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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525 and 526 together. The State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Defence are the Civil Defence Board and the Army Pensions Board. The Civil Defence Act 2002 provides that the Board shall consist of at least eight but not more than fourteen members who shall be appointed by the Minister for Defence. Legislation is currently being drafted to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Agencies (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board and the Army Pensions Board. No new agencies or quangos have been established since 9 March 2011.

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...

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

Alan Shatter: 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 concerned was notified, by letter dated 30th March, 2009, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Responsibility for the allocation of educational supports rests with the Department of Education and Science and the bodies operating under that Department's aegis. It is entirely a matter for those bodies to decide what, if any, entitlement the person concerned has to educational supports based on his immigration status. This position was communicated to the person concerned by letter dated...

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

Alan Shatter: The case referred to by the Deputy comprises a mother and her young children. The mother applied for asylum on 4th March, 2008. A separate asylum application was lodged on behalf of her eldest child on 13th May, 2008. Their respective asylum claims were refused following the consideration of the cases by the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. ...

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

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 42535 of 4th October, 2012. The position is unchanged since then. There is no record of any added correspondence having being received from the person concerned. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy has no application pending for residency. The...

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

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda Communications Centre at the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Headquarters, Harcourt Square, Dublin 2 is the regional centre responsible for operational policing communications throughout the DMR. In addition to emergency 999 call taking and dispatch functions it is responsible for a number of national and international roles. The centre...

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

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Garda authorities that the cost of purchasing an additional five dogs for the Garda Dog Unit would be in the region of €9,000 and that the estimated cost of purchasing an additional six horses for the Garda Mounted Unit is €36,000. In addition to the purchase costs, any increase in either the Dog Unit or the Mounted Unit would give rise to an increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.