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Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: In February 2005 there were 815 stationary speed detection checkpoints mounted in the Dublin metropolitan region between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The premises in question is a six bed transitional accommodation project for women leaving prison. The project is designed to work primarily with women who would otherwise be homeless at the end of their sentence or while on temporary release. Accommodation is also provided, in limited circumstances, for women offenders in the community, under the supervision of the probation and welfare...

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

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that correspondence was received from the person named by the Deputy on 4 February 2005 seeking the amendment of an entry on a folio and the reissue of the relevant land certificate and copy folio-file plan. Dealing number D2005SM001918B was set up for the purpose of effecting the desired amendment and I am informed that this application was completed...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (24 Mar 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 1 October 2004. Dealing number D2004XS014480C refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for registration...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 3 March 2005 to my colleague, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. I am to state that the person in question was granted leave to remain in the State on 4 March 2005 and is entitled to seek employment.

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

Michael McDowell: I have no proposals to introduce a system on the lines proposed by the Deputy. The grant of a certificate of naturalisation is generally predicated on five years lawful residence in the State — excluding periods granted for the purpose of seeking asylum or for the purpose of study. Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of employment permit...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The major reduction in the number of asylum applicants is now giving me an opportunity to refocus resources on areas of service provision for non-nationals which are under resourced at present. Given the large number of staff involved and having regard to the reduction in the number of asylum applications being received in the State, I have engaged the services of PA Consulting Group in...

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

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my answers to Questions Nos. 166 of 18 November 2004 and 414 of 22 March 2005. To those answers I wish to add that the subject matter of the Deputy's question is not new, although it may be more prominent in public debate given the huge increase in our non-national population. Deputies from all sides of the House have raised concerns about service from the immigration...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 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 13 February 2002. The application would have been briefly examined at that time to ensure the applicant had been resident in the State for the statutory five-year period. I considered the application on 31 March 2004 and decided not to grant...

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

Michael McDowell: I assume the Deputy is referring to a situation where the child, although born in Ireland on or after 1 January 2005, is not entitled by operation of law to Irish citizenship, as a result of changes to our citizenship laws which came into effect on that date. Subject to certain exceptions, those changes mean that such a child is not entitled to citizenship by operation of law where neither...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Government's road safety strategy 2004-2006 proposes that the Garda Síochána will enter into arrangements for the engagement of a private sector concern for the purposes of the provision and operation of a nationwide programme for the detection of speeding offences. Outsourcing of the operation of camera equipment would free up Garda resources for enforcement purposes, thus allowing...

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

Michael McDowell: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001 introduced provisions governing the type of residency which was reckonable for the purposes of making an application for naturalisation. These provisions came into effect on 30 November 2002. At the same time, the number of applications for naturalisation being received was increasing dramatically. At that time, the process involved in examining...

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

Michael McDowell: The granting of a certificate of naturalisation is predicated on a number of statutory requirements. One requirement is that the applicant has a specified period of residence "immediately before the date of application". Consequently, residence accrued after the date of application is insufficient to satisfy these requirements.

Written Answers — Departmental Pay: Departmental Pay (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have obtained sanction from my colleague the Minister for Finance for retrospection, which is conditional on acceptance of the terms of the new contract, to apply with effect from 1 July 2002.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question, a Cameroonian national, arrived in the State on 23 December 2002 and applied for asylum. She withdrew from the asylum process on 7 February 2003 and applied for permission to remain in the State on 12 February 2003 on the basis of her parentage of an Irish born child born on 19 January 2003. Following the Supreme Court judgment in the L&O case, which confirmed that...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 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 2 April 2003. The application has reached the final stages of processing and it will be submitted to me for a decision in the coming weeks. I will inform both the Deputy and the applicant as soon as I have reached a decision in the matter.

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

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 2 November 2002. The application was submitted to me for a decision in February 2005, and I decided not to grant a certificate of naturalisation. The person concerned was informed in writing of my decision and the reasons therefor on 17 February 2005.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: As the person concerned has issued judicial review proceedings, it would not be appropriate for me to make any further comment at this time.

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned, whose reference number is different from that provided by the Deputy, made an application for refugee status on 11 April 2003. This application was considered by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, both of whom concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. These positions were...

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

Michael McDowell: The person in question was illegally present in the State prior to his marriage to the Irish national. He was advised by the Garda national immigration bureau that in the circumstances he needed to make a written application to the immigration division of my Department for permission to remain in the State on the basis of that marriage. There is no record of any such application from the...