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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Work on the details of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 is ongoing at my Department pursuant to current Government policy which is committed, under the Programme for Government, to "introduce comprehensive reforms of the immigration, residency and asylum systems, which will include a statutory appeals system and set out rights and obligations in a transparent way". The...

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

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. 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 appreciate that a degree of flexibility in allocating...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Statistics (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As I indicated in my response to the Deputy on 13 January, to be of assistance, I have sought and received a full year set of figures for 2012 insofar as the Deputy's query is concerned. I am informed by the Garda authorities that between 1 January, 2012 and 31 December, 2012, there were 208 drivers recorded as being involved in a fatal collision and 403 in a serious injury collision. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As outlined in my reply to Deputy yesterday, I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 64 evidential breath testing (intoxilyser) machines allocated by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) to Garda stations nationwide. An Garda Síochána has requested an additional 22 intoxilyser machines from the MBRS. In that regard, the Garda authorities and the MBRS...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS), which is under the aegis of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, has statutory responsibility for the testing, approval and supply of evidential breath testing machines and roadside breath screening devices to An Garda Síochána. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 1005...

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

Alan Shatter: The original certificate was located in the relevant file and was returned to the person concerned on 4 February, 2013. A copy of the certificate has been associated with the application for a Certificate of Naturalisation submitted on behalf of her daughter. Processing of this application is ongoing and it will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. Queries in...

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

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 5 March, 2001 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born citizen children. This permission was renewed on several occasions and is currently valid until 4 July, 2015. An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in July,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 28th December, 2007, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The current position is that the person concerned has no immigration status in the State and consideration is being given to making a Removal Order in respect of her, pursuant to Regulation 20(1)(a)(iii) of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 and 2008. I can confirm that all relevant aspects of the case will be fully taken into consideration in reaching a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Feb 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 first named person in June, 2011. 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 residence. A letter...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Feb 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 July 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 residence,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 26th September, 2008, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised...

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

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that applications for a Certificate of Naturalisation were received from the persons referred to by the Deputy in July 2012. The applications are being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 17, January 2013 which is set out below. The permission to remain in the State of the person concerned expired on 8 September, 2012. As this person is now currently out of permission to remain in the State, he should attend the GNIB to register and to advise them of his misplaced GNIB card. Currently, the case file of the...

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

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation under the provisions of Section 15A of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in December, 2012. Section 15A of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Regulatory Authority was established on 3 April 2012 under the provisions of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 to regulate, control and supervise property service providers (auctioneers/estate agents, letting agents and property management agents) and to establish and enforce standards within the property services industry. A new comprehensive licensing system...

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

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the maintenance of Garda transport are a matter for the Garda Commissioner. In that regard, I am informed by the Garda authorities that a public tender competition for the maintenance of the Garda fleet, excluding motorbikes, was undertaken in 2011 and the contract was awarded in early 2012. I am further informed that it is expected that a tender for the maintenance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: There have been considerable advances in recent years in the way in which the criminal justice system deals with such cases. An Garda Síochána puts a particular emphasis on tacking sexual crime and crime against children as well as pro-active cooperation with all relevant Departments, organisations and agencies to improve the safety of children. A comprehensive policy document on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The deployment of Garda resources and personnel is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Dundalk area is subject to regular patrols by local uniformed and plain clothes personnel, augmented by the Detective Unit and Community Policing Unit, together with the Divisional Traffic Unit and the Regional Support Unit (RSU) as required....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ambulance Service (7 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: A twelve-month pilot Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service was established by agreement between my Department and the Department of Health for Air Corps support to the Health Service Executive National Ambulance Service. The purpose of the pilot is to assess the level and type, if any, of dedicated emergency aeromedical support needed to assist the National Ambulance Service in the...