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Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy that, on 14 September 2009, there were 9 young offenders under 18 years accommodated on the D Division in St. Patrick's Institution. St Patrick's Institution is the designated detention centre for young male offenders aged between 16 and 21 years of age. In the long term the Irish Youth Justice Service will take responsibility for the detention facilities for all...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department does not keep records of recidivism rates of persons convicted of offences. Recidivism rates are typically established through one-off studies of samples of offenders based on individual records of imprisonment, conviction or offending. The Irish Prison Service keeps records of periods in custody for every prisoner which allow calculation of re-imprisonment rates by type of...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the Probation Service Protocols for the management of sex offenders on supervision in the community (2004) set out procedures for effective supervision of sex offenders following their release from custody. Assessment is an aspect of that practice. The procedures include a notification of release to the relevant Child Care Manager within the HSE. Contained in...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 606 and 755 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that, given the need for sensitivity and confidentiality surrounding sexual crimes, there is a clear advantage from an investigative perspective both for An Garda Síochána and victims of such crimes in conducting interviews away from Garda stations. Dedicated victim interview suites have been...

Written Answers — Sex Offender Treatment Programme: Sex Offender Treatment Programme (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the Probation Service deals with sex offenders referred by the Court following a guilty finding or plea to a specific sex offence or offences. To assist in its supervision of sex offenders the Probation Service, in partnership with the Granada Institute, runs the Lighthouse treatment programmes for sex offenders under its supervision. Currently there are three...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that under the Intergovernmental Agreement on North South Co-operation on Criminal Justice Matters of 2005, a cross border justice committee, the Public Protection Advisory Group, has been established to promote public safety on an all island basis. The committee is jointly chaired by the Directors of the Probation Services of the two jurisdictions. One of the...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: In light of the commitments in the Programme for Government, 2007 - 2012, to introduce legislation in relation to various aspects of the criminal law, the question of introducing a specific legislative provision covering the issue of 'date rape' continues to be examined. It should be pointed out that the administering of substances which have certain effects, by one person to another against...

Written Answers — Judicial Appointments: Judicial Appointments (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Since 1995, Governments have been advised on the suitability of candidates for judicial office by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board (JAAB) which was established for that purpose under the provisions of the Court and Court Officers Act 1995. The Board consists of the Chief Justice, the President of the High Court, the President of the Circuit Court, the President of the District Court,...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. At the end of August 2009, RIA was accommodating 6,815 in 55 centres across 21 counties, including the accommodation centre at Clare Lodge, Ennis, Co. Clare. RIA's current contract with Clare Lodge ends...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. At the end of August 2009, RIA was accommodating 6,815 in 55 centres across 21 counties. Since April 2000, the RIA has provided accommodation for over 53,000 asylum seekers. The 55 centres in the RIA...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland has responded positively to my request for a meeting to discuss a possible joint North-South initiative to tackle alcohol promotions and arrangements for such a meeting are being made at present.

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 614 and 615 together. The position is that a new body - Responsible Retailing of Alcohol in Ireland (RRAI) - has been established by the mixed trading sector to oversee implementation and verification of compliance with the Code of Practice on the sale and display of alcohol products in mixed trading outlets. The sector has appointed Mr Padraig White as...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Question. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a letter has recently issued to the person in question requesting him to provide additional documentation. The application of the person in question will be considered further on receipt of the requested documentation.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to was approved following appeal on the 3 September 2009.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: A bill to amend section 13 of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 is currently being drafted in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Bill will provide that enforceable conditions can be applied where a person detained in the Central Mental Hospital in accordance with the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 is granted conditional release by the Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board....

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and that office has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him. Regarding the PULSE system I am informed by the Garda authorities...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy's Question is understood to refer to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime. The enactment of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 which came into effect on 7 June 2008 brought Ireland into compliance with the criminal law/law...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that training in relation to suicide is incorporated into Student Garda training during both Phase I and Phase III of the Student Garda training programme and has been provided to full-time members in certain modules of the Continuous Professional Development Core Programme. The lectures and classes undertaken by Student Gardaí provide an...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Community Alert Programme is a community-based initiative in rural communities, set up in 1985 by Muintir na Tíre in association with the Garda authorities. The Programme is dedicated in particular to improving the quality of life of vulnerable people in rural communities, especially the elderly, by: crime prevention neighbourliness and self-reliance general community safety and...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy will be aware, separate arrangements exist in respect of Criminal and Civil Legal Aid. I can inform the Deputy that the amount of Criminal Legal Aid paid to solicitors in each court area for 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 is set out in tabular form below, Criminal Legal Aid Fees Paid to Solicitors 2006 2007 2008 Jan - Aug 2009 Central Criminal Court 1,649,961 1,536,005...