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Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I could not accept the amendment in any shape or form. The Deputy is trying to remove any reference to "the security of the State" right across the Bill, whether it is in regard to authorisation for surveillance under section 4, for the granting of an approval under section 7, as a reason not to publish matters contained in a report under section 12 or with regard to disclosure of...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 12: In page 6, to delete lines 44 and 45 and substitute the following: 5.—(1) An application under section 4 for an authorisation and under section 6 for a variation or renewal of an authorisation— (a) shall be made ex parte and shall be heard otherwise than in public, and (b) may be made to a judge assigned to any district court district. I indicated on Committee...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 375 on 22 April 2009. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that precise details of the cost of escorts arranged to transfer prisoners specifically for the purposes of court appearances are not readily available within the Irish Prison Service. Due to the volume of court escorts which took place over the periods in question, it would not be possible to calculate the costs requested without an inordinate amount of manual checking of...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November, 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question should make an application to the EU Treaty Rights Section of my Department to renew their residence in the State. The person in question should apply on Form EU3, which can be requested via e-mail from eutreatyrights@justice.ie or downloaded from our website, www.inis.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The group to which the Deputy refers were funded by the Remembrance Commission from 2003 to 2008. The Remembrance Commission, which was established on foot of the report of the Victims' Commission, A Place and a Name,disbursed funding in accordance with the Scheme of Acknowledgement, Remembrance and Assistance for Victims in this Jurisdiction of the Conflict in Northern Ireland. Under the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: As indicated in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 150 on 7 April last, I have written to a number of relevant bodies highlighting my concerns about current practice in relation to upward only rent reviews, and urging that a more flexible and innovative approach be taken in relation to this issue. I am keeping the matter of legislative intervention under active consideration.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Property Registration Authority that the application referred to by the Deputy was completed on 15 February, 2008 and that related information requested in his Question has been forwarded directly to the Deputy by the Authority.

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Government Alcohol Advisory Group submitted its Report containing recommendations for reforms in statutory provisions on the public order aspects of the sale and consumption of alcohol in March 2008. Its key recommendations, including the recommendation that off-sales of alcohol be permitted only between the hours of 10.30 a.m. and 10.00 p.m., were subsequently accepted by the Government...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Most public order offences involving alcohol related disorder are prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. Sections 4 and 5 of that Act are of particular relevance to alcohol related offences. They relate to offences of intoxication in a public place and disorderly conduct in a public place, respectively. The Deputy will be aware that, as part of a general review of the...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner. I will write to the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the permission granted to remain in the State to the person concerned under the IBC/05 Scheme, was revoked in July of 2008 on foot of information received in my Department from the Garda National Immigration Bureau. The person in question was written to and informed of this decision and was also invited to submit updated representations under section 3 of the...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 10 October 2008. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 9 March 2009, that the Minister...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Order for Report Stage (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: ""Act of 1993" means the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993;". These are technical amendments that define "Act of 1993" in the interpretation section of the Bill as the "Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications (Regulation) Act 1993" and provides...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The import of the legislation is not to interfere in the regular day-to-day surveillance that is the norm of policing. The focus of the amendment is surveillance with the aid of electronic surveillance devices. What the Deputies are proposing, in effect, is that the normal type of surveillance would also be included. That would result in utter confusion from a Garda point of view as to...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Amendment No. 3 refers to using officers to monitor the movements, activities and communications of a subject in a targeted, ongoing and repeated way. If one were to allow that, in effect, one is extending the definition of surveillance and, therefore, extending the necessity for an authorisation to be gained from a judge in order to allow officers to monitor the movements, activities and...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Bill defines surveillance as monitoring, observing, listening to or making a recording of persons, places or things by or with the assistance of surveillance devices. The reason "tracking device" is defined separately is because it involves a different type of surveillance. A tracking device is used only for the purpose of providing information on the location of a person, vehicle or...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: That is a political football.