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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Bills (22 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. However, in order to be of assistance I have had enquiries made with the Courts Service and have been informed that Circuit Court Rules (Order 11) provide for the stamping of Civil Bills before they are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Costs (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy may wish to note that the average cost of an available, staffed prison space is published annually in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report. The most recent figures which are available are contained in the 2012 Annual Report which is available on the Prison Service's website www.irishprisons.ie. The average cost of an available, staffed prison space during the calendar year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Service Orders (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Probation Service is currently undertaking an updated study of community service costs which will include identifying the average hourly and daily costs. However, based on 2010 figures, I can inform the Deputy that the average cost of a Community Service Order was €2,200. The average number of hours worked was approximately 150. It should be noted that the maximum number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Service Orders (22 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: Prison Committals (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that there were 13,526 committals under sentence to prison in 2012 compared with 12,990 in 2011. The table below shows the sentence length of those committed under sentence in 2012 and 2011. Sentence Length 2012 2011 <3 Months 8,837 8,070 3 to <6 Months 1,734 1,786 6 to <12 Months 1,273 1,358 1 to <2 Years 461 636 2 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the number of committals to prison for non-payment of a court order fine in 2012 was 8,304. The 2011 figure was 7,514 . It is not possible to provide the amount of the fines involved or the length of sentence for each case, as this would necessitate a manual search of each record and would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have sought the relevant information from the Garda authorities and I will contact the Deputy further in relation to this matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Immigrant Investor Programme and the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme were opened for applications in April 2012. Since then, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service have received 28 applications for the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme and 10 Applications for the Immigrant Investor Programme. Fourteen applications have been approved under the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 is awaiting Report Stage in the Dáil. It has passed all stages in the Seanad.The Bill is intended to work in harmony with the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. However, elements of that Act concerning the disclosure of convictions are under review at present having regard to a recent judgment of the UK...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The necessary legislative provisions to implement the new arrangements are in preparation in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, and they will be put into operation as soon as possible. Further details are available on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) website - www.inis.gov.ie and these will be kept updated as developments occur.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: An encroachment generally arises when a person, club, company etc. wish to have use of Department of Defence property on an ongoing basis. Encroachments are governed by a Licence Agreement which states the conditions under which the Minister (Licensor) allows the encroachment. Licences are generally reviewed on an annual basis. Charges are currently levied in respect of one hundred and twenty...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Disability Act Employment Targets (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The target for my Department, including all agencies and bodies, regarding employment of persons in the special category with disabilities is 3%, in line with Government policy. The target of 3% has been achieved. Based on the most recent returns, we currently have 50 employees with a disability, as defined in the Disability Act 2005, serving in my Department and subsidiary offices. This...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Service Pensions (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Military Service Pensions Act 1934 (the 1934 Act) provided for a Referee, assisted as required, by an Advisory Committee to investigate and report on all applications referred to them by the Minister for Defence under the Act. The findings of the Referee were final, conclusive and binding on all persons and tribunals whatsoever and could only be reopened on the ground that evidence not...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Common Foreign and Security Policy (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The European Council meeting in December next will include, for the first time in five years, a thematic discussion on defence issues. The European Council will discuss three clusters of issues. These are (a) increasing the effectiveness, visibility and impact of CSDP; (b) enhancing the development of defence capabilities; and, (c) strengthening Europe’s defence industry. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: In consultation with the Naval Service, the Department of Defence recently sought expressions of interest from qualified persons who could assist the Department with the sale of L.E. Emer and L.E. Aoife following the decommissioning of both vessels. The closing date for the receipt of such expressions of interest by the Department is tomorrow Thursday 23 May 2013. Following the deadline for...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have already said that.

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I will come back to some questions Deputy Clare Daly raised. She seems to have a difficulty with me issuing a statement on Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan. He wrote to have a fixed-notice charge cancelled. Subsequent to it being cancelled, he then complained about it being cancelled. When all of this came out into the public arena, I asked that the matter be investigated by the...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Subsequent to that, I received a letter from Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, in case the Deputy believes I was meddling in some way. I was anxious to get to the bottom of the issue. On 21 March, Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan wrote to me. He stated:Dear Minister Shatter, As you may have noticed from my contribution on the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012, I made it clear that...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: He continued in the letter:This was an individual who was among those whom I met at a meeting in Roscommon County Council in 20 December and to whom, along with others present, I casually mentioned that I had just been caught on my mobile phone while driving. It was Mr. [Blank] who rang me after the meeting to say I would not be getting points.

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: He then went on to say: “I do not bear any malice towards Mr. [Blank] for this but I believe the truth about this situation must be established in order that such an event does not re-occur.” Later he named a particular garda, now retired, of a named Garda station who contacted him about the fixed-charge penalty points which were issued to him for using his mobile phone while...