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

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that refurbishment of the Harristown House development is nearing completion and is expected to be ready for accommodating low risk prisoners by early June, 2013.

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

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service advises me that no significant development works are either underway or planned at either Cloverhill Prison or Loughan House Open Centre during 2013. However a range of smaller projects being undertaken at Loughan House this year comprises a bundle of small works that was put together in order to achieve economies of scale. Essentially the projects involve the...

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

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the refurbishment project in Mountjoy, which forms part of a 40-month Capital Plan, published in April 2012 as part of the Prison service Three Year Strategic Plan 2012-2015, includes the installation of in-cell sanitation to all cells in Mountjoy Prison. You will be aware that the C and B wings were completed in 2012. Refurbishment of Mountjoy "A" wing...

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

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that there are dedicated committal areas in all committal prisons at present with the exception of the female Dochas Centre in Mountjoy Prison. Work is currently underway on this project and a Unit is expected to be operational later this year. Portlaoise does not have a designated committal area as it only receives a small number of committals directly from the...

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

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the Joint Task Review of Healthcare in the Prison Service is an essential component of the overall programme of review and reform being undertaken in accordance with the terms of the Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014. The Joint Task Review of Healthcare involves an in-depth analysis of the numbers of medical staff in each prison, and the individual...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy was registered in the State on 19/9/2006 as a student until 30 November 2012. I am advised that this case is being assessed on its merits and will be decided upon in the coming weeks. All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application on behalf of the individual referred to by the Deputy was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) on the 3rd of April 2013. The application is being processed and will be returned to the registered organisation concerned in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (23 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of statistics. However, in order to be of assistance to the...

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

Alan Shatter: The Charities Act 2009 provides for an integrated system of mandatory registration and proportionate regulation and supervision of the charities sector in Ireland. The various sections of the Charities Act are subject to implementation through commencement orders. Sections that it was possible to commence in advance of the establishment of the Charities Regulatory Authority, as provided for...

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

Alan Shatter: I am unclear as to the basis of the Deputy's expectation of an influx of new migrants to Ireland in 2014. I am of course aware of the debate in the UK regarding removal of the labour market restrictions in respect of Bulgaria and Romania from 1 January 2014 and the impact this could potentially have in terms of EU citizens from those countries exercising their rights of free movement to come...

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

Alan Shatter: The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board was established pursuant to the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995. Section 14 of the Act provides that the Board may adopt such procedures as it thinks fit to carry out its functions under the Act. It is, therefore, a matter for the Board whether it would wish to make a form available in the manner suggested and I have arranged to pass the Deputy's...

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

Alan Shatter: I am advised that the person mentioned by the Deputy that the person mentioned was registered in the State on 22 March 2006 as a student until 4 August 2012. All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under the "new immigration regime for full time non-EEA students which was published in September 2010 and has been in effect since 1...

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

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was initially granted leave to remain in the State for the three year period ending 27 May 2010. This was subsequently renewed for a further three years to 28th May, 2013. The latter decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 26 May 2010. The person concerned is required to apply in writing for the renewal of this permission. As my...

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

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum aplicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 21 March, 2006, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

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

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware, from previous Dáil replies in this matter, that the person referred to by the Deputy has no application pending for residency. The person concerned was granted permission to remain for a period of five years on 12 January, 2010 on the basis of being the spouse of an EU citizen, who was residing in the State and was exercising his EU Treaty Rights. The grounds...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy was registered in the State on 30 July 2008 as a student. A reply issued to this person's email query on 15 April 2013 setting out the position with regard to the guidelines for non EEA national students registered in the State before 1 January 2011. This information is available on...

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

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has permission to remain in the State until 29th March, 2015. This position was notified to him by letter dated 19 April, 2012. The person concerned submitted an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation in September 2011. I decided to defer making my final decision on the application for a period of 18 months, until November 2014, in order that I might be...

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

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 206 of Wednesday, 24th April 2013 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then. As explained to the Deputy previously, the person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act...

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

Alan Shatter: As outlined in my previous reply to the Deputy, the person concerned has been refused a declaration of Refugee Status in the State. He has also been refused Subsidiary Protection and a Deportation Order has been made in respect of him. Judicial Review proceedings challenging the Deportation Order and the refusal of Subsidiary Protection were brought before the High Court on 24 September 2011...