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Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that I had no hand or part, nor did anyone in my Department, in the RTE report. The Deputy should not believe all reports of alleged leaks she hears on RTE, nor should she believe everything she reads in our newspapers. I can inform the Deputy that the particular report, which I heard, does not bear any relation to the detailed and comprehensive recommendations and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, under the Constitution, judges are appointed by the President on the advice of the Government. Applications are dealt with by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board established pursuant to the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995. The Personal Insolvency Act 2012 amended the Courts Acts to allow for the creation of a cadre of specialist judges of the Circuit...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy should stop throwing stones because he likes to think that people outside this House forget that his party was in government for a continuous period of 14 years and over that period it destroyed the economy and the financial base of the State, contributed to the creation of a property bubble-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: -----to ten of thousands of people borrowing beyond their means and to the collapse of the banking system-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: -----and, ultimately and totally, it failed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: Yes. I would reply if the Deputy-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: Apparently the Deputy feels he can voice criticisms but he-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy's party was in government.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy's party was in government.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: During those 14 years the Deputy's party failed to introduce any legislation to reform our insolvency laws.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: We have enacted the insolvency legislation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: We have put in place the architecture necessary for the insolvency agency. We have appointed the head of the insolvency agency. Most of the regulations applicable have been put in place.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The specialist judges are now appointed. The regulations in relation to the personal insolvency practitioners will shortly be published and the legislation will, and I know the Deputy will find this a source of personal disappointment,-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: -----be up and running in July as we promised.

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the deployment of Garda personnel and the allocation of resources throughout the force, and that I have no function in the matter. These deployments and allocations are kept under continuing review by the Commissioner, and may be adjusted from time to time in the light of operational requirements. I have been informed by...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I have said to the Deputy in the past, it is my intention that there will be a move to recruit as early as is possible. The Deputy will recall that when a decision was made initially with regard to Croke Park II, which indicated that there would still be difficulties in effecting the savings of €1 billion by 2015, the matter of recruitment had to be delayed. I am pleased that in...

Other Questions: Garda Overtime (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: Expenditure on Garda overtime has been reducing as part of the necessary reduction in public expenditure. Provision for Garda overtime was €78.2 million in 2010, €80.9 million in 2011 and €42.4 million in 2012. It should be noted that the 2011 figure includes overtime in respect of duties carried out during the State visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth II. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy might notice the media launches all sorts of attacks on people from information it is given. Not all of the attacks are accurate, however.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The UN Committee against Torture, UNCAT, issued its concluding observations on Monday, 6 June 2011, following Ireland's first examination in Geneva, under Article 19 of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Its concluding observations covered a wide range of areas which impact on the remit of several Departments. The committee...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: Having met many of the former residents of the Magdalen laundries prior to the setting up of the McAleese inquiry and subsequent to the publication of its report, I know the majority of former residents welcomed the report and regarded it as an accurate account of events that took place. They also welcomed the Taoiseach’s announcement in acknowledging the failures that occurred over...