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Written Answers — Sale of Fireworks: Sale of Fireworks (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Explosives Act 1875 provides for the control of the importation, manufacture, storage and sale of fireworks. As the Deputy will be aware, last February I published a fireworks policy consultation document and initiated a process of consultation with a view to bringing forward proposals for amending and strengthening the provisions in the 1875 Act. My Department has received a wide range...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am aware of the Garda accommodation difficulties existing in Dunmanway. There are plans to refurbish and extend the Garda station there, and to that end the Office of Public Works is endeavouring to acquire a small piece of land to the rear of the station to allow access to the site and commencement of the project. Until that has been done, the Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible...

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

Michael McDowell: I have informed this House on several occasions in the recent past in response to parliamentary questions that I have adopted a general policy that applicants for naturalisation, other than refugees, programme refugees or stateless persons, should have been supporting themselves and their families without recourse to State support for a three-year period prior to applying for naturalisation...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 11 September 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 letter, dated 11 May 2005, that the...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: Owing to the unprecedented growth in the number of foreign nationals arriving in Ireland, the Garda authorities have reviewed the human resource allocation at Dublin Airport in particular on several occasions since 2000. It should be noted that in 2000 the total number of gardaí of all ranks attached to the immigration unit at Dublin Airport was 53. At present there are in total 80 gardaí...

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

Michael McDowell: As previously stated in my reply of 26 January 2005, an application for permission to remain in the State based on marriage to an Irish national was received from the person concerned in December 2004. Applications of that type are dealt with in chronological order and currently take approximately 16 months to process.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: Under the Government's decentralisation programme, 230 posts in the Land Registry are scheduled to relocate to Roscommon town. The decentralisation implementation group reported to the Minister for Finance on 30 June 2005 giving timescales for all decentralising organisations. In that report, the indicative date for completion of construction of a building for the Land Registry in Roscommon...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: Earlier this year, I published proposals for an intoxicating liquor Bill which will streamline and modernise the liquor licensing laws. The Bill will repeal the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004, as well as the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2004, and replace them with updated provisions more suited to modern conditions. When publishing the proposals, I invited organisations and individuals...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am considering my response to the correspondence in question, which will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: Subsequent to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 30 November 2004 which addressed the issues raised by the group in question, I have made the following regulations and orders under section 40 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, which relates to court proceedings heard otherwise than in public. I made regulations under section 40(3) specifying three categories of persons who...

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

Michael McDowell: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the person in question has recently been granted permission to remain in the State.

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

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 979, 981 and 982 together. The person in question was arrested on 2 June 2005 and conveyed to Store Street Garda station where he was detained and placed in a cell. During the afternoon of that date, he was found in an unconscious state in the cell and removed to hospital where he died on 16 September 2005. The full circumstances surrounding the arrest,...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: According to the Garda authorities, the following tabular statement shows the number and type of firearms recorded as seized by the Garda Síochána to date in 2005. The figures cover the period up to 18 September 2005 and are provisional at this stage. Firearm type Number seized Air pistol 91 Air rifle 41 Toy gun-imitation 58 Stun gun 17 Shotgun 147 Rifle 66 Revolver...

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

Michael McDowell: I assume the Deputy is referring to the cases of non-EEA nationals who are served with a notice of intention to deport them under section 3(3)(a) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended. Section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, allows the Minister to make a deportation order in respect of nine categories of persons including a person who has served or is serving a term of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 16 June 2005. My Department has not received information regarding the current status of the court proceedings in question. Neither has information been supplied concerning the person's ongoing ability to maintain herself without recourse to public funds. I am not in a position to consider granting the extension of...

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

Michael McDowell: Applications for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for the non-national born parents of Irish-born children born before 1 January 2005 are being dealt with in order of receipt in so far as is possible and as expeditiously as possible. Some 18,000 applications were received under the revised arrangements and to date more than 13,000 of those have been given...

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

Michael McDowell: The amendment to the Constitution following the referendum on 11 June 2004 has allowed the Oireachtas to deal with the issue of citizenship for children of non-national parents. The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004, which commenced on 1 January this year, provides that certain non-nationals are required to be resident in the island of Ireland for a three-year period prior to the...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned applied for asylum on 19 August 2003. Her application was investigated by the Refugee Applications Commissioner who made a recommendation that she should not be recognised as a refugee. This position was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 31 December 2004. She appealed this recommendation to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Following its examination of the...

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

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 424 of 19 April 2005 and 199 of 21 April 2005. In those replies I informed the Deputy that I had decided to refuse the application of the person concerned and I set out the basis for my decision, that is, that the applicant did not have sufficient residency in the State at the time he applied. I also informed the Deputy that the...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (28 Sep 2005)

Michael McDowell: The refugee in question made an application for family reunification in November 2004. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. The commissioner submitted a report on the investigation to my Department on 26 September 2005. Further documentation in support of the application has been...