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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to put on record my appreciation for the contribution that those who volunteer for service as Garda Reserve members make on a daily basis to the work of An Garda Síochána. Together with full time members, they provide vital assistance to communities and neighbourhoods right across the country. The age at which any candidate may apply to join the Garda Síochána as a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Government has approved drafting of the General Scheme of an Inspection of Places of Detention Bill. The General Scheme is currently being prepared. In addition to other measures, the Bill will include provisions to enable ratification of the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OP-CAT). In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance requires each State Party to take the necessary measures to ensure that enforced disappearance constitutes an offence under its criminal law. For the purposes of the Convention, "enforced disappearance" is considered to be "the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my written response of 11 March 2014, and to the response given by my colleague, Minister of State Kathleen Lynch on 27 February 2014, in which she informed the House that the Government intends to proceed to ratification of the Convention as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to ensure all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Costs (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Legal Aid Board uses solicitors in private practice to complement the service provided by solicitors in its own law centre network. For the most part, private practitioners on the Board's civil law panels are allocated family law cases in the District Court whilst they are also used, to a much lesser extent, for divorce and separation cases in the Circuit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Tax Exemptions (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 420 together. I can inform the Deputy that there are two motor vehicles in my Department which are classed as "State owned" vehicles for revenue purposes and are therefore exempt from the payment of motor tax. These two vehicles are also covered by the State for insurance purposes. During the past five years there has been one claim of €258.42,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abuse Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Inspectorate Report entitled "Responding to Child Sexual Abuse" was published in February 2012, including an addendum to take account of the findings of the Cloyne Report. The report made a range of recommendations concerning the investigation of child sexual abuse with a view to addressing past failings and better protecting children in the future....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that for legal reasons, all 17 year old remand prisoners continue to be detained at St Patrick's Institution. In December 2013, all sentenced 17 year olds were transferred from St Patrick's Institution to a dedicated unit in Wheatfield on an interim basis pending the opening of the new facilities in Oberstown. To facilitate this transfer, Wheatfield was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423, 440 to 443, inclusive, 446 and 448 together. The Government has decided to set up a statutory Commission of Investigation into the recording of telephone calls in certain Garda stations. In this regard the Government has today agreed the terms of reference for the Commission and it will examine extensively matters of public concern relating to the issue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Costais Aistriúcháin (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Ba mhaith liom a chur in iúl don Teachta gurbh é méid iomlán an chaiteachais a tabhaíodh sa bhliain 2013 ar dhoiciméid a aistriú ó Bhéarla go Gaeilge agus ó Ghaeilge go Béarla, agus ó Bhéarla go teangacha eile agus ó theangacha eile go Béarla, ná €161,640. B’fhéidir gur mhaith leis an Teachta a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of all personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources. The objective at all times is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the deployment of personnel and Garda management keep this under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources. I share the issues of concern the Deputy has raised and would draw his attention to the Dublin City Centre...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 and 429 together. The Policing Plan for 2013 outlined the Garda Commissioner's proposals for the continued reorganisation and consolidation of the Garda Station and District network. In preparing that plan, the Commissioner reviewed all aspects of the Garda Síochána’s policing model, including the deployment of personnel, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430 to 432, inclusive, together. The information provided by the Deputy is unclear as to the age that the young person in question was at the time the theft offences were committed. If the person was under 18 at that time, then in accordance with the provisions of section 258 of the Children Act 2001, such offences would not be disclosed once a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Appointments (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Peace Commissioners are appointed by me under Section 88 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924. The appointment of Commissioners for Oaths however is a matter for the Chief Justice and I have no role in these appointments. There is a separate and distinct application process and appointment procedure in place for Commissioners for Oaths and Peace Commissioners. It is also the case that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Company Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The primary purpose of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 is to reform the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and to facilitate the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). OMCs, the membership of which comprise the owners of residential units within the development, are established for the purposes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the investigation of individual cases and I as Minister do not have any role in such matters. However, I am informed by the Garda authorities that requests for information in relation to specific investigations should be addressed to local Garda management in the Garda District concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Please see set out as follows the information requested from the Deputy: Year No. of persons of all nationalities that have been detected by An Garda Síochána as victims of trafficking for forced labour 2008* 2009 18 2010 19 2011 13 2012 06 2013 08 2014 4*As the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 came into effect on 7 June 2008, there are no recorded...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have requested the information sought from the Garda authorities and I will revert to the Deputy in due course as soon as the information is to hand.