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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am satisfied that the retirement benefits of the person in question were correctly calculated in accordance with the relevant Department of Finance circular. Full details of the method of calculation have been provided to the person in question. If she wishes to have any further information my Department would be happy to provide it. I can confirm that the person concerned is in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Currently, eight members of the Permanent Defence Force, who are deployed to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation, UNTSO, serve in Syria as part of observer group Golan in support of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF. These appointments include two which were previously held by Irish personnel in Damascus until October 2012, when the security situation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the military authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 31 March 2013, the latest date for which figures are available, was 9,189, comprising 7,375 Army, 781 Air Corps and 1,033 Naval Service personnel. The attached table outlines the total vacancies, by rank, based on the agreed stabilised strength for the Permanent Defence Force of 9,500. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The military authorities have advised me that training for members of the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, in 1 Brigade has been scheduled for the following locations in 2013: a. Coolmoney Camp, Glen of Imaal b. DFTC, Stephens Barracks c. Dun Ui Mhaoiliosa d. Kilworth Camp e. Collins Barracks f. Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee g. Bere Island. The Value for Money Review of the Reserve Defence Force,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Amounts paid in respect of the remuneration of military personnel serving with UN and EU peace support operations, together with travel and subsistence and transportation costs - troops and freight - for each of the past five years, are set out in the table below. Equipment costs are not included in the figures, as equipment is generally not procured for a specific mission. UN and EU...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fodder Crisis (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The lands at Casement Aerodrome Baldonnel are already subject to both a letting and a contract arrangement for the cutting of grass. In the circumstances the question of making cut grass from Baldonnel available to local farmers does not arise.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Agencies Funding (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The only Ombudsman post under the remit of the Department for Defence is that of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. The office of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, ODF, was established as an independent statutory office, under the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004. The primary role of the ODF is to provide an independent appeals process for members of the Defence Forces who have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy no doubt will appreciate, it would be futile to speculate on what might happen across a huge range of areas and activities between Ireland and the UK should the UK exit the EU. Quite clearly the existence of the Common Travel Area is of the most profound importance in the conduct of trade, business and travel for citizens of both jurisdictions. Any action that would jeopardise...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 278 on 7th May, 2013. The position remains as stated. Reply to Parliamentary Question 278 of 7th May, 2013. The Personal Insolvency Act 2012 does not require that a person's employment be affected by entering into an insolvency arrangement. However, certain professions may be governed by bodies where personal finances may be subject...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware the courts are, subject only to the Constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of their judicial functions, and the conduct of any case is a matter entirely for the presiding judge. I can inform the Deputy that relevant Rules of the District Court, Circuit Court and Superior Courts (SI Numbers 99/2013, 100/2013 and 101/2013) came into effect on 8 April...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. In the course of my statement in this House on 21 May, I made it perfectly clear that there is no suggestion of my being routinely provided with information on members of the Oireachtas. I gave the House a solemn assurance that I am not in the business of receiving, seeking or maintaining confidential, sensitive information from An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in October 2012. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision as expeditiously as possible. As well as being a significant event in the life of its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested an updated report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter in question. I will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that prisoners accommodated in Harristown House will not be permitted to access the town other than to avail of therapeutic services such as Alcoholics Anonymous, as is currently the case. I can also inform the Deputy that no prisoners convicted of a sexual offence will be accommodated at the facility. In relation to prisoners convicted of murder, no decision has yet...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The development of prisoner programmes forms a central part of the Irish Prison Service's three-year strategic plan from 2012 to 2015. There is a clear commitment in the strategy to examining the possibility of introducing, on a pilot basis, restorative justice practices in a prisons context. A multidisciplinary steering group was set up to explore and identify potential restorative...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, the Government Programme for National Recovery 2011-2016 provides that the Government will establish a new model of financing social interventions, called Social Impact Investment, that focus on outcomes for particular target groups and attract private capital to support social provision. The Programme gives a commitment under the Justice and Law Reform heading to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Detention Centres (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that as part of the Irish Prison Service's three-year strategic plan from 2012 to 2015, the Prison Service is devising a specific strategy for the management of young offenders to ensure the regime for young offenders is age-appropriate and best practice is observed. Central to this strategy is a review of the overall approach taken to the placement of 17 to 21 year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy may be referring to the recent launch of the Community Support Scheme in Mountjoy Prison and The Dóchas Centre. This pilot initiative has been set up in response to the overcrowding problems and in an attempt to address the recidivism levels of those serving sentences of under 12 months. The Community Support Group will consist of a number of prison-based personnel as well...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the opening of the new block is taking place over a phased basis. On 21 May 2013, there were 726 prisoners in custody in the Midlands Prison. Of these, 197 prisoners were occupying cells in the new block across four of the six wings. Plans to open the remaining wings are progressing and are dependent on the finalisation of the joint Task Review reports for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that the number of prisoners occupying the B wing in Mountjoy Prison on 21 May 2013 was 117. The overall bed capacity of Mountjoy Prison is 540. This bed capacity has not changed during the months of February, March and April 2013.