635 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitor's firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not.
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618 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform with regard to legal services used by his Department, any body under the aegis of his Department and any State agency for which he is responsible; if he will give details of the legal services of which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitor's firm which succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered.
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617 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if he will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which he or his predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed, judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and if not, by whom; if he will detail the legal costs incurred by his Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and to provide a breakdown of same including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; to detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which he or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff’s costs and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years.
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616 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitor's firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not.
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615 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform with regard to the report of the Competition Authority of December 2006 into the solicitors and barristers profession whether he is satisfied that the Law Society of Ireland has taken adequate action to implement the recommendations in the aforesaid report of the Competition Authority detailed in pages x to xv and in particular recommendations 4, 6, 17, 23 and if he will detail which of the aforesaid recommendations have not in his view yet been satisfactorily implemented; the action, if any, taken by him to date to effect their implementation and to detail those he requires to be implemented to comply with the EU/International Monetary Fund Programme of Financial Support for Ireland Programme Documents of 1 December 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform with regard to the report of the Competition Authority with regard to the solicitors and barristers profession of December 2006, if he will give details of the actions taken by him to date in respect of the recommendations made on pages xi to page xviii of said report and in particular with regard to recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24, 28 and 29; if he will further detail the aforesaid recommendations that have been rejected by him and to further detail the recommendations he has agreed be implemented in the context of the EU/International Monetary Fund Programme of Financial Support for Ireland Programme Documents of 1 December 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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613 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform with regard to the report of the Competition Authority of December 2006 into the solicitors and barristers profession if he is satisfied that the Honourable Society of Kings Inns have taken adequate action to implement the recommendations of the aforesaid report of the Competition Authority detailed in pages x to xv and in particular recommendations 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25 and to detail which of the aforesaid recommendations have not in his view yet been satisfactorily implemented; the action, if any, taken by him to date to effect their implementation and to detail those he requires to be implemented to comply with the EU/International Monetary Fund Programme of Financial Support for Ireland Programme Documents of 1 December 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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612 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of qualified accountants who are members of the Garda fraud squad or who have been employed to work with the Garda fraud squad; the qualifications and ages of the individuals concerned; the date when recruited and if on secondment from any accountancy firms; the names of the firms, the number of such individuals and the individual arrangements entered into in relation to the work in which they are engaged.
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611 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a report (details supplied) will be published; if the Garda completed its investigations into outstanding claims of abuse and submitted all files to the Director of Public Prosecutions; the information submitted by the DPP to the Garda to date as to whether prosecutions are to be initiated and if a determination has been made to close any files and not initiate prosecutions and the number of such files and allegations involved.
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610 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he plans to appoint a new Taxing Master of the High Court to replace one of the Taxing Masters who retired in December 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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609 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the salary paid to the Taxing Masters of the High Court for the year ending 31 December 2010; and the public expenditure incurred in the running and maintaining of the Office of the Taxing Master of the High Court and all associated staffing expenses for the year ending 31 December 2010.
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608 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his view on the proposal by the legal cost implementation advisory group in its report that legislation be enacted to establish a legal costs assessment office and an appeals adjudicator; the work he has undertaken since November 2006 when the report was completed to implement this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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607 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps taken to date to implement the recommendation of the legal cost implementation advisory group report of November 2006 that an interim regulatory costs body is put in place and commence work as soon as possible; the reason for the delay in the establishment of such a body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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552 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 147 and 148 of 17 November 2010, in the context of 1,387 mobile phone seizures in prisons during the first nine months of 2010, his promise that the Central Statistics Office would furnish this Deputy with the number of prosecutions initiated as a consequence of the finding and seizure of such mobile phones during said period and the number of prosecutions initiated in 2008 and 2009 following the seizure of such phones, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such information is not compiled by the Central Statistics Office, that the only information maintained with regard to prosecutions of prisoners applies to a general category of prisoner offences; the reason such information is not maintained; and if his further attention has been drawn to any prosecutions taken against a prisoner for unlawful possession of a mobile phone in prison in 2008, 2009 or 2010.
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551 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of mobile phones seized in prisons in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 and to detail in respect of each year the numbers seized in each prison in the State.
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550 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 7 December 2010, in the case of non-EEA nationals released from prison-detention deported at the time of their release, the arrangements made for such deportations in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the cost to the State of such deportations; the countries to which each person was deported in each of the said years and the reason no readily accessible records are maintained by him as to the number of such persons deported.
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549 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the notifications received regarding the number of gardaí who intend to retire in 2011; and the number of gardaí scheduled to retire during 2011.
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501 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details on the new Garda training programme being developed by the Garda College, including details on the curriculum and the duration of the training programme including the duration of any probation period or any work practice period.
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500 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details on the range of allowances paid to members of An Garda Síochána; the amount paid to members of An Garda Síochána in allowances in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and a breakdown of the cost of each allowance to the State for the year 2009.
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499 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of judicial reviews currently before the High Court arising out of a refusal to grant firearms licences; his plans to undertake a review of existing firearms legislation or to issue further guidance to the Garda Commissioner regarding the licensing of firearms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport with regard to legal services used by his Department, any Body under the aegis of his Department and any State agency for which he is responsible; if he will give details of the legal services of which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitors firm who succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered.
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491 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if he will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which he or his predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office and if not, by whom; if he will detail the legal costs incurred by his Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and to provide a breakdown of same including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; to detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which he or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff’s costs and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years.
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490 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not.
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452 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children, in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, if she will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which she or her predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court and High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges, and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor’s office and, if not, by whom; if she will detail the legal costs incurred by her Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and provide a breakdown of same, including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; if she will detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which she or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff’s costs; and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years.
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453 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children, with regard to legal services used by her Department, any Body under the aegis of her Department or any State agency for which she is responsible; if she will give details of the legal services for which there was competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents; and, in each case, the solicitors firm that succeeded in the tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered, and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered.
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451 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children, in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the arrangements entered into by her Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors or from senior or junior counsel; in each case, the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm or barristers concerned, and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender; and where not, why not.
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447 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will give details of the consultations she has had with the Health Service Executive with regard to legal services for which the HSE sought competitive tendering in 2010; the services of which she is aware in respect of which the HSE so tendered and the name of the solicitors firm that assisted the HSE in the preparation of any tendering documents in 2009 and 2010; and, in each case, the name of the solicitors firm that was successful in the tender process and the nature of the work to which the tender related.
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368 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of industrial disputes, industrial actions including work-to-rule currently being engaged in by staff of the Health Service Executive; when these actions were initiated; the individual subject matter of each dispute or action; the current status of each dispute or action; if each dispute or action is in contravention of the Croke Park agreement; and the policy initiative or initiative, if any, taken by her to ensure the resolution of such disputes.
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309 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if he will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which he or his predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office and if not, by whom; if he will detail the legal costs incurred by his Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and to provide a breakdown of same including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; to detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which he or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff’s costs and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years.
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310 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance with regard to legal services used by his Department, any Body under the aegis of his Department and any State agency for which he is responsible; if he will give details of the legal services of which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitors firm who succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered.
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308 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not.
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251 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance if he will apply the stamp duty changes on the acquisition of residential property introduced by him to those who completed house purchases in the period 1 November 2010 up to budget day and who paid a substantially greater sum by way of stamp duty than they would have incurred had such house purchases been completed after budget day; his views that such relief was provided for stamp duty changes introduced in 2007 in order to avoid unfairness and the reason such relief was not provided on this occasion.
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214 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills with regard to legal services used by her Department, any Body under the aegis of her Department and any State agency for which she is responsible; if she will give details of the legal services of which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitor’s firm who succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered.
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213 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if she will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which she or her predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office and if not, by whom; if she will detail the legal costs incurred by her Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and to provide a breakdown of same including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; to detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which she or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff’s costs and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years.
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212 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by her Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not
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158 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if he will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which he or his predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office and if not, by whom; if he will detail the legal costs incurred by his Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and to provide a breakdown of same including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; to detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which he or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff’s costs and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years.
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159 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach with regard to legal services used by his Department, any Body under the aegis of his Department and any State agency for which he is responsible; if he will give details of the legal services of which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitors firm who succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered.
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157 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not.
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156 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach the circumstances, if any, in which the Attorney General’s office in each of the past five years sought advice from or instructed a private firm of solicitors to represent the State or provide legal advices on any legal matter for the benefit of the State; the arrangements or protocols currently in place to facilitate the obtaining of such advice, the names of such firms from where such advice was sought or representation obtained and the fees paid to them in each of the past five years.
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155 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach the arrangements which exist within the Attorney General’s Office for the selection and appointment of counsel to represent the State in litigation; the names of those counsels in each of the past five years who have been instructed by the State and the fees paid to them in each of the past five years.
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154 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach in respect of the past five years if he will detail the number of court cases initiated against the State defended by the Office of the Attorney General; the number of such cases lost by the State upon completion of the litigation process; the number of cases won by the State; the number of cases settled; the number of cases not pursued or withdrawn by the plaintiff and the number of such cases currently outstanding before the courts.
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83 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the steps, if any, he proposes taking to reduce the amount of smuggling of cigarettes and other tobacco products into the State and to ensure that those found guilty of such offence are properly punished; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the average fine for such smuggling in 2010 is less than €600 and if he regards this as appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 17 November 2010 when the information he requested to be furnished by the Central Statistics Office to this Deputy will be received; and if he will contact the Central Statistics Office regarding this matter.
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146 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a €20 million computerised finger-printing system acquired to detect immigrants illegally claiming social welfare is unused four years after its installation in the Garda Immigration Bureau; the nature of the difficulties that have occurred and the attempts made to-date to resolve them; if the system was intended to be linked to other European Union police forces and the difficulties which have resulted from the linkage not occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the oversight in the criminal justice system which led to the death of a person (details supplied) on 31 December 2009; and the ongoing risks to the general public if the system remains unchanged.
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183 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the rules currently applicable to granting permission to non-EU citizens who wish to move to and work in Ireland to do so; the number of such applications received during the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 and 1 January 2010 to 30 November 2010; the nationality of the individual applicants in the case of each of the aforesaid periods; and the number of applicants who were successful and granted permission to reside in and work here; the numbers unsuccessful and their nationalities in each case.
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182 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will detail for each of the years 1999 up to and including the year 2010 with regard to the Garda Síochána, the number of chief superintendents, superintendents and inspectors on the Garda force and the projected number as at the 1 January 2011.
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181 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform with regard to the total number of unaccompanied children who arrived in the State between 1 January 2002 and 30 September 2010 being 1,871 children, the number that has been allowed to remain here upon attaining 18 years of age and the numbers whose applications to remain presently await determination.
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151 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has received recent reports from the Health Service Executive with regard to the progress made by it in implementing the PA Consulting Reform Plan with regard to child care services; in the context of any such report received, the nature of the progress made; if she has been informed of any continuing industrial relations issues which are continuing to impede the implementation of the recommendations made in the PA Consulting report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive, as promised in their statement of 24 May 2010, collated the numbers of deaths of children who were known to social services over the past decade who were not in the care of the State; if this information has yet been furnished to her and if she will detail the information received and if it has been referred to the Independent Review Group on Child Deaths.
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