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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to PQ 36656/12 of the 19th July 2012, which covered the period to the end of June 2012, wherein I advised that the only manner in which my Department can identify professional services is by reference to the automatic deduction of Professional Withholding Tax. This tax covers a range of professional activities not limited to the examples supplied by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to Questions Nos. 450, 451 and 452 of 9th October 2012. The Deputy asks for the number of licence applicants “that have been found to have been operating without the requisite licence permit under the Auctioneers and House Agents Acts 1947 to 1973 for three of the five years immediately preceding their application”. The Authority does not seek this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Details of the number of supplier payments issued by the Department of Defence for the Defence Sector are set out in the following table: NO. OF PAYMENTS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE IN 2011 Total number of payments 0-30 Days 31-60 Days 61-90 Days 91-120 Days Over 120 Days 42,647 41,981 505 79 34 48

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by my Department and its agencies, including the Defence Forces, for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 is set out in the table below. My Department is always mindful of the costs involved in engaging consultants. External consultants are engaged only when there is a clear need...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legal Matters (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Chief State Solicitors Office and the State Claims Agency deal with all legal matters on behalf of the Department. As such it would seldom arise that the Department procures the services of external solicitors and barristers directly. The table below only includes costs incurred by the Department in obtaining legal advices directly and does not include legal costs in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: It has not been possible in the time available to compile the information requested by the Deputy. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Airports (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the cost to An Garda Síochána of security for Shannon Airport from 2004 to September 2012 is €16,316,547.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The matter the Deputy is referring to is the Conveyancing Conflicts of Interest Regulation which was adopted by the Council of the Law Society on 7 September 2012 with a view to it coming into effect on 1 January 2013. The Law Society is the independent statutory body for the regulation of the solicitors profession in the State. Section 5 of the Solicitors Act 1954 provides for the Society...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 477 together. I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 1265 of 18 September, 2012 in which I said that the precise details in regard to the regulation of personal insolvency practitioners require further consideration in the final development of the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 in consultation with the Department of Finance, the Central Bank and relevant professional bodies. I will be bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I would firstly extend my deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the two young men who tragically lost their lives recently in Cork City in what would appear to be drug related deaths. I am advised by the Health authorities that the Health Services Executive Addiction Services issued a public health warning on Friday 5 October 2012 based on reports of these deaths which occurred at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which provides for civil proceedings in relation to anti-social behaviour by adults, was commenced on 1 January 2007. Part 13 of the Act, which relates to anti-social behaviour by children, was commenced on 1 March 2007. These provisions set out an incremental procedure for addressing anti-social behaviour by adults and children. With regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Report on an Inspection of St. Patrick's Institution compiled by the Inspector of Prisons and the Irish Prison Service Action Plan for St. Patrick's Institution have been published on the Departmental website today. These can be accessed at http://www.justice.ie/

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456 and 458 together. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons Numbers (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that during the last three years, there have been a number of human bone and skull finds off the coast of counties Wexford and Waterford. Enquiries to establish the identity of the human remains referred to have not yielded any positive results to date and consideration is now being afforded by the Garda authorities to having nuclear and mitochondrial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including motorcycles, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational requirements. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the motorcycles attached to the Garda Traffic Corps play an important role in An Garda Síochána's strategy of providing high visibility traffic policing. Accordingly, they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including mountain bikes, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. I am informed by the Garda authorities that in total there are 24 mountain bikes attached to the Garda J and R Districts. The latest allocations of mountain bikes to the J and R Districts were in 2008 and 2006,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Dáil Question No. 171 of 4th October, 2012 which sets out the latest position in respect of the matters raised by him.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 483 together. There are 104 staff of my Department and agencies staffed by my Department, as set out in the table below, currently on career break. This includes staff availing of a career break under Circular 18/98 - Special Leave without pay for career breaks and also the Special Civil Service Incentive Career Break Scheme 2009. Staff availing of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application...