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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: 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 a penalty point offence, incur the appropriate penalty points. While the issuing of a Fixed Charge Notice does not constitute commencement of legal proceedings, it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with the provisions of the Garda Síochána Acts, proposals to change Garda District geographical boundaries are a matter in the first instance for the Garda Commissioner, in the context of his Annual Policing Plan. The Garda Policing Plan for 2013 sets out the Commissioner's proposals to amalgamate a number of Garda Districts, including the Gorey and Enniscorthy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on agreed accommodation priorities which are established by An Garda Síochána. This programme is progressed by An Garda Síochána in co-operation with the Office of Public Works which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. Capital funding for significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Drugs Strategy (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Drug misuse in our communities is a complex social problem and one which is very often linked to issues of social exclusion. The national response to the problem of drug misuse is set out in the National Drugs Strategy for the period 2009-2016. The Strategy provides a co-ordinated and comprehensive response to the problem and is founded on a partnership approach. Under this partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Garda numbers have been reducing due to the moratorium on recruitment. My objective, despite the enormous financial pressures facing the Government is to ensure that Garda numbers will not fall below 13,000. I have informed my Cabinet colleagues that I am reviewing the position regarding Garda strength in light of an estimated reduction to just over 13,000 by the end of 2013, and, in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have sought information from the Garda authorities with regard to the individual to whom the Deputy refers. I will communicate with the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Policy (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme has proved very successful with Central Statistics Office figures indicating a rise of 21% in trips from the countries covered by the Programme in the twelve months after its introduction compared to the twelve months before. The aim of the Programme was to help encourage increased tourism from growing markets. Therefore, in devising the Programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of official Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational circumstances. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 179 together. An Garda Síochána continues to monitor all crime trends and offending patterns and the Garda National Policing Plan, 2013 sets out the continued commitment of An Garda Síochána to pro-actively target groups and individuals engaged in criminal activities. As the Deputies will be aware, the criminal law takes a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Liath was introduced within Donegal Division in January 2013 as an operational strategy to improve public safety and enhance the effectiveness of high visibility police resources within the Division. This operation is running in conjunction with national operations such as Operation Fiacla and other Garda operations in existence to combat...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The records concerned are those of the relevant religious congregations. I understand that they will facilitate individual's access to records with the necessary regard being given to their privacy and data protection. I am not in a position to advise the Deputy on the completeness or level of detail of the records held in individual cases.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have no control over records held by the religious congregations or other non State bodies. However from my contact with the religious congregations I understand that they will facilitate individual's access to records with the necessary regard being given to their privacy and data protection. It is not within my power to establish a facility that would allow the women who were admitted to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. In that context, I am informed by the Garda authorities that the overall cost of policing major sporting and entertainment events is not readily available and that the extraction of the relevant data would require a disproportionate amount of Garda resources. Section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, the Programme for Government includes a commitment to allow for the recovery of unpaid fines by the attachment of earnings. Last October, the Government approved the Scheme of a Fines (Amendment) Bill to give effect to this commitment and to make a number of other changes to the Fines Act 2010. I hope that it will be possible to publish the Fines (Amendment) Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Partnership Agreements (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities the information requested in relation to the costs associated with the previous benchmarking arrangements for salaries in An Garda Síochána is not readily available and can only be obtained by the disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources relative to the information sought.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Further to a public procurement process, a Central Agreement was signed between the Department of Finance and Tetra Ireland in May 2008 for the provision of nationwide digital radio services for voice and data purposes to all non-commercial public bodies in Ireland. Subsequently, An Garda Síochána committed to roll out the National Digital Radio Service to the Force. The roll-out...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, the Committee for Judicial Studies has responsibility for the ongoing training of the Judiciary. My function as Minister under the Courts and Courts Officers Act 1995 is, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to provide funds for the training and education of judges. I am informed that the Committee for Judicial Studies organises...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The allocation of the business of the courts, scheduling of court cases and the management of court lists are matters for the judiciary and the Presidents of the courts. The Deputy will be aware that judges are, subject to the Constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of their judicial functions. The Deputy may be aware that I recently announced the Government's intention to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no direct function in the matter. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of demographics, crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: All crime trends are monitored on an ongoing basis by the Garda authorities and relevant policing strategies are designed and implemented as required. The Garda National Policing Plan for 2013, which I laid before the House last December, sets out the policing priorities and objectives for the current year. The Plan is designed to meet the policing needs of all communities, in urban and...