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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. The permission has been renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 30 April, 2013. I would advise that the person concerned contact his local Immigration Officer for a further renewal of his permission. A valid...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Mar 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 August, 2012. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As well as being a significant event in the life of its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 197 of Tuesday, 28 February 2013 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then:The person concerned was granted leave to remain in the State, on Stamp 4 conditions, for the two year period ending 17 May, 2013. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 18th May,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (28 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have no plans to seek an agreement with the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) as I understand that there is an existing arrangement in place between that organisation and the National Ambulance Service which covers, inter alia, the Air Corps' use of GAA pitches in the context of their air ambulance role. The continued assistance of the GAA is appreciated.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Defence Forces Properties (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that Lahinch military camp comprises a military barracks and Sluagh Hall on 5.19 acres. The camp was used up until 2012 by the Permanent Defence Force, PDF, and the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, for training purposes. The RDF is currently undergoing a major reorganisation. This is consistent with the recommendations of the recently published value for money review. The new...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Senators for their contributions, some of which were very wide-ranging. The benefit of this sort of engagement is that it allows us to reflect on the provisions of a Bill and look at the issues that may need to be addressed or teased out further. It also gives an opportunity to Senators to raise other issues of relevance to the courts system. Senator Walsh raised the issue of...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Acting Chairman. I am pleased to present the Courts Bill 2013 to the House. This is a relatively short Bill which contains two important and long overdue court reforms. The first of these is a proposal to change the long-standing in camera rule in family law and child care proceedings. The in camera rule provides that family law and child care proceedings should be held...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I was very disappointed with that. I was hoping to get some more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I do not have statistics on that matter. Those statistics would be maintained by the HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom. Certainly statistics on the number of bankruptcies are published annually in the United Kingdom. I do not recall that those statistics contain information detailing the past residential locations of people who have made applications. They may well...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: If there is to be a cross-European register, as described, I anticipate that in Ireland the new Insolvency Service will maintain it. The Insolvency Service is putting in place the necessary software in order that there will be a domestic register of individuals who are availing of the various mechanisms provided for in the Personal Insolvency Act. I anticipate that the register should be up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Essentially this is an EU-wide regulation to address issues of insolvency and bankruptcy and to ensure mutual recognition across Europe of not just court orders for bankruptcy but of hybrid debt resolutions mechanisms. That is important in the domestic context where the debt relief notice, the debt settlement arrangement and the personal insolvency arrangement will protect individuals who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I understand it relates primarily to corporate or insolvency related companies as opposed to individuals. My colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, is the appropriate person to whom questions on that issue should be directed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank the members of the committee for their co-operation. To embarrass him, I inform the committee that Mr. Brendan McNamara, who is accompanying me, is chairing the group meetings in Europe during the Presidency on this measure. He is doing a very good job which is much appreciated by my European colleagues. Four meetings have been held to date on a measure that was published only in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Do you, Chairman, want me to take individual questions or to answer a number of questions at a time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I will do whatever suits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: One of the issues addressed is bankruptcy tourism. It is fair to say that at the meeting we had of Ministers for justice, a general view was expressed by most of those present that there is a need for greater uniformity in the interpretation of the concept of centre of main interest. I do not wish to refer to an individual case. We did discover in the context of some bankruptcy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank the committee for making time available to discuss the motion. It relates to the exercise by the State of the option to adopt and apply the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings. The legal basis for the Commission proposal is to be found in Title V of Part Three of the Treaty...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I have previously informed the House I am aware of the Report to which the Deputy refers and of its findings. Of course, as Minister for Justice and Equality, I am also acutely aware of the involvement of organised crime groups in the activities referred to by the Deputy. As highlighted in the Report, crime of this nature has very negative repercussions for the State in terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 257 together. The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in the direct provision system while their application for protection is being processed. The following table provides information on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (27 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, is responsible for the accommodation of persons under the system of direct provision while their applications for international protection are being processed. RIA itself has no function in determining whether someone should stay or not in its...