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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bankruptcy Statistics (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472 and 473 together. As the Deputy may be aware, ahead of drafting the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, I introduced a number of amendments to the existing bankruptcy regime in the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 providing for the reduction of the application period to the court for discharge from bankruptcy from 12 years to 5 years, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 474 to 476, inclusive, together. Insofar as the report of the Moriarty Tribunal made recommendations concerning the future operation of tribunals of inquiry, many of these recommendations are anticipated by the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005 which awaits Report Stage debate in the Dáil. Other recommendations are the subject of consultation with the...

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

Alan Shatter: This Government has nominated 30 people for appointment by the President to judicial office since 11 March 2011. Details of the appointments in each Court are set out in the following table. The current process for judicial appointments is set out in the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 and is currently under review in my Department. - Supreme Court High Court Circuit Court District...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478 to 481, inclusive, together. The original commitment under the EU/ECB/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland required the development and publication of the necessary legislation for reform of personal insolvency. The initial commitment was to publish the Bill in Quarter 1 of 2012. However, given the complexities involved in drafting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality is conducting a public consultation on the future direction of prostitution legislation. The committee's work is being done independently of my Department. Consequently, I am not in a position to say when it is likely to report. It has been reported that many hundreds of written submissions were made to the committee and there...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the operation of the system of direct provision. There are currently 35 asylum accommodation centres under contract to RIA, providing accommodation and ancillary services to approximately 4,800 persons. It is worth noting the decline in the number of persons seeking accommodation in the RIA system in recent years....

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

Alan Shatter: Work on the details of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 is ongoing at my Department pursuant to current Government policy which is committed, under the Programme for Government andNational Recovery, to "introduce comprehensive reforms of the immigration, residency and asylum systems, which will include a statutory appeals system and set out rights and obligations in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority Remit (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Private Security Authority (PSA), an independent agency under the remit of my Department, is the regulatory body with responsibility for regulating and licensing the private security industry in the State. The remit of the PSA, as set out in the Private Security Services Act 2004 (as amended), includes that of "installer of security equipment" and as the Deputy may be aware, from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Sex Offenders Act 2001 contains a comprehensive series of provisions aimed at protecting children and other persons. Part 2 of the Act makes persons convicted of a range of sexual offences subject to notification requirements. This includes an obligation on the Irish Prison Service to inform An Garda Síochána ten days in advance of the release of a prisoner who is subject to...

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

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May, 2012. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision as expeditiously as possible. As well as being a significant event in the life of its...

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

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May, 2012. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: Members of the judiciary meet with members of the Government from time to time in the course of normal business and communications are also channelled through the Attorney General on an ongoing basis. As the Chief Justice highlighted last week, the Government has facilitated a new arrangement in the form of a committee on which the Government is represented by the Attorney General and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I note that the correspondence referred to by the Deputy was addressed to the Minister for Finance and was subsequently referred onwards to my Department. The Deputy will appreciate that my Department has no role in the investigation or prosecution of offences. In this regard, I am informed by the Garda authorities that criminal investigations into the actions of Anglo Irish Bank and its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees Remit (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The functions and powers of Joint Policing Committees (JPCs) are set out in the Garda Síochána Act 2005, which provides for a Committee in each city, county and town council area. The essential role of JPCs is to provide appropriate advice to the Gardaí and local authorities and to support collaborative engagement among stakeholders in relation to local policing issues. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 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 — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: Last month, I published the Courts Bill 2013 which proposes to modify the long-standing in camera rule which prevents members of the public, including the press, from being present in court when family law and child care proceedings are being heard. The purpose of the in camera rule is to protect the identity of the parties and other persons, including children, to whom family law and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have previously outlined the position in respect of this case in response to previous Parliamentary Questions from the Deputy. The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 11th March 2005 following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and of his application to remain in the State. He has been evading his deportation since 19 May 2005 and...

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

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of her 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 25th May, 2006, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Abuja, on 15 November 2012. Following full consideration, the Visa Officer decided to refuse the grant of the visa on 25 March 2013, as the marriage certificate provided with the application was not accepted as valid and there were inconsistencies in the information supplied for the application, specific details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (23 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: My Department through the Community Programmes Unit of the Irish Youth Justice Service funds 100 Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs) nationwide. Payments are made via the 36 Community Based Organisations which manage the projects. Funding is also made available under the European Social Fund 2007 - 2013 part funded Human Capital Investment Programme with the specific purpose of increasing...