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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 471 to 478, inclusive, and No. 485 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned had a Deportation Order made against her, following the refusal of her asylum application and her application for Subsidiary Protection and the subsequent consideration of her case under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). She lodged judicial review proceedings in the High Court, challenging the decision to make a Deportation Order against her. These...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. I am informed by the Garda authorities that 234 vehicles were withdrawn from service between January and September 2012. In addition, I understand that a list of these vehicles is not readily available and could only be compiled by using Garda resources which are required for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Garda authorities that Garda vehicles are not exclusively designated to any particular duty and are available to be deployed in a variety of roles in response to operational requirements. The Deputy will appreciate, therefore, that it is not practicable to provide a breakdown for the period concerned between Traffic Corps and other fleet vehicles. In that context, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the deployment of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner. I understand from the Garda authorities that in relation to patrol cars the relevant manufacturers have indicated that they are only prepared to guarantee the durability of the body structure and the chassis up to 300,000 kilometres. Accordingly, these vehicles are withdrawn from service once...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in June, 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is open to the person concerned to make a visa application on-line through the following link: https://www.visas.inis.gov.ie. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why the visa should be granted. Information on making a visa application can be found on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Legal Services (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows. In 2010, 22 cases were successful, 89 were unsuccessful and 28 were settled. The comparable figures for 2011 were 14, 25 and 37 while the figures to end June 2012 were 6, 6 and 15 respectively. For the sake of completeness, the Deputy might wish to note that some 1,048 judicial reviews involving the Refugee Appeals Tribunal are pending...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The programme of refurbishment of Garda stations is based on accommodation priorities which are established by An Garda Síochána. The programme is advanced in close co-operation with the Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. I am advised by the Garda authorities that plans for the refurbishment of the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy may wish to note that the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides Garda vetting only in the case of those seeking employment in Ireland with registered organisations where the employment involves substantial unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there has been no Garda vetting application received by the GCVU in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU-IMF Agreement (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Programme of the Government for National Recovery 2011-2016 undertakes to “establish independent regulation of the legal profession to improve access and competition, make legal costs more transparent and ensure adequate procedures for addressing consumer complaints”. These undertakings complement those structural reforms in the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The new Legal Services Regulatory Authority, to be established under the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011, will be independent of the legal professions and of the Government in the performance of its functions. It will also be appointed independently and, as I have previously mentioned, I will be introducing amendments at Committee Stage to strengthen these independence aspects. At the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Property (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are two systems for recording property transactions in Ireland, the system of registration of title operated by the Land Registry and the system of recording deeds operated by the Registry of Deeds. Both systems are under the control of the Property Registration Authority. Where title or ownership is registered in the Land Registry, the legal ownership is entered on folios which form...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: In line with the favorable outcome of the referendum on the Twenty Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, which concerned judicial remuneration, legislation was enacted in 2011 to provide for the application of the two Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009 to both serving and new members of the Judiciary and military judges on the same basis as other public servants....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are no provisions in Irish law for the removal of records from a person's criminal record. However, under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012, a person may not be required to disclose a conviction, once the appropriate conviction-free period has elapsed, subject to certain conditions. Convictions must, however, continue to be disclosed where a person wishes to work with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 22nd March, 2006, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 and 498 together. I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: This is a matter for the office of the coroner's district of Dublin. In order to be helpful, I can inform the Deputy that the post-mortem results in this case have been received in the Dublin Coroner's Office, together with other medical reports requested by the Coroner. Based on these results, the Dublin Coroner has decided that an inquest is not warranted in this case, and the final death...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that a decision has been made in respect of the visa application referred to and the applicant has been informed. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 1246 of Tuesday, 18th September 2012 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then. The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person...