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Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The position is that these children arrived in the State on 24 April 2005 with their mother and applied for asylum. Their applications were refused following detailed consideration of their cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 the children along...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation around the country is based on agreed priorities established by An Garda Síochána and it is progressed in close co-operation with the Office of Public Works, who have responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. I have been advised by the Garda authorities that work on the refurbishment of...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. The processing time for vetting applications...

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The licensing of firearms is an operational matter for An Garda Síochána. Each application is judged on its own merits and the decision on whether, or not, to grant a firearm certificate rests solely with the issuing person. The decision of the issuing person cannot be fettered in any way and I have no role in the matter.

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The circular referred to was issued to Prison Governors on 29 June, 2010 and clarified an administrative issue that had arisen. The circular did not replace any previous circulars. I will arrange for a copy to be sent to the Deputy under separate cover.

Written Answers — Payment of Fines: Payment of Fines (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that a total of 5,889 persons were committed to prison in the time frame referred to as a result of the non-payment of a court ordered fine. It is not possible to provide all of the statistical information requested by the Deputy without the manual examination of the numerous records concerned and obviously this would require a disproportionate and inordinate...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The monthly expenditure on criminal legal aid over the last two years is set out below. Period Amount (000) October 2008 3,569 November, 2008 5,060 December, 2008 6,437 January, 2009 3,651 February, 2009 4,577 March, 2009 6,202 April, 2009 5,012 May, 2009 5,915 June, 2009 6,894 July, 2009 5,368 August, 2009 4,093 September, 2009 3,021 October, 2009 3,209 November, 2009...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table sets out the numbers of persons reported missing each year since 2001 and who remain untraced, up to and including 31 October, 2010. Number of missing persons reported and who remain untraced, 2001 to 2009 and in 2010 up to 31 October Year Number 2010 68 2009 67 2008 40 2007 58 2006 56 2005 38 2004 55 2003 60 2002 74...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, 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 — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that on 15 November, 2010, there were 4,416 prisoners in custody as compared to a bed capacity of 4,430. This represents in effect an occupancy level of 100%. As the Deputy will appreciate the Irish Prison Service must accept all prisoners committed by the Courts into its custody and does not have the option of refusing committals. It is the case that there has...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted temporary permission to remain in the State for a one year period to 7 November 2011. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 9 November 2010. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, 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 — Criminal Assets Bureau: Criminal Assets Bureau (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are certain statutory limitations on the disclosure of such information in relation to current legal proceedings. It is also not the policy of the Bureau to disclose information in relation to ongoing investigations. The Bureau is required, by statute, to present an annual report detailing the activities of the Bureau. The Annual Report for...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The number of asylum applications received by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) for the years 2005 to 2010 (31/10) is as follows. Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010(31/10) Applications Received 4,323 4,314 3,985 3,866 2,689 1,660

Written Answers — Bail Applications: Bail Applications (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, 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. The operation of the legislation relating to bail is kept under continuing review by my...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, 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 — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Oral Question No. 94 tabled for answer today.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Question Nos. 178 and 189 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are two categories of organised crime groups operating in this jurisdiction. The first category consists of individuals / groups that are well established and tightly structured involved in drug trafficking, armed robbery and firearms offences. The second category involves groups whose...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Recorded crime statistics for 2009 published by the Central Statistics Office show a reduction in nine of the 14 crime groups for which statistics are given, compared with 2008. Decreases in the numbers of cases of manslaughter and dangerous driving leading to death contributed to a fall in homicide offences of 10.1%. There were also welcome decreases in public order offences, which were...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, 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.