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Overseas Missions (17 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: There are no plans to move our troops from the Irish area of operations in southern Lebanon. There is a discrete area of operations in which the Irish UNIFIL force locate, and that will continue. Fortunately, the position is still relatively quiet within our area of operations. There is continued vigilance to ensure that our troops are secure and are in a position to undertake the...

Overseas Missions (17 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: The initial mission for the monitors is a 90 day mission. The Deputy might be interested in incidents involving the observers that have occurred in recent days and are a cause of concern. UN reports indicate that the UN supervision mission in Syria had advised the UN that shortly after 2 p.m. local time on 15 May a convoy of four vehicles was struck by an explosion from an improvised...

Overseas Missions (17 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I receive any updates required, bearing in mind circumstances as they evolve. I am maintaining a continuing interest and closely monitoring what is happening. In reply to Deputy O'Sullivan, we have small numbers of members of the Deafens Forces located in different parts of the world engaged in UN authorised missions and they are performing important and useful functions. In parts of the...

Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with the roles assigned to them in the White Paper on Defence, the Air Corps is committed to providing support to the civil authorities including Government agencies such as the National Park & Wildlife Service, NPWS, which is the agency responsible for monitoring activity on raised bog special areas of conservation. As part of the efforts to ensure Ireland's compliance with the...

Written Answers — Interdepartmental Committees: Interdepartmental Committees (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 516 on 14 February last. The Committee has indicated their intention to conclude their work by mid year. Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 516 on Tuesday 14th February, 2012 The Inter-Departmental Committee, under the independent chairmanship of Senator Martin McAleese, submitted an interim progress report last October which...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: On receipt of the third Compliance Report on the RRAI Code of Practice on the Display and Sale of Alcohol in Mixed Trading Premises, I launched a public consultation process inviting views on the Report and, more generally, on the voluntary approach to implementing structural separation of alcohol products in supermarkets, convenience stores and other mixed trading outlets. Following an...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to the letter which issued to him on 23 April 2012 in response to the earlier questions. That correspondence clarified that 48 members in the Donegal Division are in receipt of the Gaeltacht Allowance and are attached to the stations outlined in the below table. Station Na Brocacha Milford An Craosloch Na Gleannta Kilmacrennan An Fál Carrach Anagaire Na Cealla Beaga...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 to 146, inclusive, together. These questions relate to the spending and procurement policy of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, which is responsible for the accommodation of persons while their applications for international protection are being...

Written Answers — Management of Sex Offenders: Management of Sex Offenders (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is understood that the Deputy is referring to an individual who is residing in accommodation provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Arrangements in that respect are a matter for the HSE for which I have no responsibility as Minister. However, more generally, I can advise that issues in relation to the management of sex offenders in the community were considered in detail in two...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: In general, a person who has been made subject to a Deportation Order would have to apply to have the Deportation Order revoked under Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). It is only where such a person has succeeded in their application to have the Deportation Order against them revoked that they can subsequently be granted residency in the State. If the Deputy, or the...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the data requested for the quantities, type and estimated values of drugs seized in An Garda Síochána's Galway Division are outlined in the tables below. Figures are provided by the Garda Síochána Analyst Service and are based on quarterly data produced by the Forensic Science Laboratory. The Programme for Government affirms the Government's...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of personnel specifically assigned to the Garda Drug Unit in Galway on 30 April 2009 and 30 April 2012 was 13 and 12 respectively. The total Divisional strength on each of those dates was 590 and 582 respectively. The problem of drug misuse is tackled in a coordinated and integrated way under the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Acer is one of the specific burglary related initiatives which are being implemented in each Garda Region in support of Operation Fiacla, which is a nationwide operation targeting mobile gangs involved in burglaries. Operation Acer has a focussed, targeted and integrated approach to tackling criminals involved in committing burglaries in...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: Operation Marton is a policing operation which was commenced in 2008 by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The Operation involved the targeting of suspected trafficking and/or smuggling of non-EEA nationals into this jurisdiction, through Northern Ireland. A significant level of cross-border cooperation between the law enforcement authorities in Northern Ireland and An Garda...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for a period of five years on the 13 February 2007 on the basis that he was the Spouse of an EU citizen who was residing in the State and in exercise of her EU Treaty Rights. It then appears that on 4 April 2011 the person concerned advised the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that he was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his 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 28 July 2011, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Interdepartmental Committees: Interdepartmental Committees (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I presume that the Deputy is referring to Statutory Instrument No. 486 of 2011 - Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2011. This instrument deals only with data protection issues and in particular allows sensitive personal data to be disclosed to and processed by the inter-departmental committee charged with establishing the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy, in referring to "misbehaviour" of children, means behaviour of a criminal nature or anti-social behaviour. I wish to inform the Deputy that the Children Act 2001, as amended, provides for a number of measures in relation to parental responsibility in respect of children aged 12 to 17 who are found guilty of offences or who are involved in anti-social behaviour. Section...