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Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Government has decided that new arrangements will be put in place for the making of appointments to State boards and bodies, such as the Equality Authority. In future, Departments will invite expressions of interest on their websites for vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. Ministers will not necessarily be confined to those who make expressions of interest, but will...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. I am advised by the Garda authorities that in May this year the Garda fleet consisted of 2,755 vehicles. This represents an increase on the corresponding figures for December 2008 and December 2007 which were 2,451 and 2,254 respectively. The detailed allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 478 on Wednesday 15th June, 2011: "The UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT) issued its concluding observations on Monday 6th June following Ireland's first examination in Geneva last month under Article 19 of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Committee in its...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The whole purpose of a national passport is to establish a person's citizenship and identity so that international travel and residence may be facilitated. Permission to reside takes the physical form of some type of passport endorsement such as a visa sticker, a residence permit sticker or, as in the Irish case, a residence stamp. Given the importance of ensuring that an immigration...

Written Answers — Migrant Integration: Migrant Integration (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Under the Equality, Integration, Disability and Human Rights (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 139 of 2011), the functions of the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs in regard to the promotion of the integration of persons (other than protection applicants) who are not, or who previously were not, Irish citizens, and...

Written Answers — Migrant Integration: Migrant Integration (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The function of the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration is to develop, drive and co-ordinate immigrant integration across Government Departments, agencies and services. In addition, the Office is responsible for the resettlement of programme refugees and persons admitted to Ireland on foot of Government decision. The non-pay allocation for the Office in the 2011 Revised Estimates...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that any proposed recruitment to the public sector must be considered in the context of the moratorium on such recruitment and is subject to the prior approval of the Minister for Finance. In terms of my Department, the Irish Prison Service employs a number of clinical, forensic and counselling psychologists. The Minister for Finance has sanctioned the recruitment...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Responsibility for the licensing of the financial activity of debt collectors does not come within the area of responsibility of my Department. However, I should mention that the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 provides some protection to consumers against inappropriate methods of collecting repayments. Under section 11 of that Act, it is an offence to demand payment of a...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Number 34 of 18 May, 2011 which indicated the following: "A Personal Insolvency Bill is in the course of being developed in my Department to provide for a new framework for settlement and enforcement of debt and for personal insolvency. It is a commitment under the EU/IMF Programme for publication in Q1 2012, however, it is my objective to publish...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: As indicated in the Government Legislation Programme for the Summer Session announced by the Chief Whip on 5 April 2011, the Judicial Council Bill is in the course of being drafted with a view to being published in late 2011.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 7 June 2011 which sets out the current position in relation to the development of the Legal Services Bill. The details of any necessary transitional arrangements arising from changes to current regulatory frameworks will be announced by way of publication of my proposals for the Bill. The reply was as follows: "The Programme...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 2 June 2011 and Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 9 June 2011. The Irish language is the first official language of the State and it is the long standing practice of the Citizenship Division of my Department to issue certificates of naturalisation in Irish. I can further inform the Deputy that the volume of requests made to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November, 2009. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within the Clontarf Garda Sub-District. Local Garda management is not aware of any specific difficulties with regard to anti-social behaviour in the area. Any such incidents reported to An Garda Síochána are fully investigated. A member of the local Community Policing Unit is allocated specifically to the area and...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship section of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 19th June, 2008, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 22nd November, 2005, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a dependent of non-EEA national parents of a child born in Ireland before 1 January, 2005 who were granted permission to remain in the State under the provisions of the IBC/05 Scheme. The mother of the person concerned made an application on his behalf for permission to remain in the State based on him being a family dependent. She was subsequently requested by letter...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in February, 2010. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be finalised as expeditiously as possible. In that context, I can inform the Deputy that, today, I have announced steps within my Department to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of Tuesday, 17th May, 2011 - set out beneath. The position is unchanged since then. The person concerned has, through her legal representative, applied for the renewal of her temporary permission to remain in the State which expired on 9th January, 2011. This application is currently under consideration in my Department. When a...