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Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that due to technical difficulties, the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available at this time. I will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that due to technical difficulties, the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available at this time. I will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship section of my Department in September 2006. Officials in that section inform me that processing of the applications has commenced and the files will be forwarded to me for a decision in the coming months. I will inform the Deputy and the persons in question...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have no statutory function in relation to the assignment of staff within the Property Registration Authority (formerly Land Registry). I understand that the matter concerned is under consideration by management in the Authority, and I have asked that they contact the Deputy directly in the matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have asked the Garda Commissioner for his views on the issue raised by the Deputy and I will be in contact with the Deputy when these are to hand.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I wish to inform the Deputy that there has been no funding or financial support given by my Department to any agency, body, community, religion or other group or organisation in the United States in the years 2000 to date in 2008.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of Thursday, 3 April 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 14 May 2003 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of Thursday 3 April 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The first named person concerned arrived in the State on 15 December 2002, accompanied by two of her children, and made an application for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I understand that the Deputy's question has also been submitted to my colleague the Minister for Education and Science, whose Department does of course have lead responsibility for these matters. Nevertheless, and arising from my Department's specific involvement in the field of Youth Diversion and Young Person's Probation Services, there are a number of projects funded by us which come...

Written Answers — Rural Policing: Rural Policing (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 47 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that engagement with the rural community and rural policing are key priorities of the Garda Síochána. Rural Policing is continually being reviewed and developed and the enhanced liaison structures between Garda Management and Local Authorities through Joint Policing Committees and Community Policing...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position is that section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 provides for the making of regulations specifying particulars to be affixed to containers in which intoxicating liquor is sold for consumption off licensed premises which are adequate to enable the licensee and the licensed premises concerned to be identified. However, while the labelling of containers in which alcohol is...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As I indicated in my reply to an earlier question on the same topic on 31 January last (No. 224), work on the scheme of the Judicial Council Bill to build on the report of the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Ethics is at an advanced stage of development in my Department. Consultations on the proposed Bill have, as is usual in the development of any legislative proposals, taken place with...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The information requested by the Deputy concerning the numbers of cases of murder recorded in which firearms were used in each year from 1998 to date in 2008, the number of prosecutions initiated and the number of convictions secured is set out in the table below. Figures provided for 2008 are provisional, operational and liable to change. The detection rate for murders by its nature...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am committed to ensuring that all prisons are drug free in line with the commitments contained in the Irish Prison Service Drugs Policy and Strategy and I will continue to pursue strategies to achieve that objective. Drugs have a pernicious effect both on prisoners and on the prison system itself and they must be eradicated. However, this is not a problem that can be solved overnight. One...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that they believe criminal groups or individuals are using young people in Limerick City to facilitate the commission of serious criminal acts. I condemn the manipulation by criminal gangs of young people in this way. This issue is of particular concern in relation to gang related criminal activity in Limerick. Addressing gang and feud related...

Written Answers — Jury Service: Jury Service (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 607 together. Under the law as it stands, the Juries Act 1976 provides that every citizen aged 18 years or upwards and under the age of 70 years is qualified and liable to serve as a juror. Persons excusable from jury service as of right include those aged 65 years or upwards and under the age of 70 years. Prior to the Act of 1976 the upper age was 65...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 555 together. I intend to bring the contents of the Report of the Alcohol Advisory Group to the attention of Government in the very near future and, at the same time, seek Government approval of my proposals for the implementation of recommendations contained in the Report. As the Deputy is aware, the Group was asked to examine the following areas of...

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I can inform the Deputy that the Linkage Programme is a National training and employment initiative designed to create a link between employers and ex-offenders. It was established in February, 2000, and is funded by my Department, under the National Development Plan, as a joint project between Business in the Community Ireland (BITC) and the Probation Service. In the current year the...

Written Answers — Departmental Inquiries: Departmental Inquiries (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I welcome Mr Hartnett's report which constitutes a detailed and independent examination by an eminent and experienced senior counsel of the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of Brian Rossiter. I accept the findings of the Inquiry. I have been advised that publication of the report in full is not possible for legal reasons. Instead I published a comprehensive summary last...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: My proposals for the Scheme of a Civil Partnership Bill were circulated to Government Departments on 14 March, 2008, and are at present the subject of consultations with the relevant Departments and the Attorney General. They will shortly be formally submitted to Government after which the Scheme of the Bill will be published. I stated in the Dáil on 31 October, 2007, that I would bring...