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Written Answers — Requests for Clemency: Requests for Clemency (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: No petition or application to open a petition is currently on hand for consideration by me in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy. I have arranged to forward to the Deputy the appropriate application form which should be completed and returned to my office by the person concerned. I should, however, bring to the Deputy's attention the fact that the 1995 High Court Judgement on...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy is aware I launched the Community Based CCTV Scheme in June 2005 in response to the demonstrated demand from local communities across Ireland for the provision of CCTV systems. This Scheme is designed to provide financial assistance to qualifying local organisations towards meeting the capital costs associated with the establishment of local community CCTV systems. The scheme...

Written Answers — Stardust Tragedy: Stardust Tragedy (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy will be aware, the Victims Committee has been advised that an external and independent examination of its submission is to be carried out by an eminent legal person. The arrangements for this examination are the subject of ongoing communication and will hopefully be agreed in the short term.

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I launched the Community based CCTV Scheme in June 2005, in response to the demonstrated demand from local communities across Ireland for the provision of CCTV systems. This Scheme provides financial assistance to qualifying local organisations towards meeting the capital costs associated with the establishment of local community CCTV systems. The scheme operates at two levels: Stage 1 for...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the Deputy is primarily interested in information concerning institutional facilities with a residential component. Accordingly, I can inform him that there are four institutions under the administration of the Irish Prison Service in the constituency area in question. These are:- Mountjoy Prison — (Male and Female Prison) — North Circular Road, Dublin 7. St. Patrick's...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being researched. I will contact the Deputy again when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: There are no construction works under way at Arbour Hill Prison at present. A number of minor works are, however, being carried out on a site adjacent to the prison, which was recently transferred from the Department of Defence to the Irish Prison Service. These works include necessary items arising in the context of Health and Safety and security, as well as the provision of some temporary...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Reception and Integration Agency is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Through direct provision, asylum seekers are provided with full board accommodation and ancillary services. The accommodation centre at Kinsale Road also provides Community Welfare Services, medical supports and VEC training on-site for...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength (all ranks) of An Garda Síochána increased to a record 13,000 following the attestation of 299 new members on Thursday, 16 November, 2006. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 (all ranks) as at 30 June, 1997 and represents an...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: Headline crime statistics for the Garda Division of Dublin South, which includes the Garda stations of Tallaght, Rathfarnham and Terenure, are contained in the relevant Garda Annual Reports, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Following the submission to me in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, I decided that the compilation and...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: The position in relation to granting long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. The...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: Officials in the Citizenship section of my Department recently wrote to the solicitors representing the person concerned to request observations on a number of issues relevant to his claim for post-nuptial citizenship. Once such observations are to hand, I will be in a position to make a decision on the matter. The Deputy will be notified of the outcome.

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am committed to the expansion of the CCTV programme and contracts have recently been signed by the Garda authorities for the installation of CCTV systems in Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Tullamore. These three towns were chosen as representative of the average size of a Garda Síochána CCTV system, containing a good cross-section of the type of urban area in which Garda CCTV is typically...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that following issue of tenders for the supply and installation of a Garda Town Centre CCTV System in Tullamore in October, 2006, a contract for the installation, operational/technical training and maintenance of the system has been awarded to BT Communications. The contract was signed by the Garda Authorities on 1st February 2007 and a 3 month...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am advised by the Garda authorities that they have no record of a formal application for a Garda CCTV system in Longford. All applications for Garda CCTV systems must be prepared in co-operation and with support of local Garda District and Divisional Officers. Such applications are then be submitted by the Divisional Officer to the Garda Advisory Committee for consideration and evaluation...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: An application for residency in the State on the basis of marriage to an Irish national was received from the person in question in January 2006. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently take approximately twelve months to process. It should be noted that marriage to an Irish national does not confer an...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: The position in relation to granting long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. The...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: There is no requirement on EEA nationals to obtain the permission of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in order to operate a business in the State. Accordingly the statistical information sought by the Deputy is not in existence. Citizens of member states of the EEA — other than European Union (EU) citizens — are subject to the European Communities (Aliens)...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 and 275 together. Following the submission to me in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, I decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act, 2005 consequently...