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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter has issued to the person referred to by the Deputy asking them to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. Upon receipt of the fees and documentation, the case will be finalised and a certificate of naturalisation will issue. Queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in October, 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: Naturalisation Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Questions Nos 1215 of 18th September, 2012, and 152 of 27 September 2012 which relate to the person the subject of this question also. In my reply of 18th September I stated "the person referred to by the Deputy has permission to remain and work in the State until 6 January 2013. He has not contacted INIS in relation to an extension of permission...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the person referred to had her application granted and was presented with a Certificate of Naturalisation at a citizenship ceremony held at the Convention Centre, Dublin on 30 August 2012. Where sections 6A and 6B of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, are applicable, a child born in the island of Ireland on or after 1 January...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person in question was granted a short term permission to allow her to apply for a work permit in 2011. It appears from our records that she was not granted a work permit and did not renew her permission. Further enquiries are being carried out regarding her immigration status in the State and INIS will be in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in October, 2006 and my predecessor, in his absolute discretion, decided to refuse the application. The person concerned was informed of this and the reasons for it in a letter issued...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Policing Plan for 2013 sets out the Commissioner's proposals to amalgamate a number of Garda Districts, including the Castlerea and Boyle Districts, into one enlarged Castlerea District. The decision to amalgamate the relevant Districts follows on from a comprehensive review of current District structures carried out by the Garda authorities. This review was designed to identify...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, I made an additional €3 million available to An Garda Síochána towards the end of last year enabling the Commissioner to procure 171 Garda vehicles. This brought total investment in the Garda fleet in 2012 to €4 million and resulted in a total of 213 new vehicles being procured during the year. The roll out of the most recently purchased...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: On a personal level, I have a great deal of time for Deputy Mac Lochlainn and it is difficult to criticise what he states. Occasionally, however, I must listen on this side of the House. Less than half an hour ago, Members from across the House, including Deputy Mac Lochlainn, criticised me, as they are entitled to do, as being in some way responsible for what is reported to be the low...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can assure Deputy Wallace there will be transparency in the sense that I will publish the outcome of this investigation. Then we will make decisions as to what, if anything, needs to be done. We will be able to ascertain whether what has been alleged is true or untrue. We may be able to ascertain whether the background to this is as simple as presented by Deputy Wallace and his...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I share the Deputy's commendation of the Garda and the PSNI because they have done important work here. What has been taking place is an outrage and is completely unacceptable. This behaviour places lives at risk and cannot be tolerated by ourselves, the Garda or the authorities in Northern Ireland. It is important that this sort of activity stops and I assure the Deputy the work being...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I support any co-operative structure that might provide added value and facilitate co-operation in policing matters between North and South. There is now a far more sophisticated and deeper engagement between the Garda Síochána and the PSNI than would have been the case in the 1980s. We also have local policing committees, which can make an input into these issues. I am happy to...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 17 together. These questions relate to the issue surrounding the allegations concerning the cancellation of fixed charge notices. Fixed charge notices are provided for under the Road Traffic Act 2002 and are an alternative to prosecution. They give a motorist the opportunity to acknowledge the offence, pay the fixed charge and, where the offence is...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I will not respond to yet another allegation made by the group across the way from me. The Members in question talk about respecting civil and human rights but in this House they have respect for no one's civil or human rights or reputation. Deputy Daly has named someone in the House and has suggested he is doctoring evidence. I ask the Deputy to withdraw that and to have the decency to do...

Other Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, is an executive office of my Department. Its key task is to ensure the delivery of a well-co-ordinated whole-of-government response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence against women and men. Cosc was established in June 2007 and was given a remit to address these forms of violence from a...

Other Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Ever since my time working in the free legal advice centres, when Women's Aid started the first hostel for women who are victims of domestic violence, we have not had enough refuges. Unfortunately, even as we went through good times, we did not have adequate accommodation. Funding for refuges for domestic violence victims comes substantially through the Department of Health and HSE as...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the activity referred to occurs on a stretch of road that traverses County Fermanagh on the N54-A3. Accordingly, road safety enforcement on that particular stretch of road is the responsibility of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, PSNI. I am, however, assured that An Garda Síochána monitors traffic and performs static checkpoints...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Commissioner that the dedicated focus in these areas is appropriate in operational terms. I cannot deal with rumours or innuendo arising from the force, and I hear all sorts of stories. I get all kinds of weird and wonderful queries into the Department of Justice and Equality about things I have personally allegedly done or said to members of the force. They may be-----

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: -----a complete fabrication. Apparently, people say things and spread rumours that are untrue, and I cannot address such issues. The Commissioner makes operational decisions about the Garda force and, in a sense, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The statistics indicate for 12 of 14 areas that crime is down. Although burglary rates are up, if one considers the figures to last...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda force has my absolute support and I fight for its resources. That is why I had €90 million more in 2012 than would otherwise have been available under the 2010 national development plan. That is not to get at Deputy Collins. That is why there is €5 million available, as a minimum sum, to purchase Garda vehicles. That did not feature in the 2010 plan sold to the...