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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Garda management is not aware of any new evidence along the lines referred to by the Deputy, and that the incident in question, which occurred in 1989, was the subject of a thorough investigation at the time and also gave rise to complaints to the Garda Síochána Complaints Board.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed that the Garda authorities are not aware of any ongoing Garda investigation into fraud at Coillte Teo.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Preliminary work is underway in my Department on the preparation of a general scheme of the Official Secrets Act (Amendment) Bill to amend the Official Secrets Act 1963 to reflect the Programme for Government commitment. It is not possible to indicate at this stage when the Bill will be published.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The expected staffing level of the Insolvency Service of Ireland is 91. It is anticipated that recruitment for the Service will be completed during the second quarter of 2013 and is being carried out as expeditiously as possible. It is not possible at this juncture to definitively indicate the number of cases the Service will deal with on a monthly basis. As I have previously indicated to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Staff (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 192 together. The management and administration of the courts including responsibility for the provision of information is a matter for the Courts Service. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that a total of 74 tipstaff are employed by the Courts Service in the grades...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: 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 in its Programme for Government to ensure that people of non-faith or minority religious backgrounds and publically identified...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (1 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 gives legislative expression to the commitment in the Programme for Government to "establish independent regulation of the legal professions to improve access and competition, make legal costs more transparent and ensure adequate procedures for addressing consumer complaints". Furthermore, as a sectoral objective under the EU/IMF/ECB Troika Memorandum...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is confused and while I do not want to get engaged with this, it was INM that had the debts written off. The Deputy is obsessing about a particular individual but Independent News and Media had its debts written off. That was the legal framework for what occurred.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The company had debt written off that was incurred over the preceding decade. I am not disagreeing with the Deputy in the context that everyone should be treated equally but I just wanted to make that point.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: It is just the company that would have debt written off. I am not making any particular point about that.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: Perhaps some of the Sunday Independent journalists will investigate this for us.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Ross is on the inside track. Deputy Boyd Barrett could get him to dig into this.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I did not mention moral hazard.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy should read my speech. I did not say anything about moral hazard.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order, do we know whether there is a procedural mechanism whereby we can refer a performance in this House for the possibility of an Academy Award, because the Deputy deserves one for fiction?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: He should be congratulated-----

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: -----for keeping a straight face as he managed to stagger his way through his script.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I had a very pleasant Saturday night out. I just read about the Ard-Fheis the following morning.