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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (10 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision of Garda equipment, including boats, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational requirements. I have no direct function in this area. Garda management closely monitors the allocation of resources to ensure that they are deployed to best advantage. In that context the Garda authorities have advised me that currently they have no plans...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that the total cost incurred by my Department for legal services from 1 January to 30 September 2012 is approximately €4,740,000. It is not possible to predict the expected total outlay for the remainder of 2012 as legal costs have still to be decided by the courts or submitted for payment. As the Deputy is aware, a drive to reduce expenditure and increase...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (10 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the military authorities that the Defence Forces do not have any sniffer dogs at their disposal.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (10 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Robust systems are in place within the Defence Organisation to ensure that issues of concern to members of the Defence Forces, including PDFORRA members, are brought to my attention, as appropriate. My officials meet regularly with PDFORRA in relation to Croke Park implementation. They also meet regularly in various committee and council meetings under the Defence Forces Conciliation and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (10 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The number of personnel who left the Defence Forces in the period 1 January 2012 to 8 October 2012 was 682. A detailed breakdown of these personnel by rank is contained in the table below. One Captain and 1 Lt. Colonel have indicated that they intend to leave the Defence Forces before the end of 2012. Defence Forces Discharges by Rank 1 January to 8 October 2012 Rank Count Maj Gen Brig...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The main requirement for legal services in my Department is in the context of litigation, usually in the form of judicial review and personal injury proceedings. The Chief State Solicitor’s Office is responsible for the costs of the State’s legal teams in cases that it manages on behalf of the Department. External legal costs incurred by the State Claims Agency arising from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Property Prices Register (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 and 438 together. Section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 provides that the Property Services Regulatory Authority shall prepare and maintain a register of residential property prices in the State. The purpose of the Residential Property Prices Register is to provide up to date sale prices of residential properties sold in Ireland. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Expenditure (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Regulatory Authority was established on a statutory basis on 3 April 3012 in accordance with the provisions of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. The functions of the Authority are extensive and include: Control, supervision and regulation of Property Services Providers (i.e. Auctioneers/Estate Agents, Letting Agents and Management Agents); Operation of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that excessive or inappropriate speeding continues to be a significant contributory factor in road traffic collisions, including fatal and serious injury collisions. As part of the Road Safety Strategy 2007 - 2012 and the strategic goals of An Garda Síochána, a targeted approach to speed enforcement is being undertaken in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Property Prices Register (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Residential Property Price Register has been published by the Property Services Regulatory Authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. The Register includes information on residential properties purchased in Ireland since 1 January 2010, as declared to the Revenue Commissioners for stamp duty purposes. The Register contains...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441 and 442 together. Visa applications for Chinese Nationals living in China are handled by the Irish Visa Office in Beijing. That office is an office of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (I.N.I.S.) and it handles all aspects of visa applications including appeals. In general business visas are processed within two to five working days of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: When an asylum applicant arrives in the State they are provided with a Temporary Residence Card (TRC). The issuing of TRC's comes within the provisions of Section 9 of the Refugee Act, 1996 which provides that a person arriving at the frontiers seeking asylum must be given leave to enter the State and is entitled to remain until: (a) their application is transferred under the EU Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: A child born in the State to parents who are seeking asylum has a right to reside in the State while his/her parents asylum application(s) are being processed. It is important for the parents of the child to inform the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner of the birth of the child and to either link the child's status to the parent's application for asylum or to make an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that many factors influence the time it takes for post-mortem reports to be received by a Coroner from the pathologist concerned. I understand from the Dublin Coroner's office that in their experience it generally takes between 3 and 6 months for a post-mortem report to be received but that this may take longer where further specialist tests are required (e.g....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Abolition (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that section 2 of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1978 introduced a prohibition on the creation of new leases reserving ground rents on dwellings. As regards existing ground rents, as the Deputy is aware, Part III of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No.2) Act 1978 contains a statutory scheme whereby a person may, at reasonable cost, acquire the fee simple in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government has charged the inter-departmental committee with clarifying any State interaction with the Magdalene institutions, of which there were ten, and producing a narrative detailing such interaction. Magdalene institutions have been recognised in this and other jurisdictions as places established primarily for the purpose of providing refuge or asylum for women of all ages. At the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the Government policy of Direct Provision while their applications for asylum are being processed. The Direct Provision system provides asylum seekers with full board accommodation, free of utility or other costs. Currently, there are 36 asylum accommodation centres in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Following the signing of a Deportation Order a letter issues from my Department's Repatriation Section informing the person that a Deportation Order has been made in respect of them and that they must present themselves at the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to make arrangements for their removal from the State. Seventeen days notice is allowed for the person to make arrangements. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 to 452, inclusive, together. I am advised by the Property Services Regulatory Authority that initially the Authority received in excess of 5,100 licence applications from Property Service Providers. Some 721 applications were returned because either the declaration on the application form was unsigned or the appropriate fee was not tendered. Many of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I would refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Questions 31684/12 and 31686/12 on 3 July last, which is reproduced for the Deputy's information. While I am not averse in principle to the establishment of an immigration regime specifically geared to the technology sector, it would have to be on the basis that there was concrete evidence of a particular skills deficit in the labour...