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Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Although enacted in response to exceptional events, the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 is not extraordinary legislation but forms an important element of the criminal law targeting the ongoing threat of terrorism. There no plans at present to change these provisions; however, they are kept under constant review as to their necessity and effectiveness. As I have indicated to...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Members of An Garda Síochána are, of course, aware that Irish citizens are not required to carry proof of their citizenship. Section 12 of the Immigration Act 2004 allows members of An Garda Síochána to require a non-national to produce on demand a valid passport or other equivalent document, issued by or on behalf of an authority recognised by the Government, which establishes his or her...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: For all pensionable staff, assuming they have 40 years reckonable service, the amount of their pension, whether combined with a Social Welfare pension or not, will in general amount to half the rate of pay they were receiving at the time of their retirement. Lump sum benefits, again assuming 40 years reckonable service, would be one and a half times the rate of pay at the time of retirement....

Written Answers — Gangland Crime: Gangland Crime (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: It is not possible, without the expenditure of an inordinate amount of time and resources, to provide statistics on specific crimes attributable to gangland activity in the manner requested by the Deputy. The figures for headline offences recorded for each Garda Division from 1994 to 2002 are available in the Garda Annual Reports for those years, copies of which are available in the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 7 March, 2003 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned was informed by letter dated 22 September, 2004, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first person mentioned in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in March 2005. Officials in that Section inform me that processing of the application has commenced and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in the coming months. An application for a certificate of naturalisation...

Written Answers — Travel Documentation: Travel Documentation (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question's son was issued with a Travel Document on 19 July 2008. The Travel Document is valid until 18 July 2009.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 197 of Tuesday, 14 October 2008, in this matter. As stated in that Reply, the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 7 February 2008, of his entitlement to apply, within a prescribed time period, for Subsidiary Protection in the State in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for...

Written Answers — Restorative Justice: Restorative Justice (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Interim Report of the National Commission on Restorative Justice was published on the 21st May, 2008 and the interim recommendations are currently being examined by Officials in my Department. I expect to receive the final report from the National Commission by June, 2009.The work done to date on examining the issues surrounding the interim recommendations will feed into the decision...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: ——in the not too distant future. The use of weapons by gang members is a matter of particular concern. I fully support the comments which the Garda Commissioner made at the Committee of Public Accounts last week about licensed handguns. The Commissioner acknowledged at the meeting that I have raised this matter with him on many occasions over the past number of months. Since I became...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I told the Deputy last week, but he wanted to proceed with an FOI.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy opposed them.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy opposed them, let us be frank about it, he and his pseudo-liberal colleagues.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The CSO collects the statistics for the State.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have provided the money for it.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: It was coming this week anyway.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to share time with Deputy Sean Connick.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: condemns all unlawful killings and the criminal disregard for human life they demonstrate and expresses its sympathy to the families of the victims of all such killings; condemns in particular the recent killing in Limerick; strongly supports An Garda Síochána in its determined fight against...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: There is no entitlement to any form of release and we do not release any prisoner convicted of murder who is still considered a threat. We have never released any person involved in organised crime convicted of murder and there are prisoners who have been in prison over 30 years. Introducing a tariff of 25 years might act to prevent a Minister detaining someone for longer than 25 years,...