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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (1 May 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 was received from the person referred to by the Deputy. I considered the application in April, 2013 and decided to defer making a final decision in this case for 12 months. The person concerned was notified of this decision in a letter issued...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (1 May 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the asylum case of the person concerned is currently before the High Court in the context of judicial review proceedings taken against the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. As these proceedings are ongoing, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further on that aspect of the case of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (1 May 2014)

Alan Shatter: The name that is printed on a certificate of naturalisation is taken from the name under which a person has applied for a certificate of naturalisation as verified by identity documentation submitted with the application. On that basis, I do not deem it appropriate to issue an amended certificate of naturalisation to the person referred to by the Deputy. However, if the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (1 May 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and an examination under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), a Deportation Order was made in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy on 1 July 2011. Judicial review proceedings were then initiated...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (1 May 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy should be advised to make an application to INIS if they wish to have their immigration status changed. Queries in relation to general immigration matters may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (1 May 2014)

Alan Shatter: A project is currently underway for the completion of repairs to the boundary wall at Cathal Brugha Barracks. Repairs to some sections of the wall have been completed with other work still ongoing. That portion of the boundary wall referred to at Greenfield Place is included in the next phase of the planned remedial works. The design and specifications for the work are currently being...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can only reiterate to the Deputy these are serious matters. Unfortunately, I cannot require that a prosecution take place. It is a matter for the DPP to be assured that the evidence available merits prosecuting an identified individual or identified individuals and that there is evidence sufficiently persuasive to indicate a reasonable possibility of a prosecution being successful.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The review of the papers by Mr. Gageby, the engagement by the gardaí-----

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: There is no point in a member of Fianna Fáil shouting at me when these were matters put to bed by that party in government in 2007.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Perhaps the Deputy might contain himself just for once. This is a serious issue and the Deputy should not play politics with it.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Moreover, the Deputy should not make the pretence that he had any previous interest in it, because he had not.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: This is a serious issue. I assure Deputy Boyd Barrett, with whom I frequently disagree, that this is an issue on which there is no disagreement between us. If this issue can be advanced in a manner that would bring some closure to it and that would ensure that identifiable individuals who can be properly prosecuted will be prosecuted, that would be a desirable outcome. The holding of a...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. This is a matter with which I have an intimate knowledge because for a period of time I represented de bonoCynthia Owen in my law firm and tried to be of assistance to her. I am aware of background information and I do not know whether the Deputy is aware of everything of which I am aware. This is a case which greatly troubled me during the period...

Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is addicted to conspiracy theories. I have a particular view of the world, which is that if an illegality takes place of a criminal nature, it should be investigated by An Garda Síochána if the illegality is clearly a criminal offence in this jurisdiction. I have a simple view of the world. I do not know why the Deputy thinks my view is more complex than that.

Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: If the Deputy is suggesting, without substantive evidence, that An Garda Síochána should simply present to the offices of the print media and demand access to all of their computers and information, and violate the print media's right to freedom of expression, to write articles and to report information, I would disagree with her. We have seen in Britain, and rightly so, that an...

Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The drafting of the general scheme of a bail Bill to modernise the law on bail is at an advanced stage in my Department. I intend to bring proposals to Government on the matter in the first half of this year, if possible, having regard to other legislative priorities. It has unfortunately not been possible to progress this legislation as quickly as I had hoped due to other legislative...

Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: To give the Deputy a straight answer to his final question, there is concern within my Department. I have concerns about the number of occasions on which some individuals find themselves before the courts while they are on bail pending the hearing of their cases. There are individuals who commit a series of offences between the time they are first charged and granted bail and when they are...

Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: There are certain restraints under the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. The fact that someone has previously abused his or her position while on bail, as I understand it, cannot under our constitutional system and the European Court of Human Rights lead a court automatically to the conclusion that he or she should be automatically denied bail if charged at a later...

Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy constantly confuses the investigative and operational roles of An Garda Síochána and my role as Minister for Justice and Equality. I am advised the Garda received no complaint regarding the matters the Deputy raises. I take with great seriousness the breach by any news media of individuals’ privacy, and any action that could detrimentally impact on the lives of...

Other Questions: Corrib Gas Field (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: It is open to GSOC to determine whether it should investigate a complaint or use the mechanisms provided under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to ask that a designated officer of An Garda Síochána investigate the complaint. This is a matter on which GSOC, as an independent investigative oversight authority, makes decisions. It is not for me to interfere in its independent...