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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the number of handguns licensed per year from 1st August 2009 to 2012 inclusive, is as set out in the table below: 2009* 497 2010 490 2011 231 2012 626 * 1 Aug on. Figures prior to this date are not readily available. On 1st August 2009, the remaining Sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 and Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Members of An Garda Síochána may retire on a voluntary basis once they have reached 50 years of age and have accrued 30 years service. Members must retire on compulsory age grounds on reaching the age of 60. In actual fact, most Gardaí take voluntary retirement ahead of their compulsory retirement age and it is not possible to predict with any certainty the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Staff (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are four individuals serving in the Department that I appointed in my capacity as Minister for Justice and Equality. None of them are related to me.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Inspections (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that principle responsibility for the inspection of any prison rests with the prison Governor. Rule 77 of the Prison Rules 2007 sets out that " The Governor shall make daily inspections of the prison including those areas of the prison where prisoners are accommodated or congregate or are otherwise held". I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the Governor...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that Section 27 of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 provides that legal aid may be available in civil proceedings conducted in the District Court, Circuit Court, the High Court or the Supreme Court. In addition the Minister for Justice and Equality, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may prescribe any other court or a tribunal for the purpose of making...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The application referred to by the Deputy was completed on 8th October, 2009 and notification of the decision taken in that application issued to the person in question on the same date. Subsequent correspondence received from the person in question indicated that the original decision letter was not received and therefore a copy of the decision letter re-issued on 4th November, 2011. I can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on 25 January 2004 and applied for asylum. The Refugee Applications Commissioner recommended that he not be declared a refugee. This decision was further upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. He was subsequently determined not eligible for subsidiary protection and, following consideration of his case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, probate is a legal process whereby a grant of representation is issued by the High Court Probate Office or District Probate Registry in respect of a deceased person's estate. The grant of representation gives legal authority to a person or persons to access the estate and administer it in accordance with the law. The Probate Office is an office of the High Court...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government has approved the scheme of the Criminal Records Information Systems Bill which will give effect to the 2009 EU Framework Decision. The Bill will codify the procedures to apply in relation to the exchange of criminal records data with other states. Currently, the Gardaí routinely request records of criminal convictions of citizens from other states who are appearing before...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The number of Certificates of Naturalisation issued in 2012 was some 25,000 and reflects the success of measures that I introduced when I came into office in March 2011 to address the large backlog of applications pending a decision that had built up over several years. At that time there were approximately 22,000 citizenship applications awaiting decision, some 17,000 of which had been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 54456 of 4 December 2012. The position is unchanged since then.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the application to which the Deputy refers is an application for a certificate of naturalisation which was received from the person in question in April 2012. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision in due course. As well as being a significant event...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Visa application referred to by the Deputy was lodged at our Embassy in Singapore on 15 January 2013 and has been forwarded to the Visa Office of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) in Dublin to be processed. I understand that the necessary supporting documentation is in transit to that Office and, when it is received, a decision on the application can be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of Donegal Division on 31 December 2012 (the latest date for which figures are readily available) was as set out in the table attached. There were also a total of 28 Reserve Gardaí and 29 civilians attached to the Donegal Garda Division on that date. Divisional resources are further augmented by a number of Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Redeployment (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As outlined in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 6 November 2012, the lease for the Setanta Centre accommodation expires in March 2013. The 84 staff of the Property Registration Authority (PRA) currently located in that accommodation will be re-located before the expiry of the lease. The Office of Public Works has identified accommodation in the Irish Life Centre, Dublin 1....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the total number of serving staff in the Courts Service is 1,006, which...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Staff (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The only person employed by me in my role as Minister for Defence is my personal assistant, who is not related to me.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (22 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Defence when the Government took office were the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The Civil Defence Board was identified in the Public Service Reform Plan as a body to be abolished. I appointed an interim Board as a temporary measure from 2011 and in this context none of the positions were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licences (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy is referring to the facility whereby the holder of an on-licence or theatre licence under the Licensing Acts in respect of premises to which a licence under the Public Dance Halls Acts 1935 to 2003 is also attached, may obtain special exemption orders from the District Court which permit late opening of the premises concerned for special occasions. The position is that...