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Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Order for Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, line 11, after " 1961," to insert "THE COURTS ACT 1964,". The purpose of amendment No. 8 is to permit personal service of documents by persons other than an official summons server, as an alternative to service by registered post, in proceedings in the District Court to which that section applies and in Circuit Court proceedings. The amendment will provide...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will arrange for the Courts Service to give the information to Deputy Flanagan on the statistics for the different forms of service. The Deputy is correct that we are removing any statutory basis for the suggestion that there should be a localised system of service in the different circuit counties or district areas. The District Court has made proposals to me which are in the course of...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, line 16, after "1954," to insert "THE SOLICITORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1960,". Solicitors appointed to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal by the President of the High Court must be practising at the time of their appointment, which is a basic legislative requirement. This has been interpreted as requiring that the solicitor holds a practising certificate for...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That is out of the question. One must have a practising certificate at the time of one's appointment. A retired solicitor cannot be appointed. All we are providing for here is that if somebody is appointed while he or she is a solicitor, that person can serve out his or her term when he or she retires.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Deputy O'Shea raised an interesting but wider point. We are dealing with the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. There are persons appointed to this tribunal who are not solicitors and there are persons appointed who are solicitors and they must be solicitors in virtue of their appointment. I am not sure it would be desirable to have someone appointed in that capacity who was not a solicitor...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, lines 17 and 18, to delete "THE GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956,". This is a technical amendment to reflect a change in the Long Title following an amendment made to the Bill on Committee Stage.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, line 13, to delete "section 23" and substitute "sections 23 and 24". Likewise, this is a technical change to the collective citation to reflect an amendment made to the Bill on Committee Stage.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: 6.—Section 88 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 is amended by inserting the following after subsection (4): "(5) For the purposes of this section (including any warrant under subsection (1))— (a) subject to paragraphs (b) to (g), "county" means a county as referred to in section 10 of the Local Government...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Interesting points have been raised by both Deputies. I agree with Deputy Flanagan; in a sense this is a halfway house. During the term of office of my predecessor, a doubt was raised about the validity of the appointment of peace commissioners in the Dublin area because of the tripartite division of the county and hence we have this amendment to put that issue beyond doubt. I agree with...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, to delete lines 12 to 18 and substitute the following: 7.—Section 48 of the Court Officers Act 1926 is amended—— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) by inserting "by regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972" after "him by statute", and (ii) by inserting "by such regulations" after "provided by statute", and (b) by inserting the...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: What Deputy O'Shea advocates already happens; there is already pooling of District Court clerks. The temporary assignment is done by a formal document signed by a senior member of staff in the Courts Service who has due delegation from the board. This is a very inflexible, time-consuming and cumbersome arrangement. The amendment is necessary to allow for an oral direction with a written...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The National Drugs Strategy 2001 to 2008 contained a commitment to continue to implement the recommendations of the Steering Group on Prison-Based Drug Treatment Services which dealt only with the area covered by the then Eastern Regional Health Authority and recommended the recruitment of an additional 9 Nurse Officers. Since the publication of the National Drugs Strategy there has been an...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Irish Prison Service is currently rolling out its Drugs Policy and Strategy — entitled Keeping Drugs out of Prison. This drugs strategy was launched in May 2006 and significant progress has been made to date in its implementation. Drug rehabilitation programmes for prisoners involve a significant multidimensional input by a diverse range of general and specialist services provided both...

Written Answers — Child Detention Centres: Child Detention Centres (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: On 1 March 2007 the four children detention schools, based in Finglas and Oberstown, were transferred from the Department of Education and Science to the Irish Youth Justice Service of my Department. Three of the children detention schools are located at Oberstown, Co. Dublin, and facilities include a stand alone six-bed unit which is, I believe, the unit to which the Deputy refers. This unit...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 21 December 2003 and made an application for asylum the following day. 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. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 to 403, inclusive, together. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of Community Gardaí based in the Wicklow/Wexford Garda Division on 31 December, 2007 (the latest date for which figures are readily available) was 4. These members are based in Wexford Garda Station. The number of Community Gardaí based in the Louth/Meath Garda...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 6 March 2004 and claimed 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. The person concerned was informed by letter dated 13 February 2006 that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her and...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the proposed new prison facilities at Thornton Hall will cater for a greater number of women prisoners than is currently provided for at the Dóchas Centre. As the Deputy is aware, the Dóchas Centre was designed to accommodate 80 women. However, since the facility was commissioned it regularly accommodates prisoner numbers in excess of its...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship section of my Department in May 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in mid-2005 and have approximately 12,000 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally dealt with...