Departmental Bodies.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 January 2006

Wednesday, 25 January 2006

Ceisteanna (1091)

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

1198 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from whom he has received such a report if same has been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [2286/06]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows:

Name of Agency — 2004 Report (Yes/No)	Has Minister been provided with a copy of the Report (Yes/No)	Have copies been laid before Houses of Oireachtas (Yes/No)	If No, why not
The Courts Service — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
The Probation and Welfare Service — No	No	No	The Probation and Welfare Service is in the process of managerial re-organisation following the appointment of a new Director of the Service in September 2005. It is expected that the Annual Report for 2004 will be available by the end of March 2006
Forensic Science Laboratory — Yes	No	No	An internal Annual Report has been prepared in line with previous practice to date. A copy of same is available on request.
Legal Aid Board — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
National Disability Authority — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Film Censor’s Office/Films Appeal Board — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Equality Authority — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Equality Tribunal — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal — Yes	No	No	Document currently being translated into Irish and will be laid before Houses of the Oireachtas in February 2006.
Garda Síochána Complaints Board — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Data Protection Commissioner — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Criminal Assets Bureau — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Interim Parole Board — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Arbour Hill Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Castlerea Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Cloverhill Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Cork Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Limerick Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Loughan House Place of Detention Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Midlands Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Portlaoise Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
St. Patrick’s Institution Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Shelton Abbey Place of Detention Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Training Unit Place of Detention Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Wheatfield Prison Visiting Committee — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Irish Prison Service — Yes	Yes	No	The report will be laid before both Houses when printed copies become available in February 2006
Land Registry — Yes	Yes	No	Not presented formally. However copies given to Deputies in the Houses of the Oireachtas
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Refugee Appeals Tribunal — Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Independent Monitoring Committee for the Refugee Legal Service	Yes	No	No statutory obligation to lay report before the Oireachtas
Remembrance Commission — Yes	Yes	No	The Report is being translated into Irish and consideration is being given to compiling a combined 2004 and 2005 Report
An Garda Síochána	Yes	Yes	N/A

The Office of the State Pathologist does not issue annual reports. It does, however, issue to my Department a list of all section 33 cases in respect of which the State pathologist or deputy state pathologist have been called out.

There is no statutory requirement that the Censorship of Publications Board or Appeal Board provide annual reports. The Private Security Authority was established on 29 October 2004 and, therefore, would not have completed its first year of operation until October 2005. Consequently no report was due in respect of 2004.