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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition Issues (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Proposals in relation to recognition of gender identity are being progressed by my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, who published the General Scheme of a Gender Recognition Bill in July 2013. With regard to equality legislation, the Equality Tribunal and the Courts have interpreted the existing provisions prohibiting gender discrimination as applying also to the situation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, that the person referred to by the Deputy had failed to report for a supervised departure from the State on 05 December 2012. On the 17 February 2014 the Garda Naturalisation Immigration Bureau (GNIB) wrote to INIS requesting that an intention to deport letter be issued to the person concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 10153/14 of 27th February 2014. The situation is unchanged since then. The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of her asylum claim.I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that since 2010, An Garda Síochána has contracted a service provider ‘GoSafe’ to operate safety cameras on its behalf. This service encompasses both speed detection and speed survey sessions. In that regard, GoSafe conducts regular speed surveys at locations identified by An Garda Síochána as having the greatest propensity for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have been assured by the Garda Commissioner that the Garda Síochána does not engage in data gathering or data mining of individuals or groups with regard to race, colour, language, religion, nationality, national or ethnic origin, ethnicity or membership of the Traveller Community. I, however, have asked the Garda Commissioner to examine the allegations which are the subject of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together. The killing of Seamus Ludlow in May 1976 was a callous act of violence for which there can be no justification. It was, above all, a tragedy for Seamus Ludlow's family. As the Deputy will be aware the late Mr. Justice Henry Barron carried out a lengthy and detailed inquiry into a number of brutal atrocities committed in the State in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am aware of the issues which have been raised concerning the off-road use of the vehicles referred to, in locations such as parks and other open spaces, and in particular in the context of the recent debate in this House on the Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012. Arising from this I have sought a report from the Garda authorities and will consult further with other relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can confirm that 731 applications have been received to date, with 366 letters of formal offer issued. So far, 305 of the applicants have accepted the formal offer and 277 payments have issued at a cost of €10.3 million. A provisional assessment on the applicant's length of stay in a relevant institution has been made in a further 65 cases. The remaining cases require further...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. I can confirm that 103 applications have been received relating to St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street. Twenty have received their lump sum payment and a further 8 have received letters of formal offer. Provisional assessments of the applicant's length of stay in St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street have been made in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: During the course of the past year the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has overseen the introduction of the new alternatives to bankruptcy introduced by the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 - the Debt Relief Notice (DRN), the Debt Settlement Arrangement (DSA) and the Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA), as well as a reformed bankruptcy regime. As a result, insolvent debtors now have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can advise the Deputy that there are a total of 132 Personal Insolvency Practitioners (PIPs) currently authorised by the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI). Details are set out in the Table below. As I have previously indicated, the number of Practitioners authorised, along with a breakdown of the geographic location of each Practitioner is publically available on the Register of Personal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Arrangements (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The ISI is unable to provide the details requested by the Deputy as the information is beyond the scope of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, as amended. Under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, as amended, there is no obligation on Personal Insolvency Practitioners to inform the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) of the outcome of any vote taken at a creditors meeting, if rejected, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The proposed extension to the Immigrant Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP), to which the Deputy refers, applies to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS). The arrangements for inclusion of REITS, including minimum levels of investment, and the application of the rules and principles of the IIP to what is a publicly tradeable investment, are currently being finalised. Accordingly no...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (17 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The unsatisfactory age and fitness profile of the Permanent Defence Force was an issue of serious concern during the 1990s and was the subject of severe criticism by a series of external reports, mainly Price Waterhouse Consultants and the Efficiency Audit Group (EAG). One of the key areas identified for urgent action by the EAG was the development of a manpower policy with an emphasis on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (16 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Any application from a member of the Garda Síochána for a special ill health pension resulting from an injury on duty will be processed in accordance with the Garda Siochana Pension Orders. If the Deputy wishes to make representations about a specific case I will look into the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (16 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that there are two separate systems for recording property transactions in Ireland: - the system of title registration in the Land Registry, and - the system for recording deeds concerning land in the Registry of Deeds. Following the enactment of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, both systems are under the management and control of the Property...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (16 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by Garda authorities that the person in question was reported missing to the Spanish Police in January 2008 and that their disappearance is being investigated by the Guardia Civil in Spain. I am assured that An Garda Síochána continue to liaise with the Spanish authorities and provide whatever assistance is required to progress the investigation in that jurisdiction....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Section 16(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for the making of a sworn declaration by each member of An Garda Síochána. Section 16(2) provides that the words "before God" may be omitted from the declaration at the request of the declarant and in such a case the Bible is not used (it is understood that a copy of the Irish Constitution is used in such a case)....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (16 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Vetting procedures in this country are in place to protect children and vulnerable adults. As such they demand rigorous procedures to ensure their integrity and to maintain the highest level of confidence by the public and organisations availing of them. A full vetting check is conducted for each new application received to ensure that the most recent data available is taken into account....