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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. The implementation of the reduction in the number of Garda stations and Districts as set out in the Policing Plan for 2013 will take place in full consultation with the local communities and staffing interests. Local Garda management have commenced the process of engaging with these communities through the Joint Policing Committees and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána on 31 December 2010, 2011 and 2012 was 14,377, 13,894 and 13,424 respectfully. The attached spreadsheets show the strength of each Garda station throughout the country on those dates. Also shown in three separate spreadsheets are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (17 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 of service. Members must retire on compulsory age grounds when they reach the age of 60. As most gardaí take voluntary retirement ahead of their compulsory retirement age, it is not possible to predict with any certainty the number of gardaí who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the numbers of overtime hours worked by members of An Garda Síochána in the years in question were as follows: 2010, 2,462,484 hours; 2011, 2,565,684 hours; and 2012, 1,310,954 hours. The 2011 figure includes overtime in respect of duties carried out during the State Visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth II which amounted in total...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Fixed charge notices are an alternative to prosecution. They give a motorist the opportunity to acknowledge the offence, pay the fixed charge and, where the offence is a penalty point offence, incur the appropriate penalty points. If the motorist does not pay the fixed charge, he or she will in the normal course be prosecuted for the alleged offence. There can be circumstances where the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Point System (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The only circumstances in which I may, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, request the Garda Ombudsman Commission to investigate a matter is where it appears to me that a member of the Garda Síochána may have committed an offence or behaved in a manner that would justify disciplinary proceedings. As I have informed the Deputy previously, documentation containing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Section 7(c) of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 amends section 4(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 which concerns the circumstances in which a person detained under section 4 may be questioned between midnight and 8 a.m. The commencement of section 7(c) requires some amendments to the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner's Policing Plan for 2013, which I laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 5th December 2012, sets out details of the closure of 100 Garda stations throughout the country, the future opening hours of other stations in Cork and Dublin and a number of District amalgamations. It is important to remember that while some Garda stations are listed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bullying of Children (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within the Coolock Garda Sub-district. Any complaint of alleged bullying is fully investigated by An Garda Síochána. A complaint can be made directly to any member of An Garda Síochána or at any Garda Station. Complaints of bullying can be made through parents or teachers of children or by children...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State in May 2005 together with his wife, a Czech national. He applied for residency in the State and this was granted on 22 August 2005 on the basis of his marriage to an EU citizen who was exercising her EU treaty rights in the State. In August 2007 permission to remain was granted for a period of five years. The person concerned then applied for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question no. 510 of 23 October, 2012 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been granted leave to remain in the State for the period to 5 December 2015. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 5 December 2012. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to the Citizenship Section of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when he is in a position to meet the lawful residency criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 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 7 April, 2009, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 20 April 2010, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and his application for subsidiary protection and a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Based on the information provided by the Deputy, the Visa Office of my Department cannot definitively identify the applications to which the Deputy refers. If he can supply further information, eg. the visa application numbers, via the Oireachtas Mail facility, I will arrange for an early reply. I should remind the Deputy that queries regarding the status of individual immigration cases...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for the period to 25th April, 2014. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter date 18th December, 2012. This position is consistent with the permission to remain granted to the mother of the person concerned. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for the three year period to 18th April, 2015. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 18th April, 2012. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to the Citizenship Section of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when she is in a position to meet the lawful residency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 264 of Thursday, 8th November, 2012, copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then.The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (17 Jan 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 31st October, 2000, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application was received from the person in question on 28 February 2012 requesting a change of her immigration status from stamp 3 (dependant conditions) to a stamp 4 (not required to hold a work permit). This application was refused on 1 June 2012 as the person had permission to be in the State on stamp 3...