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Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act, 1983, provides that a Court may make a Community Service Order as an alternative to a sentence of imprisonment or detention in respect of any individual over the age of 16 years who has been convicted of a criminal offence and who consents to the Order being made. As the Deputy will be aware, the Community Service Order requires an offender to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The office accommodation provided for the National Property Services Regulatory Authority at Abbey Road, Navan, Co. Meath was opened on 15 November, 2007. The accommodation is provided for by the OPW and is shared with the Revenue Commissioners. I understand from the OPW that the annual rental cost of the space occupied by the NPSRA is €189,869. I can also inform the Deputy that there...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 386 of Wednesday 4 June 2008.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that 489,029 breath tests were carried out in 2007 under mandatory alcohol testing. Of the persons so tested, 5,211 were taken to a Garda station for evidential testing. Of those 3,610 were found to be over the legally permitted alcohol limit.

Written Answers — Change of Name Licence: Change of Name Licence (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that they have received an application from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. When the application is processed, the Immigration Division will contact the person in question in writing with a decision in the case.

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 135 of 29 May, 2008. Of the four prisoners mentioned in that answer, two of the prisoners have been in custody since 1980 and two since 1985.

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that all prisoners are advised of the services available to them on committal to prison and have access to these services through a number of channels, including requests to prison officers on their landings. Prison staff are proactive in referring prisoners to services where they have concerns about their well-being. Longer...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Operation Anvil commenced in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) on 17 May, 2005 and was extended nationwide in 2006. It is an intelligence led policing initiative, the focus of which is the targeting of active criminals and their associates involved in serious crime by preventing and disrupting their criminal activity through extensive additional overt patrolling and static check points by...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2007. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in late 2005 and have approximately 9,800 applications on hand to be dealt with before the person concerned. These are generally dealt with in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The amounts of interest paid under the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act, 1997 by my Department during the last five years were as follows, €4,850.59 (2003); €7,415.53 (2004); €10,341.70 (2005); €35,844.93 (2006); €65,777.59 (2007). I would like to add that the total interest paid during this five year period amounted to €124,230 which represents 0.01% of €1,376,881,787 being the...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (5 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred to is in Raheny Garda Sub-District and is patrolled by foot and mobile patrols from that Garda station. I am further informed that local Garda management is aware of public order problems and anti-social behaviour in the area concerned. The area referred to has been included in the local Policing Plan for particular attention...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Morgan is a great man.

Order of Business (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: That is not true.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The draft resolution to approve the development of a prison in the district electoral division of Kilsallaghan is an important step in the delivery of real and substantive improvements in our prison system. Mountjoy Prison, a Victorian prison built in 1850 for short-term convicts awaiting transportation to Tasmania, has to go. The accommodation provided at Mountjoy Prison is substandard —...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I did not say that. The Deputy should check what I said.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Or even promoters for developers. Am I right?

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Apart from the tower.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I thank Deputies for the constructive remarks some of them have made. I do not accept that proper time has not been given to considering this matter. Of all the discussions about prison building in the State, this has been the longest running process of consultation. It started in late February, and the resolution has been before the House for over a month. I have spoken on it both in the...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Prison Service and my Department have set out the detailed specifications of what is required for the prison. Some Members asked why the Office of Public Works was not involved as it was in other prison developments. This is not the same as any other prison development as it is a public private partnership. Maintenance simply means the maintenance of the buildings and plant,...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Dermot Ahern: As I said, I cannot go into the financial arrangements of the public private partnership. In compliance with strict Department of Finance guidelines, no financial information may be disclosed that would give an indication as to what the State may be willing to pay——