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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. I am satisfied that the applications made by the person concerned for asylum and all refoulement issues were fully considered prior to making the Deportation Order. His case...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. The case of the person concerned was considered under Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996, as amended, Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, Section 4 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, if the person whose details were supplied has made application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process. I can say that the person concerned has submitted an application for leave to remain in the State based on the principles of the Zambrano...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter has issued to the person referred to by the Deputy asking her to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. When the fee and documentation has been received, a certificate of naturalisation will issue to the person concerned on behalf of her minor child. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: 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 certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The conditions are that the applicant must: - be of full age - be of good character - have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: 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 certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The conditions are that the applicant must: - be of full age - be of good character - have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. I can inform the Deputy that processing of the application is well advanced and the case will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. The Deputy may wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The first reference mentioned by the Deputy is correct. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a sibling of an Irish born citizen child born in the State prior to 1 January, 2005, whose parents were granted permission to remain in the State in 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born citizen children. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Open Disclosures Policy (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Minister for Health and I are working closely together on this issue. I am looking at how we might facilitate the early admission of liability in instances where medical negligence has occurred. As I indicated in the speech to which the Deputy refers, I see potential benefits, in terms of the efficiency of the administration of justice and the delivery of more satisfactory and timely...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (13 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The upper age limits for Defence Forces Personnel serving overseas is governed by Paragraph 108 of Administrative Instruction C.S. 5 (New Series). Officers may be nominated for overseas service up to the retirement age for their rank. The age limits for Privates and Corporals is under 45 years of age on the scheduled date of deployment, for Sergeants it is under 50 years of age on the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 191: In page 82, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“Matters to be ascertained in course of adjudication of costs 95.(1)Schedule 1on the principles relating to legal costs shall apply to the adjudication of a bill of costs by a Legal Costs Adjudicator. (2) Where the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator is adjudicating an application under this Part, a...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 192: In page 83, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“Powers of Legal Costs Adjudicator 96. (1) For the purposes of determining an application for adjudication of legal costs, a Legal Costs Adjudicator may—(a) inspect documents relating to or relevant to the matter concerned, and (b) where there is an oral hearing, summon and examine witnesses and...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 193: In page 83, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Determination of applications 97.(1) A Legal Costs Adjudicator, having considered an application in accordance with section 95, shall, in accordance with this section, make a determination in respect of that application. (2) A determination shall, as soon as practicable after it is made, be...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 194: In page 84, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“Effect of determination 98.(1) Subject to section 100, the determination of a Legal Costs Adjudicator is final and shall take effect 20 days after it is furnished under section 97(2)to the parties to the adjudication. (2) Where an adjudication concerns only legal costs as between a legal...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 195: In page 85, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Consideration by Legal Costs Adjudicator of determination 100.(1) Where a party to an adjudication is dissatisfied with a decision of a Legal Costs Adjudicator under section 97to confirm a charge, not to confirm a charge or to determinate a different amount to be charged in respect of a matter or...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 196: In page 85, after line 45, to insert the following:“Review of determination of Legal Costs Adjudicator 101. (1) A party to an adjudication who has made an application under section 100may, not later than 21 days after the date on which the Legal Costs Adjudicator has made his or her determination under section 100(5), apply to the High Court for a review of...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 197: In page 88, before line 1, to insert the following:“References 106. (1) On and after the day on which this section comes into operation—(a) a reference in any other enactment to taxation of costs shall be construed as a reference to adjudication of costs, (b) a reference to the Taxing-Masters’ Office contained in any other enactment or any other...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Yes, we are looking at that. In circumstances where a member of the Bar was being directly consulted by a client, he or she should be able to recover fees. I also regard it as an entirely anomalous and historical accident that if a member of the Bar has properly undertaken work on the instructions of a solicitor and he or she does not get paid, he or she is left effectively in limbo beyond...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: We are looking at how we can best address that. While I know I said earlier that it is an extraneous issue - the VAT issue is a Revenue matter and is not for us - it is an issue in the context of people finding they are unexpectedly being levied for VAT for fees that they may never get paid. There is an obvious issue that arises. That is an issue that affects the professional work of...