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[Deputy Alan Shatter.] Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers Department/Agency Place of Employment Grade Total Number Industrial Supervisor 1 Cloverhill Deputy Governor 2 3 Chief Officer I 1 Wheatfield Governor I 1 1 Loughan House Assistant Chief Officer 1Prison 8 Officer 7 Loughan House Prison Officer 7 Shelton Abbey Prison Officer 4 4 Cork Prison Officer 6 8 Trades Officer 2 Portlaoise Governor I 1 2 Prison Officer 1 Midlands Deputy Governor 1 3 Prison Officer 1 Nurse Officer 1 Castlerea Prison Office 2 3 Industrial Manager 1 Cork Trades Officer 2 2 Legal Services 520. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the office of the legal services ombudsman will be up and running. [8021/12] Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): In the course of my opening contribution to the Second Stage debate on the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011, which is nearing completion, I recalled to the House the decision taken in May 2011 not to proceed with the appointment of a Legal Services Ombudsman. This is because the oversight model proposed in the Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009 was that of supervised self-regulation. Such a degree of self-regulation does not meet this Government’s policy commitment to greater independence in the regulation of the legal professions. The 2011 Bill, therefore, contains a package of more independent structural reforms. These will be delivered as part of our national EU/IMF/ECB undertakings in support of greater competitiveness and early economic recovery. They will take the form of a new, independent Legal Services Regulatory Authority; an independent procedure to deal with complaints of professional misconduct, and the establishment of an independent Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal. The Bill also provides for a more modern, consumer-friendly and transparent legal costs regime under the Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicator that will take-over the functions of the Taxing-Master. With the establishment of this more independent, regulatory regime under current Government policy the Legal Services Ombudsman Act of 2009 will be repealed. Question No. 521 answered with Question No. 485. Public Procurement 522. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when will the towing and management contract-tender for An Garda Síochána in Waterford be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8168/12] 572
Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): I am advised by the Garda authorities that it is planned to advertise a tender for the provision of a towing and management service for the Waterford Garda Division in the second quarter of 2012. Proposed Legislation 523. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way personal insolvency trustees, required for the proposed debt settlement arrangements, are to be selected and appointed; the standard of qualification and experience that will be required of them; the way they will they be remunerated and on what scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8170/12] Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): The Personal Insolvency Bill, the Heads of which I published on 25 January 2012, introduces a number of new non-judicial debt settlement systems. Two of the proposed arrangements — Debt Settlement Arrangement and the Personal Insolvency Arrangement — require the involvement of a Personal Insolvency Trustee. The intention is that the Personal Insolvency Trustee will act as an intermediary between the debtor and his or her creditors. The General Scheme of Bill sets out in some detail the duties of the Trustee from initial assessment of the debtor’s suitability for a particular arrangement, to negotiation of the arrangement and through to its completion. The role of the Trustee is critical to the proper functioning of the debt settlement arrangements as it is vital that debtors be properly and independently advised as to the implications of all options available to them prior to arriving at a decision. The average debtor is at a disadvantage vis a vis credit institutions and creditors in terms of experience, advice and expertise. Once a debt settlement is agreed and registered, effectively the personal insolvency becomes the custodian of the arrangement. The Trustee will be selected by the debtor and, similar to debt settlement schemes which operate in other jurisdictions, it is intended that the fees involved in the arrangement will be borne by the creditors on the assumption that this will facilitate the maximum debt recovery. The Deputy will appreciate that a number of matters still require to be finalised in relation to the proposed legislation such as the detailed arrangements for licensing and regulation of personal insolvency trustees and parameters in regard to appropriate costs and remuneration. As these are essentially financial services, it is my intention to consult with the Department of Finance and the Central Bank to see how these issues might best be addressed within the context of regulation of financial advisory services generally. Deportation Orders 524. Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations that took place in 2011; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8173/12] Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): Over 4,100 persons were deported or removed from the State in 2011 in accordance with the enforcement of our immigrationrelated laws. The break down by category is as follows: • Almost 3,700 persons refused entry into the State at ports of entry and returned to the place where they had come from, 573
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