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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (4 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 it is a priority that all Garda operational vehicles fully meet the safety requirements of both Garda personnel and members of the public. This is a function which is undertaken in accordance with strict standards set by the vehicle...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Services Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together. My Department and the Defence Forces engages and works with local authorities in a number of areas, primarily in the area of emergency response. Whilst the Defence Forces are not a Principal Response Agency, as defined in the Framework for Major Emergency Management, they provide assistance in an Aid to the Civil Authority (ATCA)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: All asylum seeker residents of the Viking Lodge direct provision accommodation in Francis Street, Dublin 8 transferred to the Hatch Hall accommodation centre, Hatch Street, Dublin 2 on 8 September, 2012. The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department, which is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the Direct Provision system, informs me that the transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) is a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers while their applications for protection in the State are being processed. At the end of this answer is a table showing centres currently under contract to RIA, their current capacities and the current...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice and Equality is responsible for the operation of the direct provision system in accordance with Government policy. RIA is staffed by 27 persons plus 1 person seconded from the Department of Education and Skills, and 2 persons seconded from the Irish Prison Service. In terms of Department of Justice and Equality staff within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that due to the absence of a date of birth for the persons referred to in the question, it was not possible to ascertain the status of these applications in the time frame provided for a response. As the outstanding information has now been provided, I have asked the Garda authorities to check on their status. I will communicate directly with the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Company Issues (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The primary purpose of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 is to reform the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments and to facilitate the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs) which are the bodies established for the management of such areas. The general position is that the purchaser of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of the Serious Crime Review Team is 8, broken down as follows: - one Detective Superintendent, one Detective Inspector, one Detective Sergeant and five Detective Gardaí. I am further informed that since 01 April 2011, one Detective Sergeant and one Detective Garda have retired from this unit.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Operation Wireless is an ongoing operation targeting organised crime in the Dublin Region. The operation is focused on the criminal actions of a number of selected targets within the Dublin and surrounding Regions. I am informed by the Garda authorities that to date 23 persons have been arrested under this operation, with 5 persons arrested under European Arrest Warrants. While convictions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I would like to take this opportunity to once again utterly condemn the murders that have taken place in recent days. The Gardaí will continue to bear down heavily on the activities of those involved in gangland crime. That is clear from the series of recent operations they have launched against gangs and the many drug seizures that have taken place in recent weeks. I should also...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licensing Laws (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Government legislation programme makes provision for publication of the Sale of Alcohol Bill in mid-2013. The Bill will modernise the laws relating to the sale, supply and consumption of alcohol products by repealing the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2011, as well as the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2008, and replacing them with streamlined and updated provisions. Work...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Issues (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 502 for written answer on 19 June, 2012 . Reply to Parliamentary Question No.502 for written answer on 19 June, 2012. While I cannot be more specific at this time,consideration continues to be given to issues relating to the former Bethany Home and how they might be addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Irish Red Cross (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together. I welcome the fact that arising from the Chapter on Financial Control in the Irish Red Cross Society that was contained in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2010, the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) subsequently dealt in some considerable depth with a wide range of issues relating to weak financial...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Appointments (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Irish Red Cross Society are made in accordance with the rules of the Society. My Department has no role in relation to such appointments.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks Closures (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: As with previous rounds of consolidation under the Defence Forces modernisation programme, barracks once vacated are being disposed of with the proceeds being used to fund the upgrading of Defence Forces equipment and infrastructure. Since the announcement of the Government decision on barrack closures my Department has written to each Government Department and various agencies and local...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks Closures (3 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Security measures have been in place at Columb Barracks since its closure. For obvious reasons it is not my Department’s policy to go into the specific detail in relation to those and any ongoing measures but I can say that the effectiveness of the security measures are being continuously monitored. Approximately €140,000 has been paid to date for security at the barracks the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: In Dec 2011, it was decided that funding to People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) would cease. On the basis of a value for money review, it was clearly established that the vast majority of the money allocated to PwDI was being spent disproportionately. The largest proportion of PwDI’s annual budget was spent on the operation of its office headquarters and on administration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (2 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Charities Act 2009 provides for an integrated system of mandatory registration and proportionate regulation and supervision of the charities sector in Ireland. The various sections of the Charities Act are subject to implementation through commencement orders. Sections that it was possible to commence in advance of the establishment of the Charities Regulatory Authority, as provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, this is a complex issue which is derived from the status of such persons living in Latvia when it was part of the former USSR. I understand there is no blanket policy here in operation in relation to persons classified as Latvian aliens, as the circumstances of each case may be different. In general, the holder of a Latvian alien passport is treated much in the same...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (2 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Property Services Regulatory Authority was formally established on 3 April 2012 pursuant to the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. The Authority consists of a Chairperson and ten ordinary members. The primary purpose of the Authority is to set and enforce standards in the provision of property services by auctioneers, letting agents and property management agents and to provide...