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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service. The Act provides that the Service is independent in the performance of its functions, including the maintenance and provision of courthouse facilities. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order and her son is the subject of a Judicial Review in relation to his asylum application. The matter is therefore sub judice. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Policies (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 212 together. I can inform the Deputy that the Incentivised Regimes Policy was introduced on a phased basis across all prisons in 2012. Incentivised Regimes provides for a differentiation of privileges between prisoners according to their level of engagement with services and quality of behaviour. The objective is to provide tangible incentives to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service is implementing an Integrated Sentence Management (ISM) initiative within the prison system. ISM involves a new orientation in the delivery of services to prisoners and an 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 is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy may be aware that an agreed Drug Treatment Clinical Policy document was first issued by the Irish Prison Service in 2008. It was reviewed during 2012 to ensure that the Irish Prison Service continued to match best practice in the community, insofar as is possible in the prison setting and within the context of the current budgetary constraints. The policy was examined in detail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The appointment of the Garda Commissioner is, under Section 9 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, made by the Government. The Government decided to extend the term of office of the present Commissioner, as an exceptional measure, to provide continuity at a time of significant organisational change aimed at achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of the policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that there were 4,245 persons in custody on 27 May 2013. A breakdown of the number of persons in custody on the same date for the previous five years are included in the table below. Number in custody Year 4,245 2013 4,483 2012 4,465 2011 4,277 2010 3,905 2009 3,588 2008

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the following table outlines the number of prison officer grades* employed by the Irish Prison Service for each of the past five years. Figures are based on whole time equivalent numbers serving on 31 December for each year: Year No. employed 2012 3,262 2011 3,310 2010 3,338 2009 3,388 2008 3,463 *All Prison grades are included from Recruit Prison...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of members, broken down by rank, who have retired from the force on voluntary, compulsory or other grounds, in the years ending 31 December 2008 to 2012 and up to 30 April 2013, the latest date for which figures are readily available, is set out in the table hereunder: Year Com D/Com A/Com C/Supt Supt Insp Sgt Gda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (30 May 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: Asylum Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned, along with his wife and four dependant children, applied for asylum in the State on 4 May, 2004. Their applications were refused following consideration of their cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. A letter was sent to the person concerned from the Department dated 30 January, 2006 informing him...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was initially granted permission to remain in the State on 23 September 1999 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. The permission has been renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 8 May 2014. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, that a valid application for a certificate of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State under stamp 4 conditions on 6 April 2005 for an initial two year period, under the revised arrangements applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005, more commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. The permission was renewed in 2007 and was renewed by the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, that the person mentioned by the Deputy became a naturalised Irish citizen on 13 December 2012. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, that the person referred to by the Deputy arrived in the State on 24 August 2006 as a visitor and would appear to have remained here without the appropriate permission. This is in breach of section 5(1) of the Immigration Act 2004 which provides that no non-national may be in the State other than in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have been advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, that the person mentioned by the Deputy has permission to remain in the State until 15 November 2013. I am further informed by INIS that they have no application on hand from the person referred to. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May 2011. As the person referred to by the Deputy did not confirm on his application form that he intended to reside in the State after naturalisation, one of the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in September, 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. As well as being a significant event in the life of its recipient, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for the three year period to 14th June, 2010. This permission was renewed for a further three year period, to 14th June, 2013. On 27th May, 2013 the person concerned submitted an application to have his permission to remain in the State renewed for a further period. This application is currently under consideration. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware the vote for the Department of Justice and Equality is one of five Votes in the Justice Vote Group. The scale of the adjustments for 2014 were set out at vote group level in part 1 of the Expenditure Report 2013, which was published in December 2012. In the context of the forthcoming Budget, there will be further communication with the Department of Public...