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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 529 together. The table below sets out details of organisations which are in receipt of funding from my Department. The table includes details of the amount of funding provided in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Year 2009 2010 2011 AGENCY FUNDING Civil Defence Board €6.148m €6.061m €5.585m Coiste an Asgard €830,000 Nil Nil COSTS ARISING FROM EU...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Museums: Defence Forces Museums (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Columb Barracks museum collection is primarily associated with the history of the 4th Field Artillery Regiment. It is presently intended to make provision to house the museum collection in a suitable location in Custume Bks, Athlone, where the 4th Field Artillery Regiment is now located. This arrangement is in keeping with the normal military practice and tradition. The majority of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Details of allowances paid to staff in the Department of Defence as requested by the Deputy are set out in the tables below. Allowances paid to Civil Servants of the Department are as follows: Allowances paid to staff in 2012 Rate Taxable Private Secretary to the Minister &Minister of State €19,653.00 per annum Taxable Private Secretary to Secretary General €10,405.00 per annum...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: Recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is ongoing but limited due to resource constraints. The current budgetary provision provides for approximately 30,000 paid training man-days. In 2011 and 2012, I sanctioned paid training man-days to include support for the training of new recruits to the RDF. This was sufficient to train approximately 400 recruits during 2011 and 2012. The...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: The State agencies under the aegis of the Department of Defence are the Civil Defence Board and the Army Pensions Board. The Civil Defence Act 2002 provides that the Board shall consist of at least eight but not more than fourteen members who shall be appointed by the Minister for Defence. Legislation is currently being drafted to dissolve the Civil Defence Board and transfer the functions...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jul 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present the Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill to the House. The aim of the Bill is to address the implications of the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Ali Charaf Damache v. the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland and the Attorney General, which was delivered on 23 February this year. In the case the...

Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position is that Part 8 (Chapter 1) of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 updated the law concerning the acquisition of easements, including rights of way. Section 35 of the Act, which entered into operation on 1 December 2009, contained specific provisions in respect of easements acquired by prescription, i.e. acquired on the basis of long enjoyment of the easement concerned....

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is based on agreed priorities established by An Garda Síochána. The programme is progressed in co-operation with the Office of Public Works, who have responsibility for capital expenditure in respect of Garda accommodation. I am advised by the Garda authorities that they are currently engaging with the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the Garda Síochána and I have no function in that matter. I have been informed by the Commissioner that Malin Garda Station is open to the public from 6pm to 7pm Monday to Friday. When Malin Garda Station is not open Public Access Call Box and Call...

Written Answers — Legal Services Regulation: Legal Services Regulation (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: During the Second Stage debate on the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 which concluded on 23rd February, I recalled to the House the decision taken in May 2011 not to proceed with the appointment of a Legal Services Ombudsman. This is because the oversight model proposed in the Legal Services Ombudsman Act of 2009 does not meet this Government's policy commitment to greater independence...

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Vehicles within the Office Holder fleet form part of the overall Garda fleet. In that context I am informed by the Garda authorities that, following a competitive tender competition, seventeen vehicles allocated to the Office Holder fleet were disposed of by public auction in 2012 and that the total amount secured for the Exchequer was €44,448. Currently, there are twenty-two vehicles...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that local Garda management is aware of difficulties being experienced by local residents through anti-social behaviour, particularly during periods of good weather when there is an influx of visitors to the locality. I am further informed that policing measures are in place to address difficulties experienced by local residents due to public disorder...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person referred to by the Deputy is a national of the Philippines and in accordance with Statutory Instrument 345 of 2011 Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (No 2) Order 2011 is required to be in possession of a valid Irish visa when seeking entry to the State. The visa application was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 16 November 2011. Following full consideration, the visa officer...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person referred to by the Deputy is a national of the Philippines and in accordance with Statutory Instrument 345 of 2011 Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (No 2) Order 2011 is required to be in possession of a valid Irish visa when seeking entry to the State. The visa application was received in the Visa Office, Dublin, on the 18 November 2011. Following full consideration, the visa...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 23 November, 2009, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned and her two children applied for asylum on 25 October 2006. The two children were included on their mother's asylum application. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned and her two children were entitled to remain in the State until her application for asylum was decided. The person concerned and her two children's asylum...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in April, 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision in due course. It is recognised that all applicants for...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in April, 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and the applicant will be informed of my decision in due course. It is recognised that all applicants for...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Applications: Naturalisation Applications (28 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in April 2012. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person in question did not meet the statutory residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality...