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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that it would be contrary to the public interest for me to comment on matters of a security related nature or on the procedures in place for the secure transport of cash. What I can say is that the Garda authorities work very closely with the banking sector and the cash in transit industry. In this regard the commitment of An Garda Síochána to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The current staffing of my constituency office, and their salary ranges, is as follows: Grade Salary Range 1.6 Clerical Officers €23,177 - €37,341 1 Personal Secretary €23,820 - €47,755 My Personal Assistant (salary range €43,715 - €56,060) acts as a Press Officer for the Department. The accommodation costs of my constituency office in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The aim of the Fund in question is to facilitate the integration of third-country nationals into European societies. A third-country national is any person who is not a citizen of the European Union, that is, who does not hold the nationality of a Member State of the Union. If the Deputy has any concerns about the use of the Fund in a particular case, I would welcome it if he would bring...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Career Breaks (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Incentivised Career Break Scheme for members of An Garda Síochána is part of the agreed terms set out in the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 - 2016 (The Haddington Road Agreement). Appendix 3, the Collective Agreement for An Garda Síochána, provides that, among other things, the use of short-term career breaks, Incentivised career breaks, unpaid leave and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. As outlined in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 4 February 2014, the Courts Service, during 2013, undertook a review...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 784 and 785 together. There were no station closures in the years 2000 to 2011 inclusive. There were however 39 Garda Stations closed in 2012 of which 4 were in the Mayo Garda Division (Glenisland, Tourmakeady, Mulranny and Bellacorrik). There were 100 Garda Stations closed in 2013 of which 6 were in the Mayo Garda Division (Ballyvary, Ballyglass,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts, including the provision of accommodation for court sittings, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions. However, in order to be of assistance, I have had enquiries made and the information sought by the Deputy is set out in a table. Year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Marriages of Convenience (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will appreciate I have no responsibility for marriage registration: I assume he is referring to marriages of convenience and the abuse of the EU free movement legal framework by those seeking to circumvent proper immigration controls to enter the State. One such abuse, which has emerged from the now well documented trend towards unusual patterns of marriage between European...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, the European People's Party Election Congress took place in Dublin on the 6th and 7th of March this year. In the circumstances the event fell within the Garda roster period which will end on the 30th of March. I am advised by the Garda authorities that, given the roster situation, the bulk of the claims by Garda personnel arising in connection with the event...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has been allocated a budget of €7.2 million for 2014 under the Justice Vote. It should be noted that practically all of the planned staffing resources and structures are now in place for the Insolvency Service and it is very much open for business. This is an outstanding achievement considering that the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In the interest of confidentiality, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) is not providing details or breakdowns of the numbers of applications received or being processed at this time. The ISI fully intends to provide quarterly statistics once the figures are compiled. I am advised that the ISI intends to publish this information in April.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I will contact the Deputy's Office directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Section 46 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 requires the Garda Commissioner to submit an Annual Report not later than four months after the end of each year on the policing of the State for the previous year. The report is expected within the coming weeks. The Act also requires me, as the Minister, to lay a copy of the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 793 and 794 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that seven murders in which firearms were used and which are classified as associated with organised crime were recorded in the Dublin region in 2013. While I am of course concerned at these incidents, the Deputy will be aware that the most recent official crime statistics show a reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Garda Vetting Disclosures are predicated on the signed authorisation of a vetting subject for An Garda Síochána to disclose to the registered organisation “details of all prosecutions, successful or not, pending or completed, and/or convictions which may be recorded in respect of them in the State or elsewhere”; or alternatively that there are “no prosecutions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The function of the Criminal Justice (Fixed Charge Processing System) Working Group is to oversee and facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate into the Fixed Charge Processing System. The Group is chaired jointly by the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and comprises...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 797 and 798 together. The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Copyright Infringement (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have no official responsibility to the Dáil in relation to the issue he has raised. The matter appears to involve an alleged breach of the civil law in relation to copyright. This is not a matter for my Department. Moreover, as I am sure the Deputy will appreciate it would not appropriate for me, as Minister for Justice and Equality, to provide an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table: Year No. of Community Vans that came into service No. of Community Vans decommissioned 2013 1 1...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons mentioned by the Deputy availed of the 2004 Student Probationary extension in 2012 and as such were given two years permission to remain in the State and were given the right to work on a full time basis. Their current permission to remain will expire on 19 September 2014 and at that...