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Written Answers — Money Laundering: Money Laundering (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy will know, effective anti-money laundering legislation has been in place in this jurisdiction since the enactment of the Criminal Justice Act 1994. Later amendments to this Act are contained in the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 and the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005. These statutes ensure our full compliance with the 1st and 2nd EU Money...

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Domestic Violence Act 1996 makes substantial provision for victims of domestic violence who are not married to their abuser. A person may apply for a safety order if he or she has been living with a person as husband and wife for six months in aggregate of the previous twelve, and may apply for a barring order if he or she has been living with a person for six months in aggregate of the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Lawful interception in this jurisdiction is governed by the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993. That Act sets out clearly the conditions justifying interception for the purposes of criminal investigation or in the interests of the security of the State. It also sets out clearly the procedures required to authorise an interception. In...

Written Answers — Organised Criminal Gangs: Organised Criminal Gangs (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that there are two categories of organised crime groups operating in this jurisdiction. The first category consists of individuals / groups that are well established and tightly structured and are involved in drug trafficking, armed robbery and firearms offences. The second category involves groups whose activities are characterised by less cohesive group structures and...

Written Answers — Commissions of Investigation: Commissions of Investigation (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 28 May 2008. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table contains the number of cases of murder recorded in which firearms were used, the number of prosecutions initiated and the number of convictions secured in each year from 1998 to 2007 and in 2008 up to the end of May. Figures provided for 2008 are provisional, operational and liable to change. The detection rate for murders by...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: My predecessor has already accepted the findings of the Hartnett Report as has the Garda Commissioner. Nonetheless I am constrained in what I can say due to the fact that civil proceedings have been instituted by the Rossiter family and those proceedings are ongoing. In addition an inquest into Brian Rossiter's death is also ongoing. However, I can say that the Garda Commissioner has...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The requirements for the Ministerial fleet are subject to regular review and assessment in order to ensure that the most suitable vehicles are purchased having regard to a range of criteria including overall cost, emissions and fuel efficiency bearing in mind the function of the vehicles and their suitability for the specific transport requirements involved. The current contract in place for...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: As I indicated in replies to previous questions in this matter on 28 May, 2008, I hope to bring my proposals for legislation before the Government shortly.

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Restorative justice principles underpin the Children Act, 2001, as amended. The Act introduced a comprehensive set of restorative justice provisions, all with the aim of diverting children from further criminal behaviour by making the offenders more directly accountable for their actions and by giving a greater voice to victims of crime. Essentially, there are two approaches to restorative...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The following table shows the number of Immigration Officers working at approved airports throughout the country, on a full/part-time basis: Airport Full-Time Part-Time Dublin Airport 121 — Waterford 2 2 Cork 9 2 Farranfore, Kerry 1 8 Shannon 13 — Galway 5 1 Knock 8 — Sligo 1 14 Carrickfin, Donegal — 4 Members of An Garda Síochána who have been appointed as Immigration...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to the Replies to similar Questions on 28 May 2008 (ref: 21093/08) and 17 April 2008 (1405/08). Contacts between officials of my Department and interested groups have been maintained and the next meeting with the Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) is scheduled for 16 July 2008.

Written Answers — Licensing Laws: Licensing Laws (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from recommendations in the Report of the Government Alcohol Advisory Group, section 8 of the Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008, which is currently before the House, contains proposals for structural separation of alcohol products in mixed trading premises such as supermarkets and convenience stores. Following publication of the Bill, organisations representing supermarkets, convenience...

Written Answers — Licensing Laws: Licensing Laws (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008, which is currently before the House, provides for increases in fines for certain offences under the Licensing Acts, including the sale of intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 years of age and the supply of such liquor to persons under the age of 18 years by persons other than licensees. The Bill also provides that a minimum closure period of two days...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to has been approved.

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill will provide for the establishment on a statutory basis of the Property Services Regulatory Authority which is currently operating on a non-statutory basis. The primary task of the Authority will be to maintain and improve standards in the property services sector by means of a licensing system and a system for investigating and adjudicating on...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 792 to 794, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is as follows. Mr Ciarán Ó Cuinn was appointed as my Special Advisor with effect from 7 May, 2008. Mr Richard Moore was appointed as my Press Advisor from the same date. Both Mr Ó Cuinn and Mr Moore are paid at the Principal Officer Standard Scale (€84,066 — €103,982). In addition...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that the Data Protection Commissioner has issued guidelines on the use of CCTV generally. These guidelines are available to the Deputy on the Data Protection Commissioner's website: www.dataprotection.ie The question of security in accommodation centres for asylum seekers is a matter in the first instance for the owners/operators of the centres. I am informed that CCTV...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The report of the Value for Money (VFM) review of Asylum and Immigration was published on my Department's website in November 2006. The Review was carried out during a period of significant change, a key feature of which was falling numbers of asylum applications in the State and very significant increases in numbers for other immigration services. The outcome of the review was a...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that a review of certain aspects of its capital expenditure programme was commissioned in June 2006 under the framework of the Expenditure Review Initiative of the Department of Finance. The report of the independent review group was published in August 2007. The review concluded that the response made by the Irish authorities,...