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

Dermot Ahern: Separate information on revenue accruing on foot of payments from fixed charge notices and court fines in connection with which penalty points were imposed in the past five years to date in 2009 is not readily available and could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources. All moneys accruing from penalties for traffic offences are...

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

Dermot Ahern: The general schemes of a Legal Costs Bill and a Family Law Bill are being developed in my Department.

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

Dermot Ahern: The position remains as set out in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 7 July 2009. My Department is examining the Report commissioned by the Immigrant Council of Ireland in conjunction with relevant Departments/agencies and I expect to receive a report in relation to this matter later this year.

Written Answers — Equality Policy: Equality Policy (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The review of the Equality for Women Measure, necessitated by the extremely grave Exchequer position, has been completed. As a result, more limited funding was offered to the 38 community groups which had previously been recommended for funding under the "Access to Employment" strand of the Measure. To date, 35 of those groups have accepted this offer and are expected to receive a total of...

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

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of the Garda National Drugs Unit, on the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 59. The GNDU is based in Dublin Castle and deployed nationally to support Divisional Drugs Units as and when required. The personnel strength of the Drugs Unit in each Division, on the latest date for which figures are...

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Educational services are available at all institutions and are provided in partnership with the VECs and a range of other educational agencies in the community. Broad programmes of education are made available which generally follow an adult education approach. The Department of Education and Science provide an allocation of whole-time teacher equivalents to the prisons through the VECs...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 744 to 749, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table sets out the number of murders recorded, proceedings commenced and convictions from 2004 to 2008 and in 2009 up to 14 September. Figures provided are provisional, operational and liable to change. The detection rate for murders by its nature increases over time...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table contains the number of cases of murder which involved the use of a knife, proceedings commenced and the number of convictions secured from 2004 to 2008 and in 2009 up to 14 September. As the Deputy will be aware, these statistics come with a 'Health Warning' and are easily misinterpreted for the following reasons: The detection...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table contains the number of cases of murder in which a firearm was used, proceedings commenced and the number of convictions secured from 2004 to 2008 and in 2009 up to 10 September. As the Deputy is aware, these statistics by their nature, carry a significant health warning. The detection rate for murders by its nature increases over...

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

Dermot Ahern: Currently Garda court presenters operate in District Courts in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (except Balbriggan). The number of court presenters is outlined in the following table. Court Court Presenters / Staff Bridewell (District Court 44, 45, 46) 9 Tallaght 2 Blanchardstown 2 Cloverhill 2 Swords 2 Dun Laoghaire 3 Total 20 On a defendant's first appearance in court, a sergeant...

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

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Garda authorities that there are 251 interview rooms fitted with audio/video interview recording facilities in 146 Garda stations. Where a Garda station is not equipped with an audio/video system, a person to be interviewed in accordance with the Regulations will be taken to the nearest Garda station with such equipment. In this regard it should be noted that it was never...

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

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the attested personnel strength of An Garda Síochána, for the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 14,564, including 831 probationer Gardaí who are in Phase IV of training. In addition, the number of students in training was as follows:- Phase I 104 Phase II 223 Phase III 274 This makes a total strength of 15,165 of which...

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

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Gardaí Authorities that on the latest date for which figures are readily available, there were 2,131 whole time equivalent civilian staff in An Garda Síochána.

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

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that, as of the latest date for which figures are readily available, the total number of Community Gardaí was 874. While all Gardaí have responsibility, inter alia, to deal with Community Policing issues as and when they arise, the total number of dedicated Community Gardaí in each Division was as set out in the table hereunder: Division Community...

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

Dermot Ahern: The number of attested members of the Garda Reserve as at 31st July 2009 was 405. The number of Garda Reserves in training on that date was 151. The Government is strongly committed to the development of the Reserve. Recruitment to the Reserve is continuing and regular promotional campaigns to attract Reserve members are being undertaken. The moratorium on recruitment and appointments in...

Written Answers — Prisoner Deaths: Prisoner Deaths (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The following table shows the number and breakdown by institution of deaths in prison custody each year for the past four years and to date in 2009. Year Deaths in Custody Prison / Location 2009 to date 8 Arbour Hill (1) Castlerea (1) Cloverhill (1) Limerick (1) Midlands (1) Mountjoy (3) 2008 11 Arbour Hill (2) Cloverhill (1) Cork (1) Limerick (2) Loughan...

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

Dermot Ahern: The Spent Convictions Bill 2007 is now awaiting Committee Stage in the Dáil, having completed Second Stage on 18 December 2008.

Written Answers — Restorative Justice Programme: Restorative Justice Programme (16 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There are two adult schemes currently operating in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary and in Tallaght, Dublin 24 which are funded by my Department, through the Probation Service and which operate on the principles of restorative justice (RJ) with the twin aim of attempting to heal the harm done to victims and at the same time holding the offender accountable for his or her actions. In the case of...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (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 the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him.

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

Dermot Ahern: Professor Ingvar Kopp (former head of the Swedish Forensic Science Laboratory) was engaged by my Department to review the resource needs of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL). Professor Kopp's report was published in January 2008. On foot of its recommendations a wide-ranging and comprehensive recruitment campaign for the FSL was undertaken in 2008 and resulted in 12 new Forensic...