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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and Regional level to ensure optimum use is made of Garda resources and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The bombing at Belturbet on 28 December 1972 was a senseless act of violence in which two young people tragically and needlessly lost their lives. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a thorough investigation into the bombing was carried out at the time by the local Gardaí. They were assisted in this by experts from Garda Headquarters and from the Army. The Garda authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may 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, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and have been informed that the Courts Service has...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: A strategy for the replacement of Naval Service Offshore Patrol Vessels is currently in train. A contract was signed in October, 2010 with Babcock Marine in the United Kingdom for the provision of two new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV’s). The acquisition of these modern new vessels, combined with a continuous process of refurbishment and repair on the other vessels in the fleet, will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: My Department funds Civil Defence operations at local authority level to a maximum of 70% of approved expenditure. The balance of 30% is funded by the local authority. Despite cuts in funding across many Departments and State Bodies I have succeeded in maintaining overall funding for Civil Defence in 2013 at the same level as in the previous two years. Consequently it has been possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Regulatory Impact Assessments (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: There have been no Regulatory Impact Assessments carried out by my Department in the past twelve months. The Department of Defence is not a regulatory authority as commonly understood. The Defence Acts and Regulations made thereunder are for the most part, focused on the Defence Forces only and do not apply to the ordinary citizen or to business. Notwithstanding this, the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department when the Government took office were the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. The Civil Defence Board is the only body under the aegis of my Department which was identified in the Public Service Reform Plan as a body to be abolished. The Civil Defence Board was established in 2003 following the enactment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: Subhead A5, formerly Subhead D, of the Defence Vote is entirely devoted to the Reserve Defence Force (RDF). This subhead included the provision for RDF training, gratuities, allowances and grants paid into unit funds. The annual provision and outturn for Subhead A5, as per the Revised Estimates, for the years 2002 to 2012 is set out in the tabular statement below: SUBHEAD A5...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The JobBridge National Internship Scheme is a key part of the Government’s Jobs Initiative and has been set up with a view to giving job seekers the opportunity to take part in a quality internship with a host organisation. Since the launch of the National Internship Scheme the Defence Forces have identified 66 internship opportunities, and 4 have been identified on the civil side of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 825 and 826 together. The following non-statutory organisations are partially funded by my Department: ORGANISATION 2012 GRANTS TO VETERAN ASSOCIATIONS Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) €10,000 Organisation of National Ex-servicemen and women (ONE) €40,000 GRANTS TO REPRESENTATIVE ASSOCIATIONS Permanent Defence Force...

Topical Issue Debate: National Positive Ageing Strategy (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am very taken with the Deputy's concern for older people. Had there been some reasonable planning by him and his colleagues when they were in the previous Government, had they had some reasonable concern for the economic security of older people, had they had some genuine concern about ensuring that all the crucial services were kept in place and maintained, perhaps they would have dealt...

Topical Issue Debate: National Positive Ageing Strategy (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am responding to the Deputy because the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch is not available. I listened with interest to Deputy Dooley. He is living in the fantasy world occupied by the rest of his Fianna Fáil colleagues. He seems to be in denial of his party's responsibility for the destruction of the economy and fiscal base of this State. He is also in denial of his party's...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I assure Deputy Ross I am well able to meet people from my constituency without it being necessary for him to troop them in to me. Deputy Ross well knows he is choosing to ignore what I said earlier. He seems to have a very odd view of policing. He seems to think a large number of members of the Garda Síochána sit in Dundrum Garda station waiting for a call. This is not what...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: It suited the Deputy to arrange it in that way because it was a crass piece of local party politics-----

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: -----designed for his own personal benefit-----

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: -----and designed and intended to create alarm and concern for individuals who have no reason to be alarmed or concerned because what we are doing, and I reiterate it, is using our police resources wisely. No crime is prevented by the existence of bricks and mortar and a garda sitting in a Garda station. Crime is prevented by gardaí being out on the beat, by patrol cars being out and...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Obviously I struck a nerve. Deputies Ross and Joe Higgins have a lot in common. They are serial protestors about everything.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: If Deputy Ross wished me to attend the meeting he could have arranged it and I would have been there.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Ross is making a fool of himself again.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (20 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: If he were really interested in the issue he might have tabled a parliamentary question on it.