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Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can assure the Deputy that my Department is actively pursuing initiatives in the immigration area to encourage and support tourism from China. In particular, I would point to the Visa Waiver Programme for the holders of Short Stay UK visas which commenced on 1 July of this year. Under the programme, holders of the appropriate UK visa are exempt from the requirement to also hold an Irish...

Written Answers — Multi-Unit Developments Act: Multi-Unit Developments Act (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position as Minister to provide legal advice in response to a Parliamentary Question on a particular case. However, I can indicate the following by way of general information. One of the principal objectives of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 is to ensure the transfer of common areas of such developments to the owners' management companies...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the position remains unchanged since my reply to Question No. 146 of 13 October 2011 in which I provided the information required in response to a similar question.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: Deportation Orders made under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 require the foreign national specified in the order to leave the State within such period as may be specified in the order and to remain thereafter out of the State. Thus, a Deportation Order is a requirement imposed on a person to leave the State and to remain outside of the State. I should point out that the onus is on the...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The text of the criminal justice (withholding of information on crimes against children and vulnerable adults) Bill has not been finalised and discussions with the Attorney General on the matter are on going. However there are no plans to include any specific references to priests or journalists in the Bill. Work is proceeding with a view to publication of the Bill before the end of this...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The Civil Defence Act 2002 provides that the Board shall consist of at least eight but not more than fourteen members who shall be appointed by the Minister for Defence. Legislation is currently being drafted to dissolve the Civil Defence Board and transfer the...

District Court Services (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputy O'Mahony for raising this issue. Like my Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, I find it extraordinary that the House is dealing with important issues and there is no sign of an Opposition Deputy. It is clear there is a commitment among Labour Party and Fine Gael Members to using the Topical Issue Debate in a...

District Court Services (19 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I again thank the Deputy for raising the matter. I appreciate his interest in the proper administration of justice in County Mayo. It is important that those who come before our courts do so without unnecessary difficulty, whether in criminal or civil matters. At the end of the day, the Courts Service is independent and the decisions it makes are outside my control in the context of...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: Following consideration of the relative merits of mergers involving the two bodies named, along with the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Tribunal, the Government recently decided that the Human Rights and Equality agendas would best be enhanced by merging the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission. I anticipate that the new Human Rights and Equality...

Written Answers — Housing Market: Housing Market (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to improve the quality of information available on the Irish housing market by requiring that the selling price of all dwellings be recorded in a publicly available national housing price database. I intend to give effect to this commitment by assigning statutory responsibility for publishing details of residential property sales prices to...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations registered with the Garda for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. On 27 July, I published the Scheme of a National Vetting...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The term cyberbullying refers to bullying carried out using the internet, mobile phones or other technological devices. Cyberbullying is a complex issue which transcends the home or school environment. Cyberbullying generally takes a psychological rather than physical form but is often part of a wider pattern of "traditional" bullying. Specifically in relation to social networking websites,...

Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The position is that Parts 12 and 13 of the recently-enacted Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011, which contain amendments to the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 and the Registration of Title Act 1964 respectively, amend the law relating to the acquisition of easements, including rights of way, by prescription. The amendments permit the Property Registration Authority...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2011)

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

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2011)

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

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: With reference to the further information provided by the Deputy, I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person concerned in September 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: In November, 2009 a contract was concluded for the provision of an outsourced safety camera network to An Garda Síochána. The objective of the network is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions and fatalities. I am informed by the Garda authorities that, in preparation for the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Chairperson of Responsible Retailing of Alcohol in Ireland (RRAI), Mr Padraic White, submitted the 3rd Compliance Report on the Implementation of the Code of Practice on the Display and Sale of Alcohol in Mixed Trading Premises on 30 September. The Code does not apply to specialist off-licences. Arrangements are currently being made to publish that Report on my Department's website. I...

Written Answers — Certification of Documents: Certification of Documents (18 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: Documentation submitted to my Department to attest to an individual's identity and nationality is retained on file until the relevant case has had a definitive outcome. My Department will supply a photo-copy of such documentation on request. However, my Department cannot certify such documentation as being authentic as it cannot be certain of its provenance.