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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, I have welcomed the Law Reform Commission's recently published report on Jury Service which includes an examination of the law concerning how individuals are selected for jury service and follows on from the Commission's 2010 Consultation Paper. The Report contains 56 recommendations covering a broad range of issues relating to jury service together with a draft...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Staff (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Master of the High Court is appointed by Government under Section 3(3) of the Court Officers Act 1926 which also specifies that the Master holds office at the pleasure of the Government and can serve to age 70. The powers and jurisdiction of this quasi judicial office are set out in the Courts Acts and Rules of Court and relate mainly to administrative and procedural matters which are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned made an application for residency in the State on the basis of being the spouse of an EU National who was exercising her EU Treaty Rights in this State on 31 March, 2010. This application was refused and the person concerned was notified to this effect by letter dated 29 September 2010. The refusal decision was subsequently reviewed and the initial refusal decision was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 May 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illegal Moneylenders (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that the regulation of money lending in this jurisdiction is provided for by way of a number of pieces of statutory legislation. Legislative provisions relating to the regulation of money lending are provided for in the Consumer Credit Act 1995, which is the responsibility of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Under the 1995 Act, unlicensed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Partnership Legislation (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have no plans to extend the civil partnership legislation to couples other than same-sex couples who choose to register their partnership, nor to extend the cohabitant provisions to familial pairs or groupings. I do not consider civil partnership to be an appropriate means of addressing the possible needs of the very disparate range of "non-conjugal" cohabitants as it imposes a very high...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Internet Safety Issues (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the internet is global in reach and that, as a consequence, there is very limited scope for regulation by national authorities. National authorities may act only in very specific instances, most notably in relation to sites carrying child pornography. The Office for Internet Safety in my Department addresses a range of internet safety issues. Its focus is on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that no instructions were issued in the past four years to alter the criteria for recording burglary offences. I am further informed that burglary offences are recorded in compliance with the General Crime Counting Rules which are published by the CSO on as Technical Notes in the Background Information section in each of its Quarterly Recorded Crime...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that there are many factors affecting the number of summonses, which relate in the main to less serious summary offences, issued at any point in time. These factors include the underlying level of offending as well as the use being made of the various alternatives to prosecution which exist. Caution should also be exercised of course in seeking to interpret or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Under Section 133 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) is required to maintain registers for Debt Relief Notices (DRNs), Debt Settlement Arrangements (DSAs), Personal Insolvency Arrangements (PIAs) and Protective Certificates. The Act states that the Registers must be made available for public inspection. I am advised by the ISI that the Registers will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that, while the delay in providing the information is regretted, the collation of this information requires a significant amount of staff time and effort. However, I will write directly to the Deputy within the next week on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual cases that may have been the subject of an application under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Such applications are facilitated by the Central Authority for International Child Abduction which is part of my Department. Decisions on the outcome of such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Owners Management Companies (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 contains provisions which are primarily intended to facilitate the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). Section 18 of the 2011 Act requires OMCs to establish and maintain a scheme of annual service charges from which they may discharge expenditure incurred on the provision of common or shared...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Owners Management Companies (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Courts Service has advised me that the information sought by the Deputy is not available since court records are not maintained in a manner which identifies the parties according to the types of proceedings involved.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 May 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights Issues (8 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 1 May 2013, below. The position is unchanged since then.I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions No. 54456 of 4 December 2012, No. 2999 of 22 January 2013, No. 4077 of 5 February 2013 and No. 10664 of 27 February 2013. As I explained in response to these previous questions, the Government has undertaken...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: First, I thank colleagues in the House for their supportive remarks. In marking the passage of the Bill through the Dáil today, we are making a small piece of history. It is very desirable that Members on various sides of the House who have contributed to this debate are supportive. It is a tribute to how far we have come as a society that a Bill on such a sensitive issue could...

Message from the Seanad (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: One would not have bet on that happening.

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Malaria is a serious disease which can cause serious complications and death. The World Health Organization, WHO, estimates that approximately 1 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone die every year from it. It has long been recognised as a serious threat to any military force operating in a malarious area. In accordance with best international practice in prescribing Lariam and taking...