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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that this information is not readily available and that given the significant level of detail required and the timeframe involved, the collation of such information would require a disproportionate use of available resources. However I can inform the Deputy that in the period since I took up office, from 9 March 2011 to date, the following payments have been made...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the information requested by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Coiste an Asgard, which is a body under the aegis of my Department, received €800,000 in National Lottery funding in 2009. The previous Government decided in the context of settling the Estimates for the Department of Defence for 2010 that the national sail training scheme operated by Coiste an Asgard would be discontinued as recommended in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy on the amounts of public funds and their purpose which have been awarded, either directly or indirectly to the Irish Business and Employers Confederation in the past decade is set out below: YEAR AMT DESCRIPTION OF PAYMENTS MADE 2001 €438.06 Training Course 2002 €1,721.58 Management Training Course 2003 €1,500.50 HR Management Guide,...

Written Answers — Civil Defence Operations: Civil Defence Operations (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Government has approved a proposal to begin drafting legislation to transfer the functions of the Civil Defence Board back into the Department of Defence. This decision is in line with Government policy to bring the functions of many state agencies back into their parent Department. The proposed Bill will, if enacted, repeal the Civil Defence Act, 2002, dissolve the Civil Defence Board...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The number and capacity of computer servers in my Department and the Defence Forces is spread over a number of mainstream applications, including Local and Wide Area Networks, business, administrative and financial systems, web hosting, mission-critical support systems and a wide range of local and specialist applications. The capacity varies according to need. There is also a wide...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The cost of the Reserve Defence Force, similar to other elements of the Defence Forces, is spread across a range of subheads. Subhead D of the Defence Vote is entirely devoted to Reserve expenditure. It includes payments for Reserve Defence Force (RDF), training, gratuities, and allowances and also includes grants paid into unit funds. Subheads B, C and P include, inter alia, pay and travel...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The name of the Department of Defence has not changed. It has not been necessary, therefore, to procure a new logo, new signage or other branding such as stationery.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The number of new agencies established in my Department since 1997 is one. The Civil Defence Board was established on 7 May 2003 following the enactment of the Civil Defence Act 2002. Prior to that date, Civil Defence had been a branch of the Department, and the relevant staff transferred to the Civil Defence Board following its establishment. The Deputy will be aware that the Government...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The information requested on the number of consultancy reports commissioned by the Department of Defence between 1997 and January 2011, the cost of commissioning each report and on the implementation of recommendations set out in each report; is set out below. Year Company Nature of Report and Implementation Cost 1998 Ernst & Young Analysis and design of a Fishery Control System to...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The boards under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. As there are no payments made to the members of these boards, the question does not arise.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: Amendments Nos. 26 to 28, inclusive, proposed by Deputies Ó Snodaigh and O'Brien relate to attempts to delete or amend the practical proposal in regard to immediate publication on the Internet of Bills in one of the official languages on enactment while we wait for several weeks for the translation in the other official language to become available. I oppose these amendments. I have given...

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Order for Report Stage (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now." Question put and agreed to.

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I thank Members opposite for their assistance in completing the passage of the Bill through this House. This is a short but important Bill and if it completes its passage through the Seanad next week, the effect will be to ensure the courts will be in a position to implement it on their return in September after the summer vacation. In a case in which someone is convicted of a criminal...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, line 1, to delete "sections 26 to 28" and substitute the following: "section 21 insofar as it refers to section 21 of the Equal Status Act 2000 and sections 26 to 28". Amendments Nos. 3, 9 and 10 are simply technical amendments to improve the text. Amendment No. 11 adds another subsection to section 21 of the Bill to amend section 75 of the Employment...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, line 7, to delete "1996 to 2002" and substitute "1996 and 2002". This is a technical amendment to correct the reference to the Equality Acts in order that the right reference is made.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following: "(10) Sections 6, 12 and 29(g) and sections 48 to 54 shall come into operation on such day or". Amendment No. 5 is designed to ensure, as the text of the Bill is now being finalised, that the commencement provision is correct in regard to those sections of the Bill that will require a commencement...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The resources that were made available last December to the Legal Aid Board and the Family Mediation Service will take them to the end of this year. The question of what funding will be made available next year has to be considered by the Government in the context of the ongoing expenditure review but the changes we propose will ensure a more efficient use of resources. Important synergies...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 9: In page 21, line 19, to delete "and".

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 10: In page 21, to delete line 22 and substitute "a function under subsection (4)", and".