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Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: These amendments make provision for the complaints investigation and disciplinary procedures that will apply where there is an allegation of improper conduct by a personal insolvency practitioner under the new Part 5 of the Bill. Chapter 4, comprising sections 164 to 174, provides for a comprehensive system of complaints and investigations where improper conduct by a personal insolvency...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have nothing further to add.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I think the Senator indicated he might withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Yes. As I dealt with the matter at some length yesterday, I do not want to revisit it. On the basis of the amendment being withdrawn, I will come back to it on Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011, which completed Second Stage in the Dáil on 23 February and is due to commence Committee Stage early in the new year, gives legislative expression to the commitment in the Programme for Government to "establish independent regulation of the legal professions to improve access and competition, make legal costs more transparent and ensure adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, an Executive Office in my Department, has been working on a 'whole of Government' approach to tackling domestic violence since the office was established in 2007. Its primary work at present is coordination of the implementation of the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Irish Prison Service, in common with the Public Service in general, has been affected by the moratorium on recruitment. In addition, the savings required of the Irish Prison Service under the Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014 requires a reduction in staff numbers. The reality is that governors have to run their prisons with fewer staff and therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength at the end of 2002 - 2007, 2008, 2009 - 2011 and as of 31 October 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was as set out in the tables hereunder. Due to changes in Regional, Divisional and District boundaries in 2008 and 2009 it is not possible to present information in one single table. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of Gardaí who have departed the Force in the years 2007-2011 and up to 30 November 2012 is as set out in the table. Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Voluntary Retirement 177 243 719 353 428 384 Compulsory Retirement 7 16 3 9 8 4 Medical Discharge 29 21 9 16 6 5 CNER n/a n/a n/a 1 2 2...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that arising from the new rosters which commenced 30 April 2012, there are three shifts to cover a 24 hour period. These shifts have a duration of 10 hours on Monday to Saturday and a duration of 8 hours on a Sunday. The new rosters are designed to better match the availability of Gardaí with policing demands at national and local level,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no direct function in the matter. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Recidivism Rate (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The recently published recidivism report produced by the Probation Service was a joint project conducted in conjunction with the Central Statistics Office. This study, the first of its kind in Ireland, focused on a cohort of offenders under probation supervision and community service during 2007. The study has established reliable recidivism data on offenders under probation supervision and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: On 4 December, 2012 there were 4,275 prisoners in custody against a bed capacity of 4,395 which represents an occupancy level of 97%. The average number of prisoners in custody in Ireland has risen in the last 5 years, from 3,321 during 2007 to 4,389 during 2011, an increase of over 32%. Likewise the total number of committals to prison has also risen sharply during the same period, from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have however been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána broken down by rank and gender on 31 October, 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was as set out in the table. Rank Total Male Female Commissioner 1 1 0 D/Commissioner 2 1 1 A/Commissioner 9 9 0 C/Superintendent 41 37 4...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Policing Plan for 2013, which I am laying before the House today, outlines the Commissioner's proposal for the continued re-organisation and consolidation of the Garda station and District network and includes details of station closures and District re-organisation throughout the country. I must stress that the principal aim of this consolidation process is to allow the more efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Policing Plan for 2013, which I am laying before the House today, outlines the Commissioner's proposal for the continued re-organisation and consolidation of the Garda station and District network including in particular the closure of some Garda Stations. I must stress that the principal aim of closing Garda stations around the country is to allow the more efficient deployment of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Witness Intimidation (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The intimidation of a witness or juror is an offence under Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999, which specifies the offence as harming, threatening or menacing or in any other way intimidating or putting in fear another person who is assisting in the investigation of an offence by the Garda Síochána, or is a witness or potential witness or a juror or potential juror in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of viable improvised explosive devices (I.E.D.) found over the last five years is as set out in the table below. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 40 63 53 70 92 (to date) The Gardaí are committed to eradicating this particular form of criminality and An Garda Síochána’s Policing Plan 2012 sets out its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that it is not possible for the Irish Prison Service to provide a detailed response to his question within the timeframe available. I will however revert to him in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (5 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 81 together. While figures available from the Central Statistics Office show some reduction in recent years in the number of recorded crimes where the suspected offenders were on bail, I share the public concern about the extent to which offences continue to be committed by persons on bail. As the Deputy will be aware, the criminal law takes a...