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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question Number 54977/12 of 6th December, 2012. The situation is unchanged since then. ''Following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum applications in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996, (as amended) on the prohibition of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned applied for asylum on 28th January, 2008. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned initiated Judicial Review proceedings in the High Court, challenging the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in her case. As these...

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

Alan Shatter: Following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum applications in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996, (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement the persons concerned were informed that the Minister proposed to make Deportation Orders in respect of them. Their respective applications...

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

Alan Shatter: I expect to be in a position to write directly to the Deputy in the coming days, enclosing the relevant information.

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

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Appeal Board may be contacted via the Secretary to the Property Services Appeal Board, c/o Dept. of Justice & Equality, 51 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 or by email at propertyservicesappealboard@justice.ie. Section 74 and Schedule 5 to the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 set out the provisions governing the operation of the Property Services Appeal Board....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions 52766/12, 52767/12, 52768/12 and 52769/12 and include the relevant extract from these replies below for the Deputy's information. On foot of recommendations from the Evaluation Committee meeting of 9 August 2012, I have approved immigration permissions for one successful applicant under the Immigrant Investor Programme and two...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the applications for a certificate of naturalisation were received from the persons referred to by the Deputy in December and October 2010 respectively. The applications are at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. As well as being a significant event in the life of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have no function or responsibility in relation to the matter raised. Under the terms of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, as passed by the Oireachtas, the Legal Aid Board is independent in the operation of its functions and decisions on individual cases are a matter for the Board. Under Section 7(3) of the Act, I am precluded from exercising any power or...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application on behalf of the person concerned was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit on 20 November 2012. The application is currently being processed and it is anticipated that a response will issue to the registered organisation involved in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The construction of new prison facilities at Thornton Hall is now not possible in the short to medium term due to economic constraints. However, the recently published Irish Prison Service 3-Year Strategic Plan contains a commitment to implement a 40 month capital plan to provide in-cell sanitation in all cells and radically improve prison conditions in the older parts of the prison estate....

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

Alan Shatter: My Department is committed to achieving a focused and integrated approach to external service delivery of non-core processes with the objective of reducing cost and focusing staff on priority areas as agreed by the Government last July. The Department of Justice & Equality is responsible for a broad range of public administration concerns, many of which go to the heart of what is vital...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the protocol for An Garda Síochána for dealing with situations of sudden death or deaths of unknown causes is set out in the Coroners Act 1962. It is Garda policy to appoint a Family Liaison Officer to act as a liaison with the family of victims of murder, manslaughter, homicide, kidnapping, victims of fatal traffic collisions and in...

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

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 Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Private Security Authority, an independent agency under the remit of my Department, is the regulatory body with responsibility for regulating and licensing the private security industry in the State. My Department and the Authority are in consultation, at present, about the licence fees charged by the Authority,having regard to a number of issues, including concerns which have been...

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

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338 and 339 together. I presume the Deputy is referring to the funds from the European Social Fund (ESF) available to the Equality Authority in respect of an Equality Mainstreaming project led by a dedicated Unit in the Authority. This budget has not been abolished. Instead a new streamlined arrangement has been put in place whereby the Equality Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions numbered 627 of 11th January 2012, 1261 of 18th September, 2012 and 198 of 29th November, 2012. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for one year in 2000 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The recent fee increase to which the Deputy refers is in respect of the issue of a registration certificate (card) to a non-national by his or her registration officer. A non-national who is subject to registration requirements is required to pay the fee for the issue of a registration certificate to him or her (including renewals) unless he or she is subject to the waiver categories set out...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that 18 members took part in Evidential Breath Testing Training over two days on 6-7 December 2012.

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

Alan Shatter: In June of this year, I published a discussion document on the future direction of legislation on prostitution. The purpose of the discussion document is to facilitate a public consultation process. Chapter 5 sets out four broad approaches to legislative policy on prostitution, for discussion. On its publication, the discussion document was referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

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

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344 and 345 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...