphasis on prisoners taking greater personal responsibility for their own development through active engagement with both specialist and non-specialist services in the prisons. The end result will be a...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Section 36 of the Prisons Act, 2007, which was brought into operation on 1 May, 2007, makes it an offence for prisoners to have unauthorised possession of or use of mobile telecommunication devices. Under the Act it is also an offence to supply such a device to a prisoner. The penalties for such an offence, on summary conviction, include a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Statistics in relation to court convictions is a matter for the Courts Service, which under the Courts Service Act, 1998 is independent in the performance of its functions. Section 36 of the Prisons Act 2007, which was brought into operation on 1 May 2007, makes it an offence for prisoners to have unauthorised possession of or use of mobile telecommunication devices. Under the Act it is also...

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I expect the number of committals for non-payment fines to fall substantially once the Fines Bill 2009 has been enacted. The information requested by the Deputy for the years 2005 to 2009 is set out in the table that follows this reply. These figures relate to persons committed to prison for breach of the Broadcasting and Wireless Telegraphy Act 1988 where a fine or a prison sentence or...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the telephone help line referred to by the Deputy was set up following the publication of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese on 26 November last. A dedicated telephone line with voicemail facility was installed in the office of the Assistant Commissioner, National Support Services,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: An application for Long Term Residency from the person concerned was received in my Department on 30 March 2009. I understand that applications received in September 2008 are currently being processed. It is likely, therefore, that further processing of the application of the person concerned will commence in the coming months, with a view to having it completed by July this year. The...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there is no protocol for the Garda Síochána offering an escort to celebrities travelling between events. The provision of a Garda escort is determined by the nature of the request including security considerations and public safety. Arrangements are in place for cost recovery in respect of some escort duties performed.

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of sitting or recently concluded Tribunals of Inquiry, established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2004, where the final cost is not yet determined, is set out in this reply. The Smithwick Tribunal was established in 2005 to investigate suggestions that members of the Garda Síochána or other employees of the State...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the main bodies within the remit of my Department include the Garda Síochána, the Courts Service, the Irish Prison Service and the Property Registration Authority in addition to 24 other bodies, details of which can be found in the appendices to my Department's most recent Annual Report available at www.justice.ie and in the Oireachtas Library. Full details of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the citizenship division of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that on 31 December 2009 the personnel strength of each Garda station in Leixlip and Naas Garda Districts was as follows: Leixlip District Strength Carbury 5 Celbridge 18 Kilcock 8 Leixlip 33 Maynooth 15 Total 79 Naas District Strength Ballymore Eustace 1 Clane 8 Kilcullen 3 Kill 3 Naas 107 Robertstown 4 Total 126

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Commissioner, with his senior managers and Divisional Officers, arranges for the allocation of Garda personnel throughout the State. Garda management is aided in this by a distribution model known as the Garda Establishment Redistribution Model (GERM). I am advised by the Commissioner that this model indicates the most effective means to distribute Garda personnel and acts as a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 347 on 20 October, 2009. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Government re-affirmed its commitment to developing a new prison campus at Thornton Hall, Kilsallaghan, County Dublin and also approved the launch of a new tendering process for the construction of a more affordable and better value prison campus at Thornton. The aim is to provide good quality, regime focussed prison accommodation with appropriate support and rehabilitative facilities for...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the details of my reply to Question No. 54 September 2009. The disability functions of my Department centre on promoting the principles of equality but do not involve service delivery. No decision has been made to transfer the disability functions of my Department at this juncture.

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to questions 624, 635 and 721 on 16 September, 2009. The situation regarding Harristown House remains unchanged. My Department, in consultation with the Irish Prison Service, is examining other potential alternate uses for the House. These discussions are ongoing.

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: No additional planting was undertaken at the Thornton Hall Site during 2009. During 2009, approximately €9,600 was spent on landscape maintenance, including weed removal and control; removal of all tree stakes and tree ties; fixing and securing of protective fencing etc at the Thornton Hall site. Consideration was given to the planting of further trees and shrubs as referred to in my answer...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person referred to has submitted two on-line applications for a visa both made on 12/12/2009. No documentation or fees have been submitted to date in relation to either of these applications. As the person concerned states she is a South African national, she does not require a visa prior to entering the State. Entry into the State and the period of time the person may remain is at the...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In my replies to Parliamentary Question numbers 547, 548, 549 and 550 of Tuesday 19 January, 2010 to Deputy Ruairí Quinn I set out fully the current position. I have nothing further to add to those replies.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána as at 31 December 2007, 2008 and 2009 was 13,755, 14,412 and 14,547 respectively.