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Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1Details on the average cost of an available staffed prison space are published in the Irish Prison Service Annual Reports under three headings - Open Prisons, Closed Prisons and High Security Prisons. They are not published for individual prisons. Wheatfield Prison is a Closed Prison for which the average cost in 2010 (the latest year for which figures are available) was €71,447...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 2057In 2010, the Irish Prison Service recategorised the offence groups under which prisoners' convictions are recorded. Statistics are now compiled using the same groups as those used by An Garda Síochána, the Central Statistics Office, the Courts Service and the Probation Service. Details on persons committed to prison for non payment of court ordered fines for TV licence and road...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in January, 2010. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 2057Following 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 An Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this, and the CSO has established...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1I can inform the Deputy that since taking office I have signed the following Agreements with other Governments or foreign bodies: Memorandum of Understanding between Eolaíocht Fhóiréinseach Éireannach and Forensic Science Northern Ireland, 8 June 2011. Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Enhancing Cooperation in Preventing and...

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 2057In line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, the Personal Insolvency Bill is in the course of being urgently developed in my Department to provide for a new framework for settlement and enforcement of debt and for personal insolvency. The commitment under the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland is to publish the Bill in Quarter 1 of 2012. The Heads of the Bill,...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1The bodies under the aegis of my Department where board members and staff are required under the Ethics in Public Office Acts to complete annual returns to the Standards in Public Office Commission are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The table below sets out the numbers of board members and staff required to complete forms under the Ethics...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: It has not been possible in the time available to compile all of the information requested by the Deputy. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Net budget allocation for my Department for 2011 for Defence (Vote 36) and Army Pensions (Vote 37) was €882m. The Army Pensions Vote required a supplementary estimate of €15.6m in 2011 which was offset by savings on the Defence Vote. Provisional expenditure to 31 December 2011 at subhead level is provided below: Defence (Vote 36) - provisional Subhead Description Expenditure to...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government has decided to accept my recommendations that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force will be maintained at 9,500. I believe that this is the optimum level required to fulfil all roles assigned by Government. I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 30 November, 2011, the latest date for which details are available, was...

Written Answers — Air Corps Operations: Air Corps Operations (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 1A Service Level Agreement between my Department and the Department of Health has been in place since 2005 which formalises the arrangements for the provision of an air ambulance service by the Air Corps. This Agreement was last revised in October, 2011 and details the support provided by the Air Corps, specifically emergency inter-hospital transfers for spinal and serious injuries and...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: 2057The Defence Forces Printing Press produces a Defence Forces Calendar annually in conjunction with Military Archives. The calendar is produced as part of the Military Archives' mission to make available the documentary military heritage of the State to the public as well as contributing to the implementation of the Defence Forces public relations strategy. The calendar forms an integral...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government Legislation Programme, published on 11 January 2012, indicates that the Mental Capacity Bill is expected to be published in this session. The Bill will reform the law on mental capacity taking into account the Law Reform Commission's Report on Vulnerable Adults and the Law. The enactment of new mental capacity legislation is one of the core elements of the remaining work to be...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government has charged the inter-departmental committee with clarifying any State interaction with the Magdalen institutions and producing a narrative detailing such interaction. There are presently no plans to expand its brief beyond those institutions. I can assure the Deputy however that consideration is being given to issues related to the former Bethany Home and the appropriateness...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department operates a Financial Shared Services Centre in Killarney, County Kerry. It provides payroll, pensions, financial management and other related support services to my Department, and to a number of other client organisations, including the Garda Síochána, the Courts Service, the Irish Prison Service, the Property Registration Authority and other Government Departments and...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with the provisions of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, decisions in relation to the opening of Garda stations are a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner. I am advised by the Garda authorities that they are not aware of any plans to provide a site for a Garda station at the location referred to by the Deputy. In addition, I have not had any contact with South...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: Recruitment to An Garda Síochána is governed by Statutory Regulations, namely the Garda Síochána (Admission and Appointments) Regulations 1988/2005. These regulations incorporate the Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 which allow the Public Appointments Service to give due recognition to any satisfactory service by a person as a reserve member of...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. I am advised by the Garda authorities that provision has been made in the Garda Vote for 2012 to acquire new vehicles for An Garda Síochána and in that general context a Request for Tender is currently being developed in conjunction with the National Procurement Service. This is...

Written Answers — Legal Judgments: Legal Judgments (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 231 on 15th December, 2011. The case referred to has not yet received a hearing date and as the Deputy will be aware the scheduling of cases is a matter for the judiciary. Reply to Parliamentary Question 231 of 15th December, 2011 The legal issues that bear on the case referred to by the Deputy are the subject of an appeal to the...

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (12 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service provides general healthcare services for the assessment, treatment and care of prisoners comparable to those available in a community primary care setting and which are appropriate to a custodial environment. Prisoners are referred to external specialist services as clinically indicated by the prison doctor and referrals are on the same basis as for citizens in the...