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Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: As part of the alignment of Divisional boundaries the station referred to by the Deputy transferred to the Naas District in June 2008. The detailed allocation of Garda resources, including personnel, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to be decided on the basis of his identified operational needs. I am advised that the personnel strength at the Station was doubled from 1 Garda to 2...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application in respect of one of the persons referred to was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit on 7 May, 2009. The application is being processed at present and a response will issue shortly. However, the Garda Central Vetting Unit has also informed me that no vetting application has been received on behalf of the other persons...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The General Scheme of the Civil Partnership Bill published in June 2008 provides for a civil registration scheme for same-sex couples and a cohabitants scheme for opposite-sex and same-sex couples who choose not to marry or to register a civil partnership as the case may be. The Government Legislation Programme published on 22 April 2009 provides for the publication of the Civil Partnership...

Written Answers — Prison Reports: Prison Reports (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy that all reports of the Inspector of Prisons can be viewed on the Department's website at www.justice.ie. The following is a list of hyperlinks to the electronic version of each of the annual reports of the Inspector of Prisons as requested. http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/1stannreport.pdf/Files/1stannr eport.pdf...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the Long-Term Residency Section of my Department inform me that an application for long-term residency was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 29 May, 2007. On 19/03/2009 a letter advising him of the outcome of his application was sent to the most recent address the applicant had provided. A copy of this letter has now been sent to the applicant at the address...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that based on a review of invoices received in the year to date and paid up to 30 April, 2009 across the Justice Sector the average time from receipt of the invoice to payment is less than 13 working days.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have adopted a general policy that I will normally require an applicant for naturalisation, unless he/she is a refugee, programme refugee or Stateless person, to show that he/she has supported him or herself (and his or her family if appropriate) while residing in the State and, as far as can be determined, is in a position to continue that support into the future. I am, generally speaking,...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that as of 21 May, 2009 there were 3,641 permanent beds available in the prison system. On the same day there were 3,860 prisoners in custody. This represented an occupancy total of 106%. This is in contrast to the situation at the time of my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 239 where on 18 December, 2008 there were 3,611 permanent beds available in the prison...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 in this House and I look forward to our discussion. The Bill provides for a comprehensive and streamlined legislative framework for the regulation of auctioneers, letting agents and property management agents. It will replace the current court-based system for regulating auctioneers and house...

Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Zero prison places.

Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Has the Deputy done the economics?

Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy is a plagiarist.

Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Gilmore is making up for his own mistakes when he did not know the right road into Navan. We will put it in larger letters for him the next time.

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage. (20 May 2009)

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

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have this opportunity to introduce the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 to the House. The Bill contains a range of different measures which it is appropriate to address by way of legislation at this time to further improve the overall criminal justice system and update existing statutes in some areas...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I will deal with that. In the wake of my announcement in November last I received a number of representations, both for and against the handgun ban, but I especially note the endorsement by the chief inspector of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate who draws on her own very considerable experience of policing in the United States. She was quoted as saying that many guns used in the commission...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take the questions together. There is no question of not proceeding with a prison development at Thornton Hall. The rationale for replacing the Mountjoy Prison complex has been well set out, fully accepted by the Government and acknowledged in the House, including by the Taoiseach this morning. Today, more than 1,100 prisoners are being held in cramped conditions in the Mountjoy...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I do not accept the Deputy's suggestion that this is not a long-term project. It was always intended to be a long-term project.

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: One does not provide potentially 2,200 prison spaces for the next year or two. The project was always intended to be what Mountjoy Prison was when it was built, namely, a prison for the next 100 years. Thornton Hall will be the most modern prison in the world when it is built. The Government will not resile from its plans. As I stated, the overall costs to date are €41.6 million. Site...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The optimum prison capacity is for 400 or more prisoners. In the past ten or 12 years, the Irish Prison Service has sought to concentrate resources on larger prisons rather than having prisons spread throughout the country. It was €29.9 million on the site and €1.3 million in additional costs - €31.2 million. On the value of the site, it is interesting to note that a local auctioneer...