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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Irish transit visas are issued by the Minister for Justice and Equality pursuant to Section 17 of the Immigration Act, 2004 to citizens of a state or territorial entity specified in Schedule 3 of Statutory Instrument No. 417 of 2012 for the purpose of passing through a port in the State in order to travel to another state. In the period 2010 to the end of 2012, 161 transit visas were issued...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Service Code of Conduct (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The staff of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner are civil servants. The provisions of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour apply to staff of that Office. I presume the Deputy is referring to the fact that the Deputy Data Protection Commissioner will shortly leave the employ of the Office. I am advised by the Data Protection Commissioner that he is satisfied that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service has not recruited any new Recruit Prison Officers in the past 12 months. It has however recruited fifty-eight Prison Administration and Support Officers (PASO) from within existing Civil Service resources as part of its commitment to the Public Service Agreement 2010 - 2014. The purpose of this exercise is to reduce costs by replacing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: DNA Database (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government is committed to the establishment of a DNA database to assist the Garda Síochána in the investigation of crime. The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill, which will provide for the establishment and operation of the database, is included in the 'A list' of the Government Legislation Programme with a view to its publication this term and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: A Breakdown of the €9 million Capital Funding Spent in December 2012 by my Department and associated bodies is as follows: Vote ICT€000 Building & Equipment€000 Lab Equipment*€000 Vote Sub-Total €000 Justice 839 185 1,024 Garda 2,942 2,942 Prisons 573 2,337 2,910 Courts 1,940 377 2,317 PRA 11 11 Total...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Annual Reports of the Committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the Diversion Programme under Part 4 of the Children Act 2001, as amended, include details of the number of incidents of youth crime and the number of individual children referred to the Programme each year. This information is broken down by Garda Region and Division. The reports for period 2004 -2011 are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire Coroners Report (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I understand that inquests into the deaths of the victims of the Stardust Fire were held between 1 and 4 March 1982 by the Dublin City Coroner, sitting with a jury, and that verdicts were returned. Under the Coroners Act, 1962, a Coroner is a statutory officer exercising quasi-judicial functions in relation to which he/she is independent and neither I nor my Department has any role in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cash for Gold Trade (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that on 19 June 2012 I published a report on the criminal justice aspects of the cash for gold trade which was prepared by my Department. I have formally requested the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence to consider the content of the report, that it obtains the views of all relevant interested parties and that it makes such report and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Programme of the Government for National Recovery 2011-2016 undertakes to “establish independent regulation of the legal profession to improve access and competition, make legal costs more transparent and ensure adequate procedures for addressing consumer complaints”. These undertakings complement those structural reforms in the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Council Legislation (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government undertakes to “legislate to establish a Judicial Council, with lay representation, to provide an effective mechanism for dealing with complaints against judges” and this commitment is being given expression in the form of the proposed Judicial Council Bill. As well as providing for the establishment of a Judicial Council and Board that will promote...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Coroners Bill 2007 is before the Seanad having been restored to the Order Paper on my initiative. The Bill is in the course of being reviewed in my Department with a view, among other matters, to making it as cost-effective as possible. The Bill, as published, provides for the comprehensive reform of the existing legislation and structures relating to coroners and provides for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which provides for civil proceedings in relation to anti-social behaviour by adults, was commenced on 1 January 2007. Part 13 of the Act, which relates to anti-social behaviour by children, was commenced on 1 March 2007. These provisions set out an incremental procedure for addressing anti-social behaviour by adults and children. With regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The second person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 1997, under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005. This permission was renewed on a regular basis by the Garda National Immigration bureau (GNIB) with the last renewal period expiring on 13 May, 2013. I am advised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application on behalf of the person concerned was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit. The application was processed and returned to the registered organisation involved on 29 January 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The amount of Capital spending that will go towards construction projects in 2013 will be in the region of €30m. This will be mainly spent in the area of Prisons and Courts Estates

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Act was signed by the President on 26 December 2012. I am currently in consultation with relevant Departments in regard to setting an appropriate date for commencement of the National Vetting Bueau (Children & Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. The average processing time for vetting procedures is currently 9 weeks. However, seasonal fluctuations and the necessity to seek additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cóiríocht Cúirte (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 637 and 638 together. Mar is eol don Teachta, faoi fhorálacha an Achta um Sheirbhís Chúirteanna, 1998, is í an tSeirbhís Chúirteanna atá freagrach as bainistiú na gcúirteanna agus tá an tSeirbhís neamhspleách i bhfeidhmiú a feidhmeanna, ar a n-áirítear cóiríocht a chur ar...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cóiríocht Cúirte (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Mar is eol don Teachta, faoi fhorálacha an Achta um Sheirbhís Chúirteanna, 1998, is í an tSeirbhís Chúirteanna, atá neamhspleách i bhfeidhmiú a feidhmeanna, atá freagrach as bainistiú na gcúirteanna. Chun cuidiú leis an Teachta, áfach, chuir mé fiosrúcháin á ndéanamh agus tá curtha in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (5 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my response to his question of 22 November, 2012. He will recall that I requested the Law Reform Commission to consider the need to amend section 10 of Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, having been made aware of difficulties in bringing successful prosecutions under that section in relation to domestic and sexual violence rather than cyber bullying. One...