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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The court poor box is a non-statutory system used mostly by the District Courts to impose a financial charge on a defendant to be used for a charitable purpose, usually instead of imposing a criminal conviction. Payments made to the court poor box are accounted for by the court office concerned and the accounting procedures are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012, a person may not be required to disclose a conviction that is spent under the Bill in certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions. Generally speaking the non-disclosure provisions apply to sentences of imprisonment of 12 months or less, to suspended sentences of up to 24 months and to all other non-custodial sanctions....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The provisions of the General Scheme of the Children and Family Relationships Bill are proposed, except where otherwise expressly provided, to have prospective effect only. The exceptions to this are contained in the Heads relating to assisted reproduction and surrogacy. I propose to give retrospective effect to provisions allowing the establishment of legal parentage by the couple jointly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Security Checks (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice to comment on security related matters.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Security Checks (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice to comment on security related matters.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the Garda Roads Policing Manual was issued in July 2013 and sets out guidance on Roads Policing. The manual includes both planned operations and incidents that require a spontaneous response that are dealt with by An Garda Síochána on a daily basis. The manual also includes policy and procedures in relation to Organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: In my statement to the House on 11 February, 2014, I detailed the background to the investigation GSOC initiated and the outcome of that investigation. I summarised for the House the information furnished to me by GSOCs Chairman at our two hour meeting and that contained in the briefing note I received from GSOC and its public press release. I addressed the central issues of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: On 1st August 2009, new firearms licensing application processes were introduced with the commencement of the remaining sections relevant to firearms licensing provided for in the Criminal Justice Act 2006 and the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Each application for a firearm certificate is judged on its own individual merits, having regard to the conditions set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Nowhere in the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 – 2016, ‘The Haddington Road Agreement’ is there a promise to pay an extra 10% to any public servant. I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to Paragraph 2.31 of that Agreement which provides “that in order to address the imbalance between those who entered the Public Service since 2011 and those who...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been advised by the Military authorities that no medals have ever been struck for personnel who had military service in the period 1921 to 1939, a period that includes service with the then National Army during the Civil War period of 1922-1924. Given the elapse of so many years, and the possible unreliability and incompleteness of contemporary records, the process of assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Records (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Defence Forces as a matter of routine provide access to individuals seeking their personal military records (personnel files) in the case of both serving and retired members. This access is administered through Administrative Instruction A8 for serving members. For retired members the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 & 2003, the Data Protection Acts 1998 & 2003 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Planning (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Framework for Major Emergency Management sets out the structure for enabling the Principal Response Agencies (An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive and Local Authorities) to provide a coordinated response to major emergencies including severe weather events. The involvement of the Defence Forces arises from requests for assistance received from such Agencies in its...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The strength of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) as at 31 December in each of the last 20 years is contained in the attached table. I wish to advise the Deputy that the strength figures for the period 1994 - 2012 include personnel who were on secondment to, and being paid by other organisations, or on career breaks. The 31 December 2013 strength figures have been calculated on the basis of...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Did the Deputy not hear what I said about that?

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: It was two weeks ago.

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: A journalist sent a question to my Department wanting to know generally what I was doing about bugging journalists. I am doing nothing about bugging journalists. I do not bug journalists, but the level of hysteria we have got to is extraordinary. The lack of understanding of the extent to which there is judicial oversight in a number of these areas is extraordinary. I plead with those...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "surveillance;" and substitute the following:"- the investigation by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, under section 102 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, into these concerns; - the conclusion of the investigation that no definitive evidence of unauthorised technical or electronic surveillance was found; and - the...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Today, it was agreed at Cabinet that the input of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality would be sought on the amendments to be made to the 2005 Act with regard to GSOC, in advance of my finalising the proposals to be brought by me to Cabinet - hardly the actions of someone seeking to undermine the work of GSOC. On Tuesday last, in this House I detailed the...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Even GSOC does not accept that.