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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parliamentary Questions Costs (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In my reply to the question raised by the Deputy on 30 January 2014 I advised that the collation of the information sought for the period since 1987 would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources. I undertook to forward the requested information for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Chapter 3A of Garda Síochána Act 2005, inserted by section 41 of the Criminal justice Act 2007, provides for the establishment and functions of a Garda Síochána Executive Management Board. This provision has not been commenced. As the Deputy is aware, the Government at its meeting on 25 March reiterated its commitment to the reform of Garda oversight and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The judgement in the High Court of Northern Ireland on 14 August, 2013 in the Judicial Review case referred to dealt with a decision of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to remove a Sudanese family from Northern Ireland to Ireland under the so-called “Dublin Regulations”. These Regulations set out the criteria for determining which Member State is responsible for examining an asylum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As provided for by the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations 1976, fees paid to counsel acting in the Circuit and higher courts for defendants who have been granted free legal aid are paid on a parity basis with the fees payable to prosecution counsel as set by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). I wish to advise the Deputy that I am informed by the Financial Shared...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Matters (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, the organisation in question has circulated a wide range of material concerning this case in recent months, and as I have previously indicated, nothing I have seen in that correspondence would be grounds for my taking a different view to the conclusions set out in the Independent Examination which examined this matter. Insofar as the receipt of a recent submission is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of all personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources. The objective at all times is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There has been a 325% increase in the volume of applications for a certificate of naturalisation from 4,500 in 2005 and 9,500 in 2008 to the level in recent years of just under 20,000 per annum. Clearly, the dramatic increase in volume over those years impacted on the capacity of the administrative system to process them and gave rise to a large volume of cases on hand and to a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Garda Vetting Disclosures are predicated on the signed authorisation of a vetting subject for An Garda Síochána to disclose to the registered organisation “details of all prosecutions, successful or not, pending or completed, and/or convictions which may be recorded in respect of them in the State or elsewhere”; or alternatively that there are “no prosecutions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned does not have an application pending and should be advised to make an application to INIS immediately if the person concerned wishes to upgrade their status. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by email using the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question, who currently has permission to remain in the State until 12 March 2015. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that the granting of Long Term Residency is subject to the applicant meeting a number of requirements including that he or she has completed five years legal residency in the State on work permit/ work authorisation/ working visa conditions and is deemed to be of good character. Additionally, all applicants must have permission to remain in the State at the time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In light of the fact that neither of the persons concerned, a husband and wife, had a valid basis to remain in the State, they were both issued with notifications of intention to deport, by separate letters dated 6th June, 2013. These communications advised them of the options open to them as a result which were to leave the State voluntarily, to consent to the making of a Deportation Order...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy, which was refused. The person concerned was informed of this refusal and the reasons for it in a letter issued on 14 August, 2013. It is open to the person in question to lodge a new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As stated in my reply of 11th March 2014, all Gardaí have received training in suicide and related matters. In addition to this initial training, the new specialist programme, ASIST, has already been introduced and provided to a number of Gardaí and workshops have taken place across the country. The ASIST programme will also be delivered to all new recruits entering the College in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (27 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As outlined in my previous reply the Army Pensions Acts provide for the grant of pensions and gratuities to former members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) in respect of permanent disablement due to a wound or injury attributable to military service (whether at home or abroad) or due to disease attributable to or aggravated by overseas service with the United Nations. Section 13(2) of...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: There is much focus on the important area of road fatalities but not enough is put on people who are seriously injured and whose lives are blighted by serious road accidents. They do not appear in fatality statistics but their lives and those of families are forever affected by serious traffic accidents. We have at least that one united objective of trying to ensure we make our roads a good...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: No. I spent Friday in the offices of the Department of Defence in Newbridge dealing with defence matters. We had meetings there dealing with a variety of issues of importance to the defence brief and the Defence Forces and discussions on a variety of defence matters, therefore I was not in the Department of Justice and Equality on Friday.

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In response to Deputy Buttimer, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, and I stated earlier that the fixed charge notice system has had a very dramatic and beneficial impact despite the administrative and management dysfunction that has been identified. There were 396 fatalities on our roads in 2005 and this had been reduced to 162 in 2012. As I said earlier, even a...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: He was asked to discuss with the Garda Commissioner issues that had arisen regarding the tapes that had been found, the nature of the recordings and the serious implications for the Garda Síochána of what had become known.