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Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed that the practice of use of a stamped signature, in place of a manuscript signature, by District Court judges is long standing and was most recently held to be valid in the case of DPP -v- McCormack [1984 1 I.R. 77]. The Deputy will be aware that Section 14 of the Courts Act 1971 (as amended by section 23 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008) also makes...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will recall that in September 2011, I announced that the Government had agreed to my proposals for the preparation of new legislation on the regulation of gambling. As a result we now have an opportunity to address several areas that are not within the scope of the present laws and to bring our regulatory and enforcement systems into line with best international practice. I am...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda vehicles is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified policing requirements. I am informed by the Garda authorities that on 31 December 2011 there were 375 vehicles allocated to the Garda Traffic Corps and there were 316 vehicles allocated to the Traffic Corps as at 1 June 2012. I am further advised that the deployment of...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Our prostitution legislation is currently under review. As part of that review, I have announced a public consultation process to inform the future direction of legislation in this area. A detailed discussion document to facilitate and get the public consultation underway will be published shortly. My immediate priority following completion of the consultation process will be to publish a...

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Working Group I appointed to advise me on practical issues in relation to the merger of the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission to form a new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission considered the question of the location of the new body. As already announced, the Government has approved the Working Group's recommendation that the new Commission should operate from a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The conditions are that the applicant must - · be of full age · be of good character · have had a period of one year's continuous residency in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The condition for foreign nationals to have private health insurance only applies to certain categories of residence permission and is in place to ensure that no additional undue burdens are placed on the public funded health service. These categories include for example, students, investors, entrepreneurs, religious and lay volunteers. It is not a general condition for residency status.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I assume the Deputy is referring to the current Long Term Residence scheme under which spouses of persons who have been granted Long Term Residency on Stamp 4 conditions for 5 years, are entitled to permission to remain in the State on a Stamp 3 (Dependants Stamp) for 5 years, once they also have accrued the required 60 months reckonable residence in the State on Stamp 3 conditions and meet...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 - 2007, the Commissioner is required to submit, before November of each year, a policing plan for the forthcoming year. In preparing the Policing Plan, the Garda Commissioner reviews all aspects of the Garda Síochána's policing model, including the deployment of personnel, the utilisation of modern technologies and the operation of Garda stations, both...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: Under the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 - 2007, the Commissioner is required to submit, before November of each year, a policing plan for the forthcoming year. In preparing the Policing Plan, the Garda Commissioner reviews all aspects of the Garda Síochána's policing model, including the deployment of personnel, the utilisation of modern technologies and the operation of Garda stations, both...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by my officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy currently has no application pending. The person referred to by the Deputy was informed on the 16th May, 2012 that they had no entitlement to a stamp 4 permission to remain but that they should apply to renew their permission to remain on student conditions at...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The position in relation to this matter remains as indicated in my written Reply to Question number 313 of 8 May 2012. I have also addressed this matter in the course of my speech and open discussion of the modernisation and reform of the legal sector at the Annual Conference of the Law Society on 14th April - the full text of the speech remains available on my Department's web-site,...

Written Answers — Public Service Remuneration: Public Service Remuneration (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The agencies associated with this Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Defence Board is a serving civil servant at Principal Officer grade. The arrangements that apply in respect of salary, pension and expenses are the same as for all Civil Service staff at this grade. No bonuses have been...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: The following organisations are in receipt of grants/funds from the Department of Defence: 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 COMMON SECURITY & DEFENCE POLICY ATHENA Committee(ATHENA Special Committee is a working body of the EU Council which administers the financing of EU military...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are a total of 5 nursing positions at various military installations that are currently filled by agency staff. A further 8 civilian employees are currently employed under fixed-term contracts. Agency or contract staff are only employed where there are compelling reasons to engage a person on either an urgent or temporary basis.

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (13 Jun 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 (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period of 12 months beginning on 30th June, 2012. This resolution will provide for the continuation in operation of section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 for a period of 12 months from 30 June 2012. Let me briefly remind the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputies Dara Calleary and Finian McGrath for their support for this measure. I regret that Deputy Jonathan O'Brien does not see fit to support it. To deal with the issues raised, as Deputies Calleary and McGrath referred to CAB, I can confirm I am continuing to engage with my European colleagues in these areas. We now have published by Commissioner Malmström a new European measure...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: I do not have hang-ups about which name is attached to it. I tend to use Derry more frequently than Londonderry simply because of my interest in soccer and catching up with what Derry City do on occasion. If my interest in soccer could bring about a situation where we had one international team representing the island of Ireland with regard to soccer, as we have in rugby, I wish we could...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Alan Shatter: In regard to Deputy McGrath's contribution, I agree it is very important we have robust laws that facilitate ensuring that those engaged in organised crime are brought to justice and, indeed, that trials can take place that are free and fair. As I pointed out, although the powers exist under this section to provide for trials in the Special Criminal Court, the Director of Public Prosecutions...