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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assume that the Deputy's question relates to the scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service which applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. In the past 12 months, awards under the scheme were paid to 10 staff of my Department and 9 heads of agency. Details of individual awards made under the performance-related scheme are not disclosed on the basis...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of civil servants in my Department who transferred to other Government Departments or left the Civil Service in each of the past five years is provided below: 2003 2004 2005 2006 To 31 October 2007 198 208 138 259* 260 *This figure excludes the transfer of 1,345 civilians in An Garda Síochána to the control of the Garda Commissioner, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, with...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There have been no allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing reported to my Department by Departmental Staff.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship section of my Department in March 2005. Officials in that section inform me that there has been some confusion regarding a valid address for the persons concerned. As correspondence sent to the address provided by the couple has gone unanswered, officials...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2007)

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 December 2006. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received at the beginning of 2005 and have approximately 10,400 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The cold case review of the Grangegorman murders indicates that further analysis based on advances in technology may progress the matter. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Forensic Science Laboratory has been requested to progress this analysis, which is ongoing.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Athenry Garda station forms part of the Galway West Garda Division and the personnel strength of that Division on the 31 October 2007, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 419. The personnel strength of Athenry Garda Station on the same date was 5. Local Garda management is satisfied that policing in the area adequately caters for the needs of the community. It is...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2007)

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 April 2004. When my predecessor considered the application of the person in question in November 2006, it was decided to defer making a final decision in this case until mid 2007. The person concerned was notified of this position...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I wish to inform the Deputy that the first child of the person concerned, who was born in Ireland in 2002, is an Irish citizen by virtue of their birth in the island of Ireland prior to 1 January 2005. The second child was born in the State in 2007, after the 2004 constitutional referendum, and as such is not a citizen of the State by virtue alone of their birth here. As neither of the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed that the Immigration Division of my Department has been in contact with the person in question. In order for the matter to be processed to a successful conclusion it will be necessary for the applicant to provide evidence of his EU spouse's employment details in the State. Upon receipt of such evidence the application will be further considered.

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this and the CSO has established a...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 it is open to me to set policing priorities for An Garda Síochána. I recently announced these priorities for 2008. One of the priorities I have set is to combat, particularly in cooperation with other agencies and the community generally, the problems of public disorder with particular emphasis on alcohol related behaviour (including under age drinking)...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have announced the award of the grant of €200,000 to a group for the area in Dublin 8 to which the Deputy refers under the Community-based CCTV Scheme. The grant comprises €100,000 from my Department and matching RAPID area funding of €100,000 from the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. The details are available to the Deputy on my Department's website...

Written Answers — Maternity Leave: Maternity Leave (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am aware of the comments that have been expressed by the Citizens Information Board. The Maternity Protection (Protection of Mothers who are Breast-feeding) Regulations 2004 make provision for an employee who is breast-feeding to take 1 hour off from her work each working day as a breast-feeding break without loss of pay, until the child is 6 months old. The Regulations were framed in the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 356 on 31 January 2007. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The decision regarding matters related to the IBC/05 Scheme, which my Department is currently awaiting from the Supreme Court, is expected in the current legal term.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 includes proposals to amend the Juries Act 1976. These amendments would: allow for a jury to separate before or after retirement to consider their verdict for such period or periods as the judge might allow; increase the maximum fines for offences under the Act; and remove and redefine the class of persons ineligible for jury service...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I can inform the Deputy that my original response on this subject contained a considerable amount of detail, including the date of establishment of more than 50 bodies under my Department's aegis, along with their budget and staffing in 2007. As I have indicated previously, it would not be feasible for my Department to compile equivalent information back to 1997 without the application of a...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which provides for civil proceedings in relation to anti-social behaviour by adults, was commenced on 1 January, 2007. Part 13 of the Act relating to anti-social behaviour by children was commenced on 1 March, 2007. These provisions set out an incremental procedure for addressing anti-social behaviour by adults and children. With regard to children,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for residence in the State on the sole basis of marriage to an Irish national was received from the person in question in July 2007 and was acknowledged on 9 August 2007. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently take up to twelve months to process. It should be noted that marriage to an...