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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Probation Service has restructured the delivery of community service nationally under the governance of a dedicated Community Service Unit. Besides the 9 dedicated administrative and probation staff of the Unit, there are 78 Probation Officers nation-wide whose range of duties include community service. Community Service Supervisors are also employed to manage offenders undertaking...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Authority Campaigns (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána launched their Christmas and New Year Road Safety Campaign yesterday. As part of this campaign, significant Garda resources will be dedicated to preventing and addressing unsafe road behaviour over the holiday period through targeted enforcement and road safety operations, including the operation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 333 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I presume this Deputy is referring to the proposals for a revised Garda compensation scheme for deaths or injuries which are maliciously inflicted upon a member of the Garda Síochána while on duty or in connection with their duties. The details of the revised scheme, which were approved by the Government in July, are set out in the Draft General Scheme of the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that in this case M.M. instituted judicial review proceedings in respect of a negative decision on his application for subsidiary protection. When the case was heard in the High Court, the presiding Judge decided to refer a question of law for clarification to the European Court of Justice. On 22 November 2012, the European...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 was published on 2 May 2012 and passed Second Stage in the Seanad on 13 June 2012. The Bill, which builds on the recommendations in the Law Reform Commission Report on Spent Convictions (LRC 84-2007) provides for the non-disclosure of certain convictions in certain circumstances. Convictions resulting in sentences of one year or less, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that on the 1st October 2012, the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy noted the report of the National Youth Justice Oversight Group on the implementation of the National Youth Justice Strategy 2008-2010. I can now confirm that, in collaboration with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, arising from our respective responsibilities under the Children Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The personnel strength of An Garda Síochána on 30 November 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 13,459. There are also approximately 1,000 Garda Reservists and 2,000 civilians. The previous Government committed to reducing Garda strength to 13,000 as part of their undertaking to the Troika to reduce public service numbers, and introduced a moratorium...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are currently 4,839 persons seeking international protection residing in 35 Direct Provision accommodation centres across 17 counties under contract to the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA), an operational unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department. Of these residents, approximately a third are children under the age of 18. RIA takes its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to strengthen the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau in relation to the forfeiture of the proceeds of crime. An Expert Group, established under the auspices of my Department, is currently engaged in a comprehensive review of the Proceeds of Crime legislation with a view to identifying possible improvements which would serve to strengthen...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is the Government's intention to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to ensure that all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under the Convention are being met. As the Deputy may be aware, Ireland does not become party to treaties until it is first in a position to comply with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments and Removals (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 97 together. The Deputy will be aware that, under the Irish Constitution, judges are appointed by the President on the advice of the Government. Applications are dealt with by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board which was established under the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995. Under section 16 of that Act, where a judicial office stands...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Detention Centres (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that on 7th December, 2012 there were 30 seventeen year old prisoners in custody in St Patrick's Institution, 11 of which were held on remand. As you will be aware the Government committed, in the Programme for Government, to remove 16 and 17 year old offenders completely from the adult prison system. In this context, the practice of sending 16 year old boys to St...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Third Level Fees (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Section 9 of the Immigration Act, 2004 provides that a non-national is required to pay a fee to the registration officer for the issue of a registration certificate. This fee is set by regulations made by the Minister for Justice and Equality with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The fee was first introduced in 2006 and was then set at €100. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) Report, which was launched in September, summarises many of the criticisms which have been made of the Direct Provision system since its inception over 12 years ago, concentrating specifically on issues relating to children. The report makes a number of recommendations for change to the direct provision system. Some of the recommendations - such as allowing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 100 together. The power bestowed on the Minister for Justice and Equality to grant remission and temporary release is clearly set out in existing legislative instruments. Rule 59 of the 2007 prison rules provides that a prisoner is eligible by good conduct to earn a remission of sentence not exceeding one quarter. Rule 59(2) allows for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána on 30 November 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 13,459. There are also approximately 1,000 Garda Reservists and over 2,000 civilians in the Garda Síochána. All members of An Garda Síochána are tasked with investigating crime including...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Asylum seekers deemed to be unaccompanied minors by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) under Section 8 of the Refugee Act, 1996, are referred to the HSE which has responsibility for their care under the Child Care Act, 1991 until they reach 18 years of age. At that point, as a general policy, they are transferred to asylum accommodation centres under contract to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Transfers (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Conveyancing Conflicts of Interest Regulation, to which the Deputy refers, was adopted by the Council of the Law Society on 7 September 2012, following the recommendations of the "Conveyancing Conflicts Task Force Report" published by the Law Society the previous July. Section 5 of the Solicitors Act 1954 provides for the Society to make regulations which are necessary for the carrying...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Let me say at the outset that the decision to host the G8 Summit in Enniskillen next year is a matter entirely for the host Government to make and would not involve prior consultation with my Department. Having said that, I welcome the fact that it is a clear recognition of the capacity for Northern Ireland to host such a high profile event. Naturally, security will be an important element...