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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State under stamp 4 conditions for an initial one year period on 10 June, 2002, on the basis that she was part of a family unit where the parents had been granted residency on the basis of parentage of an Irish citizen child. This permission appears to have been renewed on a regular basis by her local Immigration Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of family dependency on 20 April, 2011. This permission is currently valid until 18 January, 2014. Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that these so-called 'dissident republicans' are no more than criminal terrorists using violence in pursuit of their own, often personal, ends. They also maintain more than just a nodding acquaintance with organised criminals in funding themselves and their activities. Indeed, these paramilitaries are deeply involved in criminal activities. Countering the threat...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that valid applications for a certificate of naturalisation were received from the persons referred to by the Deputy in December 2007. The applications are currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme, which was devised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, commenced on 1 July, 2011 and was originally scheduled to run on a pilot basis until the end of October, 2012. It allows tourists or business people who have lawfully entered the UK, including Northern Ireland, on a valid UK visa to travel on to Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the investigation into the matter referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his operational requirements. I am advised by the Garda authorities that a new contract for the provision of Garda cars has recently been put in place following a tender process organised by the National Procurement Service. In addition, I can confirm that a number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 319 together. As of the 31 August 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, there were 13,531 Gardaí, just over 1,000 Reserve Gardaí and over 2,000 civilian staff in the Garda Síochána. With the exception of recruitment to the Garda Reserve which is of a voluntary nature, the moratorium on recruitment still...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the charges referred to by the Deputy are currently provided for under the Road Traffic Act 1994 (Detention of Vehicles) Regulations 2011. These Regulations fall within the remit of my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and I understand that they came into operation on 15 September 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for the establishment of the Garda Reserve. The first intake to the Garda Reserve in Templemore Garda College was on 30 September 2006. Members of the Garda Reserve provide invaluable services to the organisation and its current strength is now just over 1,000. I would like to place on record my appreciation of the members of the Reserve who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, public expenditure must be reduced to a sustainable level. This means, among other things, reducing expenditure on public service pay, whether by reducing headcount or otherwise. This is particularly so in those public service bodies where pay forms an especially large part of overall expenditure, such as the Garda Síochána where 90% of expenditure is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that as of the 31 August 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, there were 13,531 Gardaí, just over 1000 Reserve Gardaí and over 2,000 civilian staff in the Garda Síochána. A breakdown of Garda strength in each Garda Division is in the table attached. The Deputy will note that some Garda Divisions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy lodged an application for a permanent residence card (EU3) on 3rd September 2012 under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 and 2008. Regulation 16 of the Regulations provides that a non-EEA national family member of a Union citizen...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned and his family entered the State on 10 September 2004 and lodged asylum applications. Their asylum applications were considered by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Both bodies concluded that the persons concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as refugees. Arising from the refusal of their respective...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is located in the Clontarf Garda Sub-District. The local Garda management is aware of the circumstances referred to and is providing appropriate responses. I am further informed that a dedicated Community Garda is assigned to this specific area and is aware of the incidents in question. The Community Garda regularly patrols...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: Difficulties experienced by property owners arising from trees and high hedges on neighbouring land were raised in the Dáil and Seanad during passage of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. My Department consulted on the matter with the Law Reform Commission, which had been involved in drafting the 2009 Act, and it took the view that unreasonable interference caused by high...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, Article 35.4.1°of the Constitution provides that "A judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court shall not be removed from office except for stated misbehaviour or incapacity, and then only upon resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann calling for his removal". Short of removal from office following such an impeachment process,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that a decision has issued in respect of the visa application referred to. The visa application was submitted to the Irish Embassy in Belgrade on 18 May 2012. It was received in the Visa Office in Dublin for processing on 6 June 2012. A decision was made on the application on 20 September 2012. While applicants are advised to make their visa application at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: Section 15 of the Fines Act 2010, which has not yet been commenced, provides for the payment of fines by instalments. To avail of this facility, a person must apply to the court and the court must be satisfied that requiring the person to pay the fine in full by the due date would impose undue hardship. It is not an automatic facility open to all persons on whom fines are imposed. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (25 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 323 and 324 together. 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. Inquiries to establish the identity of the human remains referred to by the Deputy have not yielded any positive results to date. Consideration is now being...