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Written Answers — Registration of Title. : Registration of Title. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that there is no record of an application pending on these folios at present. If the Deputy can provide me with the date of lodgment of the application and a Land Registry reference number, I will make further inquiries on his behalf.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence. : Departmental Correspondence. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: A reply has now issued to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Garda Stations. : Garda Stations. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that a decision on the current and future requirements for gardaí at Tallaght is, as conveyed to the Deputy on 5 October 2004, presently under consideration.

Written Answers — Visa Applications. : Visa Applications. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I wish to confirm that visa application reference numbers 1582697 and 1644599 were approved on appeal on 10 May 2004 and 19 January 2005. The Department of Foreign Affairs was notified accordingly.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: The eight year period the Deputy is inquiring about spans two separate programmes, the most recent of which, the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme, EOCP, 2000-2006, is a seven year child care development programme. The earlier child care funding from my Department, up to 1999, made available a range of supports for community-based child care, including capital funding for over 100...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that there is no record of an application pending on this folio at present. If the Deputy can provide me with the date of lodgement of the application and a Land Registry reference number I will make further inquiries on his behalf.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I assume the Deputy's question arises in the context of the acknowledgement of correspondence issued by my Department on 24 January 2005. The correspondence in question comprises five pages and deals with a dispute which the person in question is having with the Revenue Commissioners, the circumstances giving rise to that dispute and the extent to which the conduct of the Revenue...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: When a person arrives in the State on foot of a visit visa and is granted a period of permission to remain it is expected that the person would leave the State when the permission expires. In this case the person in question did not leave the State but instead made an application for residency as indicated in the answer to Question No. 765 of 26 January 2005. The residency application will be...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: In my response to Question No. 765 on 26 January last, I informed the Deputy that an application for leave to remain by the person in question had been received in my Department in December 2004 and would take 16 months to finalise. In November 2004, a declaration of acceptance of Irish citizenship as post-nuptial citizenship was lodged with the citizenship section of my Department. The...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that the Garda Síochána has sought the advice of the law officers on the implications of the recent decision of the High Court on section 21 of the Road Traffic Act 2002.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the citizenship section of my Department on 25 July 2003. The average processing time for such applications is currently 24 months. On the basis of the current average processing time, therefore, it is likely that the application of the individual concerned will be finalised in or...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question arrived in the State in September 2000 and applied for asylum. This application was refused in January 2002. He then made an application for permission to remain based on parentage of a child born in the State in November 2001. Following the decision of the Supreme Court in the cases ofL & O, the separate procedure which then existed to enable persons to apply to reside...

Written Answers — Employment Equality Legislation: Employment Equality Legislation (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality Act 1998) 2004 were drafted by the Circuit Court Rules Committee before the enactment of the Equality Act 2004. The Committee has been asked to consider the making of further rules in light of the 2004 Act.

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

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 — acquisition of title by virtue of long possession — which was lodged on 24 September 2004. Dealing No. D2004SM008211Q refers to this application. I understand that due to their complicated nature applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the CCTV advisory committee has received a report from the chief superintendent DMR north central, outlining the CCTV needs for his divisions. The committee is still considering this report and is not in a position to make recommendations to the Commissioner at present. I understand that two gardaí employed full time in the area concerned...

Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: On 21 February 2005, the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland signed protocols setting out the operational arrangements for secondments and personnel exchanges between the two police services, in accordance with Article 3 of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Police Co-operation of 29 April 2002. In relation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: An implementation plan in respect of the decentralisation of the immigration and asylum sections of my Department was prepared last year and submitted to decentralisation implementation group. It is available on my Department's website. Progress has been made with regard to property solutions to fulfil the accommodation brief for the staff decentralising to Tipperary. A number of sites have...

Written Answers — Prisons Building Programme: Prisons Building Programme (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: It has not been the practice to identify officials by name. However, I can tell the Deputy that the two members of the committee were both officials of the Irish Prison Service with responsibilities relating to capital projects in the prisons area.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am scheduled to visit Argentina on behalf of the Government for the St. Patrick's week celebrations. A full itinerary of events is being finalised for my visit. My proposed itinerary includes meeting members of the Argentinian Government and legal figures, such as the Minister for Justice of Argentina, the Lord Mayor and the Justice Minister of Buenos Aires. I am attending the St. Patrick's...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 20 April 2003 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the office of the refugee applications commissioner and, on appeal, by the refugee appeals tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, he was informed by a letter dated 12 August 2004 that the...