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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, the Coroners Bill 2007 which is before the Seanad, having been restored to the Order Paper, provides for a comprehensive reform of the law, practice and structures in regard to the coroner service. This includes the manner in which a jury would be selected for an inquest. The Bill is in the course of being reviewed in my Department and in that context all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Legal Aid Issues (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Regulations recently introduced are intended, inter alia, to raise additional funding to be retained by the Board to better fund the provision of services to those in need of them and reduce waiting times for those services. At a time when the State is facing significant demands on its resources, an increase in contributions allows the Board to achieve its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been advised by the Ombudsman Commission that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and the generation and collation of that information would place an inordinate burden on the organisation in terms of time and resources. The information sought was in respect of complaints received by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission from family members of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As I indicated in my previous response, I sought a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the Deputy's request to provide, in tabular form, the number of fixed penalty notices issued by members of An Garda Síochána to motorists in the years 2011, 2013 and to 11 June, 2013 in County Donegal including a breakdown of the various road traffic offences for which these notices...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Section 98 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides that designated officers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) have all the powers, immunities and privileges conferred and all the duties imposed on any member of the Garda Síochána by or under any enactment or the common law. This means that the exemptions under the Road Traffic Acts apply to GSOC...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The information sought by the Deputy is not available in the Department of Justice and Equality. As already confirmed in Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 29 January 2014, a breakdown of net profit by lottery product type was not supplied for those years by Rehab.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protection of Whistleblowers (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána (Confidential Reporting of Corruption or Malpractice) Regulations 2007 provide for an independent Confidential Recipient to whom members of the Force can report, in confidence, instances where they believe there may be corruption or malpractice within the Force. The Confidential Recipient is required to transmit each report to the Garda Commissioner for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware the courts are, subject only to the Constitution and the law, independent in the exercise of their judicial functions, and the conduct of any case is a matter entirely for the presiding judge. All Court records, including recordings of court proceedings, are under the control of the presiding Judge, as provided for in section 65(3) of the Court Officers Act, 1926....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons referred to by the Deputy were given temporary residency in the State on Stamp 3 conditions from July 2010 to December 2012. Stamp 3 is granted to persons who have demonstrated to the immigration officer that they have sufficient funds to support themselves, will not work or operate a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: To date, 680 applications have been received under the ex gratia scheme which was established by Government for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. The applications are being processed as quickly as possible and over 280 letters of formal offer...

Seanad: Charities Sector: Statements (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I apologise to the House. I have some sort of a bug and cannot guarantee that I will not start croaking at some unexpected moment. I will try to keep going. I will make some general comments which are of relevance to the contributions made by Senators before returning specifically to what some Members said. Since I last addressed this House on the regulation of charities, I have, as...

Seanad: Charities Sector: Statements (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Senator can say that again in the context of a whole range of things that happened on this island for 30 years.

Seanad: Charities Sector: Statements (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The actions of a few resulted in the deaths of 3,000 people on this island.

Seanad: Charities Sector: Statements (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: This sort of selective moralising-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has indicated that in the interest of confidentiality it will not be providing details or breakdowns of the numbers of applications for the various debt relief solutions received or being processed at this time. The ISI fully intends to provide quarterly statistics once a statistically meaningful number of applications have been processed. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquiries and I am informed that the Act has not yet been commenced but is due to be commenced and to enter effect from the end of February 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 to 499, inclusive, and 535 together. The Direct Provision system is managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. For the most part, this represents a cashless system with the State assuming responsibility for providing suitable accommodation for asylum seekers on a full board basis. RIA currently provides full board...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The process by which a target shooting range is authorised for use is a two stage process which involves the Firearms Range Inspector within the Department of Justice and Equality and the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. The Firearms Range Inspector must first certify that the range complies with the relevant legislation. Statutory Instrument No. 622 of 2011 Firearms...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that there is no waiting period associated with the granting of criminal legal aid as under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, the Courts, through the judiciary, are responsible for the granting of legal aid upon the applicant's appearance in Court. In relation to civil legal aid, it should be noted that the demand for legal services from the Legal Aid...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no records in my Department which indicate that the named company provided advice in relation to the appointment of persons to State Boards.