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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: An Garda Síochána engages regularly on crime prevention concerns with a wide range of stakeholders in the public service transport area and has provided relevant parties with advice and assistance with respect to crime prevention measures to enhance the personal safety of taxi drivers. I have sought an updated report from the Garda authorities in relation to these matters and will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (30 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....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have previously stated the position in relation to this matter in response to a number of Parliamentary Questions, latterly in my Written Reply to Question No. 161 of 22 January 2014 which I will therefore reiterate on this occasion. The Deputy will recall that I had discussed the issue he has raised with Deputies during Committee Stage of the Legal Services Regulation Bill which was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Reviews (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the information sought by the Deputy, specifically, details of the number of persons in Direct Provision and elsewhere who made their application for protection more than five years ago and are awaiting or engaged in asylum related judicial review proceedings. Before addressing the specifics of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Garda authorities that, as at 28th April 2014, the financial costs associated with the policing operation for the European People's Party Convention in Dublin have amounted to approximately €230,600. A breakdown of the Garda hours involved is not readily available and would require a disproportionate use of Garda resources to collate.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Irish visa application process does not require an applicant to provide information as to whether he or she has a physical disability. However, there are some very limited circumstances in which an applicant may choose to submit evidence of a physical disability in support of his or her application. This would primarily occur where an applicant is seeking a long stay visa for the purpose...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The final report of the Commission of Investigation into the Death of Gary Douch was submitted to me on 5 February, 2014. Following a consultation process with a number of parties in order to satisfy requirements of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, I brought the report to Cabinet this morning. A copy of the report will be conveyed to the family tomorrow and the report published...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The difficulties experienced by property owners arising from trees and high hedges on neighbouring land were raised in both the Dáil and Seanad during passage of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. My Department consulted on the matter with the Law Reform Commission, which had been involved in drafting the 2009 Act, and the Commission took the view that unreasonable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 provides for the non-disclosure of certain convictions in certain circumstances and is intended to assist with the rehabilitation of former offenders. The Bill has passed Committee Stage in the Dáil, having passed all stages in the Seanad. However, before the Bill could be taken at Report Stage, a 2013 UK Court of Appeal judgment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Balance Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The gender pay gap is an important issue because it impacts on women’s life long earnings, economic independence, private pension provisions and risk of poverty in older years. The calculation of the gender pay gap is very complex. The data to which the Deputy refers were published by Eurostat in March and are provisional, as was the 2011 comparator of 11.7 per cent. The most...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that I met previously with members of the Omagh Support and Self-Help Group. At that meeting the Group raised with me a number of issues of concern it has with regard to events surrounding the Omagh bombing. The Group also presented me with a copy of a document it has compiled setting out these concerns in support of its call for a public inquiry into various...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is already aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no direct function in the matter. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of demographics, crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: Six Specialist Judges of the Circuit Court were appointed on 15 July 2013 in accordance with Part Six of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 which provided for the amendment of the Courts Acts to create a cadre of Specialist Judges of the Circuit Court to facilitate the speedy consideration of insolvency applications by that Court. It is my intention that these new judges will also be given...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: A candidate who fails any stage of the current recruitment process will be eliminated and will not be allowed re-enter this particular competition. They may re-apply to join An Garda Síochána at the next recruitment competition provided that at that time they meet the relevant entry criteria.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I welcome the publication of the Report on the Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity by the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. The Deputy will be aware from my reply to questions on this subject, including most recently my reply to a Parliamentary Question on 10th December 2013 (reference 52666/13), that I have previously undertaken to give serious consideration to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the matter referred to by the Deputy is currently the subject of a Garda investigation and a file has been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for direction. The information supplied to me by the Garda authorities indicates that the original complaint which was made in this case was not ignored by An Garda Síochána. As...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Expenditure (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The provision and allocation of Garda transport is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of identified operational circumstances and the availability of resources. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the number of vans, including patrol vans, decommissioned and purchased in 2011, 2012 and 2013 is as shown in the following table: - Decommissioned Purchased 2013 29 0 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: As I set out in my response to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 10 April 2014, I do not have any function in relation to the investigation of criminal cases or the inquest process. In this instance the death in question was the subject of a full Garda investigation resulting in a person being charged with murder. Following a trial in 1975, the jury returned a verdict of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 594 together. In June 2013 the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament adopted measures to complete the Common European Asylum System. This included recasts of the Directives dealing with Reception Conditions, Procedures and Qualification. These measures are subject to the provisions of the EU Treaty Protocol on the position of the UK...