Results 181-200 of 682 for long speaker:Michael McDowell

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (18 May 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, that is, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, of the Registration of Title Act 1964 which was lodged on 16 September 2004. Dealing number D2004SM007873A refers. Due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for registration as...

Communications Masts. (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...arbitration went on and on. However, the providence of the erstwhile Government, which had signed the agreement, did not even provide for interest on the arbitrated sum. The taxpayer had to wait a long time for the actual rent, as opposed to the provisional rent, to come in. This agreement was put in place on the last day of office of the Fine Gael-Labour-Democratic Left Government.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2019)

Michael McDowell: A good and long-standing family friend of mine, Mr. Garret FitzGerald, was once alleged to have asked, "That is all right in practice but does it work out in theory?" It is not true that he was the first to have said it. If one googles the phrase, one will find out it was said about 30 years before Mr. FitzGerald was alleged to have said it. It reminds me, however, of one proposition. I...

Written Answers — Terrorist Organisations: Terrorist Organisations (30 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: ...and previous Governments — myself included — have had meetings with a wide range of people in the context of advancing the peace process. The Deputy will be aware that it would be contrary to long-standing practice to disclose precise details of intelligence information provided to me or the Government by the Garda Síochána. However, in the case of some of those with whom meetings...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (8 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: ...Prison and Cork Prison. Many of the recommendations made by the Inspector in the context of his various reports on prisons have been implemented while the implications of others requiring more long term strategies are being considered.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (1 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: ...the contrary is the case. The Department is well aware of the problems and is providing for them in a sustained way. However, it cannot throw up buildings and create schools without looking to the long-term interests of the area. As the Senator is aware, it appears that the secondary schools in three of the adjoining areas have falling attendance numbers. When one is dealing with...

Written Answers — Control of Fireworks: Control of Fireworks (2 Nov 2004)

Michael McDowell: ...provisions of the Explosives Act 1875, fireworks are deemed to be explosives. Accordingly, they may be imported into the State only under an importation licence granted by my Department. It is a long-standing policy that these licences are granted only for organised displays conducted by professional and experienced operators and in accordance with agreed safety procedures. It is not...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, namely, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, of the Registration of Titles Act 1964, which was lodged on 18 April 2005. Dealing Number D2005XS007295Y refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (1 Jun 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, that is, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, of the Registration of Titles Act 1964, which was lodged on 18 July 2002. Dealing No. D2002SM006447E refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (14 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession of the Registration of Title Act 1964, which was lodged on 12 July 2002, dealing number D2002JS006189U. Due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for registration as owners, can take some...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (22 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, that is, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, of the Registration of Title Act, 1964, which was lodged on 5 March 2004. Dealing number D2004CR002695J refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Prison Building Programme. (23 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: Yes, and the Deputy should know that it is suitable land. Road access to the land is not inadequate as has been suggested. I wonder has the Deputy driven up the long straight road, because he would be impressed by the road access to the land. It is not as inadequate as the Deputy is implying. On the construction of the prison campus, this will be done on a public private partnership basis....

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (26 Jan 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, under the Registration of Title Act 1964, which was lodged on 16 September 2004. Dealing Number D2004PS019909H refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: ...citizenship. It should be clearly understood that this does not open the way to a second-class status for people born in Northern Ireland who are the children of Irish citizens or UK citizens or long-term residents. They will not be put into a second-class status as regards their entitlement to access Irish citizenship if that is their desire.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...received from the spouse of the applicant, he stated that applications for family reunification residency visas were submitted and refused on two previous occasions. Such a history of applying for long-term visas would have been considered in the decision to refuse the appeal on an application purportedly for a short-term visa. As the application has been re-examined on appeal, it is not...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I have forgotten them, as it is a long time since the Deputy spoke in favour of his amendment. I am of the view, like Deputy Jim O'Keeffe, that this system can make a useful contribution, particularly in regard to the bail-no bail issue. It might well occur to a judge dealing with the question of whether a person is likely to commit a serious gangland crime that the fact that he or she could...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (3 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, that is, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, under the Registration of Title Act 1964, which was lodged on 11 January 2005. Dealing No. D2005TJ000309G refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (1 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, that is, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, under the Registration of Title Act 1964, which was lodged on 10 April 2002 — dealing No. D2002GY003490D refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...pressure. In order to address this problem, the Irish Prison Service approves regular transfers out of affected prisons to other locations in order to prevent unacceptable occupancy levels. In the long term, the Deputy will be aware of my intention to replace Cork Prison with a new facility in the Munster area, which will make a substantial contribution to addressing accommodation issues...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...recreational facilities and the physical rebuilding of the lives of drug addicts in a drugs free prison. These are hopes to which I aspire to having and they are hopes that will never be realised as long as Mountjoy Prison is the main prison in the Dublin region. There is no point in being romantic about Mountjoy Prison, Brendan Behan, Kevin Barry and all the rest. It is not and never...