Results 381-400 of 18,726 for speaker:Michael McDowell

Written Answers — Departmental Funding. : Departmental Funding. (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: In the time available for answering parliamentary questions it has not been possible to compile the detailed information requested by the Deputy. The information sought is being compiled at present and I will forward it to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts. : Consultancy Contracts. (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: In the time available for answering parliamentary questions it has not been possible to compile the information sought by the Deputy. I am arranging to have the information compiled and will correspond with the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Registration of Title. : Registration of Title. (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for a transfer of part of a folio which was lodged on 27 January 2003. Dealing Number D2003SM000695D refers. I am further informed that the application is receiving attention in the Land Registry and that, subject to no queries arising, the application will be completed within the next few weeks.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences. : Road Traffic Offences. (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for the Garda Síochána and, as such, I have no role in relation to it. However, I have had inquiries made and am informed by the Garda authorities that there was a delay of just over a month from the time the payment was received by cheque on 25 July 2003 to the date the cheque was submitted for clearance. I understand that once the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned applied for asylum in the State in November 1999. His asylum claim was considered and refused in July 2000. An appeal on that decision was also refused in September 2000. He applied for residency on the basis of parentage of Irish child born on 25 September 2001. Following the decision of the Supreme Court in the cases of L and O, the separate procedure which then existed...

Written Answers — State Contracts: State Contracts (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources that the tendering process for the Garda Síochána is carried out centrally under the control of the director of finance of the Garda Síochána and in co-operation with my Department, the Government Supplies Agency and the Office of Public Works. In addition, requirements for items of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned made an asylum application on 19 August 2002. On 4 September 2002 she gave birth to a child. She subsequently withdrew her asylum application on 8 October 2002 and applied for residency on the basis of her Irish-born child. Following the decision of the Supreme Court in the cases of L and O, the separate procedure which then existed to enable persons to apply to reside in...

Written Answers — Prison Deaths: Prison Deaths (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person referred to by the Deputy was found in his bed by prison staff at St. Patrick's Institution at 8.20 a.m. on 13 December 2003. He was examined in the cell by the prison doctor who pronounced death. In common with all deaths in prison custody, the cause of death is a matter to be determined by a coroner's court. I understand that the Dublin city coroner will inform the family of the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: An application for capital grant assistance from the 2000 — 2006 equal opportunities child care programme was received from this community-based group on 3 June 2003. All applications for grant assistance undergo a thorough assessment and appraisal process by Area Development Management Limited. On completion of the assessment process, applications are considered by the programme appraisal...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The High Court judgment of 22 January 2004 has no bearing on the deportation provisions of the Immigration Act 1999 as these were not impugned in the judgment.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person in question made a visa application in December 2003 to enable him to come to work in the State. The application was accompanied by a work permit valid for a 12 month period from March 2003 to March 2004. The visa application was refused because the work permit was due to expire within a short period after the time the application was received in my Department. It is open to the...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person referred to by the Deputy was committed to Mountjoy Prison on foot of a warrant issued at Athy District Court on 27 January 2004 ordering his imprisonment for a six month period. Following his committal, he was deemed to be a suitable candidate for an open centre and was transferred to Shelton Abbey on 14 February 2004. There are extensive training and educational programmes...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The growth in the volume of business handled by the immigration and citizenship division of my Department has been well canvassed by me in replies to previous parliamentary questions, for example, Questions Nos. 400 and 401 of 10 February 2004, 849 of 27 January 2004, 396 of 18 November 2003, and 1190 of 30 September 2003. I am satisfied that the division is capable of providing an adequate...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 459 and 466 together. Crime statistics for 2001 and 2002 are published on a Garda divisional basis in the annual reports of the Garda Síochána which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on the Garda website. I released the provisional crime statistics in respect of the year 2003 for the State on 21 January 2004. These data are not yet available on a...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The cost of refurbishment of Shelton Abbey amounted to €5,473,015. This amount includes professional fees. A substantial proportion of these costs arose from the fact that this is a heritage property whose external fabric had deteriorated badly over the years. Refurbishment work commenced on 13 November 2000 and was completed in mid-2002. The impact of the refurbishment works necessitated a...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (17 Feb 2004)

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 of Lifford Garda station as at 13 February 2004 was 16, including all ranks. There is a twinning arrangement in operation with Castlefin Garda station which facilitates the deployment of a 24 hour mobile patrol. In addition resources are...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that the applications in question were approved on appeal on 11 February 2004.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: It was never the case that all non-national spouses of Irish nationals were required to register on an annual basis. Rather it was the case that the registration renewal was timed to coincide with the renewal of permission to remain in the State. It follows, therefore, that if a person was given a stamp on his or her passport granting five years' permission to remain, then he or she was...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: On 24 September 2003, the applicant was requested by letter to provide information which would indicate the date of arrival of her son into the State and the date or dates of his enrolment in school here. A facsimile of an undated letter from a school in the applicant's home town was received in the citizenship section of my Department on 17 October 2003. This letter did not contain the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the information requested by the Deputy could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources. However, information in relation to instances of breaches of the road traffic law by cyclists where prosecutions were initiated in the Dublin metropolitan region in 2002 are set out in the following table....