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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person to whom he refers was granted permission to remain in the State in 2001 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission was renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 15 October, 2012. However, I am informed that the Garda National Immigration Bureau card of the person concerned was...

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: If we were in the situation any of these people were put in, God only knows how we would react. It is proven that any time these protocols have been adhered to, the operation has ended successfully. When they have not been complied with, for whatever reason, there has been an unsuccessful operation. The protocols are not used on their own in these instances. I would not want the message to...

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: At no stage did I suggest a kidnap tax or an increase in taxation.

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It is disappointing that we in this country cannot have a rational discussion on a matter of life and death for bank officials. I have met the Irish Bank Officials Association, IBOA, bank managements and the Garda Síochána. They told me that one of the difficulties highlighted by these incidents is the preponderance of cash in our banks and society. The more cash, the more opportunities...

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I was trying to make a point. Given that our society is on the other side of the scale in terms of its level of cash, we as a society must examine the issue.

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I most certainly did not.

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The shrill, hysterical, incorrect and disingenuous press statements by Deputy Shatter and his like will not-----

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: -----solve one iota of the difficulties posed to the bank staff who must live with this danger on a daily basis. I was trying to make a genuine point in response to the suggestion that there might have been a better way to go about this. Deputy Shatter stated that criminals were going from issue to issue. The number of tiger kidnappings is significant, but that was not the case heretofore.

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: ATM machines were being raided by robbers.

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Due to changes in protocols and operations and through working with the PSNI, such raids are not as frequent as they once were. Regarding tiger kidnappings-----

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: -----criminals are moving down the chain of bank staff. It is the case that this crime is a moving target, but it would be disingenuous of the Deputy or anyone to imply-----

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: -----that I was suggesting additional taxation on people in this day and age.

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: To be honest, it does Deputy Shatter no-----

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that the Garda Síochána is aware of reports which indicate continuing efforts by dissident groups and criminal networks to become involved in the security industry. As is the case with all incidents of criminality that are reported or become known to the Garda, such incidents relating to the operation of licensed premises or nightclubs are the subject of Garda investigation...

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Any nightclub owner with difficulties in this regard must communicate with the Garda Síochána, which will act on the complaint as the rightful body to respond. When the Oireachtas passed the Act in 2004, it did not decide that everyone with a criminal record should be barred from working in the private security area. Rather, it took a more sensible approach because criminal records can be...

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: However, there may be people with criminal records who are using force in some instances. The PSA is the regulatory authority in this respect. The individual and the contractor must be licensed. Under section 22 of the Act, the authority shall not issue a licence to someone who "is not a fit and proper person to provide a security service". Since its inception, approximately 36,000 checks...

Garda Investigations (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda has a number of specialist units that investigate issues like this constantly. It needs no encouragement from me.

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The report by the World Health Organisation relies primarily on data from a variety of medical and health related sources across Europe. In the case of Ireland, the data comes, essentially, from the CSO's medical and health related data, rather than from crime statistics. Statistics on deaths are compiled from data supplied on the medical cause of death certificate completed by medical...

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I do not debunk the WHO statistics. I merely pointed out what was in its report and the fact that the statistics are compiled from medical records. The Central Statistics Office has compiled figures in regard to murder and manslaughter on the basis of dedicated crime statistics. Although the Deputy quoted the level of killings, the figure for this type of killing for 2007 was 32. He did...

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: -----that there has been a reduction since 2007 based on the crime statistics. It is the case there is a level of crime in this regard which nobody in this society wants. That is the reason I introduced the specific gangland crime and handgun ban legislation, about which the Deputy's party was somewhat watery.