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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 756 on Tuesday, 12 April 2005, in the above regard.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The declaration in question was examined recently by my officials and was found to have been lodged in accordance with the statutory provisions set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act. The person concerned has been informed of this in writing and has been requested to pay the statutory fee. A certificate confirming that the person concerned is an Irish citizen will issue as soon...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is in 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 15 April 2005. Dealing number D2005WS004987A refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was for the purposes of allowing a non-EEA national travel to the State to take up employment. I can inform the Deputy that this application was refused by my Department on 25 April 2005. The applicant will be notified of this decision as soon as possible. The application was refused because the visa officer examining the case identified a number of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I presume the Deputy is referring to non-EEA spouses of Irish nationals. Marriage to an Irish national does not grant any automatic right to enter or reside in the State solely on that basis. Neither does it grant an automatic right to Irish citizenship following the coming into force of the Immigration and Citizenship Act 2001 which abolished the previous system of post-nuptial citizenship....

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: As a result of the rejection by the members of the Prisoner Officers Association of the proposal for organisational change in the Prison Service, I have instructed the director general of the Prison Service to immediately close the current facilities on Spike Island and at the Curragh. The Deputy will be aware that, following the Government decision of November 2003, these facilities were...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: It appears from the details supplied by the Deputy and from records held by my Department that the person referred to is currently in the State. Consequently, on foot of the information available, the issue of a visa does not appear to arise. However, if the Deputy is referring to an extension of leave to remain in the State, the person in question should contact the Garda national...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was for a re-entry visa to allow a non-EEA national, illegally resident in the State, to leave and subsequently re-enter the State. I am informed that the parents of the person in question arrived in the State illegally, in 1999, and subsequently claimed asylum. They later obtained permission to remain on the basis of their parentage of an Irish born...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department approved the application to which the Deputy refers on 25 April 2005. The applicant will be notified of this decision as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: Further reports of acts of vandalism to cars and other anti-social behaviour in the area referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 3 March 2005 have been received by the Garda Síochána. Under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, proceedings have commenced against five persons for offences committed in the area. The sale of intoxicating liquor to young people in the area is...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: A report from the person in question was received and the incident remains under investigation and no person has been made amenable to date. It is not practice to comment upon ongoing Garda investigations, which are operational matters for the Garda authorities. To date in 2005, there are six recorded instances of similar attacks in the area of the towpath or canal bank. Garda foot patrols...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: An application for copy folio and filed plan in respect of the folio number to which the Deputy refer was lodged and completed on 19 April 2005. Application number C2005CK002741D refers.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the person in question has permission to remain in the State up to 13 May 2005 as a visitor and that no application has been received for a renewal of that permission. I am also aware that she has made an application for permission to remain in the State based on parentage of an Irish born child. The position regarding this application was outlined in my reply to the...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to Question No. 346 on Tuesday, 8 March 2005. I have received many representations, including one from the Castleblayney Committee, requesting that the persons concerned be permitted to return to Ireland. I am satisfied that these persons were deported following a fair and comprehensive examination of their asylum claims and of their applications for...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy has omitted to supply a visa application reference number. Therefore, unfortunately it has not been possible to identify the application in question. I am informed that a search of all applications recorded by my Department did not yield any current applications for a person with the same name as that supplied by the Deputy. Consequently, it is not possible to comment on the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department has not to date received a visa application in respect of a holiday visa for the person named by the Deputy for a visit in 2005. A previous visa application for the named person was received in 2004 and was sought to enable the wife of a non-EEA national employed under the work permit scheme to join her husband in the State. This application was refused as the visa officer was...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy has omitted to supply a visa application reference number. Therefore, unfortunately it has not been possible to identify the application in question. I am informed that a search of all applications recorded by my Department did not yield any current applications for a person with the same name as that supplied by the Deputy. Consequently, it is not possible to comment on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that a third application for capital grant assistance under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme, EOCP, 2000-2006, was submitted by this group to my Department some time ago. The group in question was approved for EOCP capital grant assistance of almost €54,000 in 2001 and a further capital grant of €410,000 in 2002. The group appealed this latter amount and was...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: Applications for naturalisation by the persons referred to by the Deputy were received in the citizenship section of my Department on 30 April 2003. These cases are under active consideration at present and I will inform both the applicants and the Deputy as soon as I have reached a decision.

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am advised that the group referred to by the Deputy declined the offer of an early meeting with the director general of the Irish Prison Service after the decision to relocate Mountjoy Prison to the site at Thornton Hall was announced. Officials from the Irish Prison Service did, however, meet with a group of representatives from the local school. All the relevant information about the...