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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: The persons concerned entered the State on 16 April 2003 and applied for asylum. Their application was refused following consideration of their case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. In accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, they were informed on 27 September 2004 that it was proposed to make deportation...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: The persons concerned applied for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005 for the processing of applications for leave to remain from the non-national parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005. It is a requirement under the revised arrangements that each applicant parent is residing with their Irish born child in the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question made an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of family dependency in December 2004. An initial request for documentation issued in March 2005 and although some documentation was received in April 2005 it was insufficient to finalise the application. A further request for documentation was issued on 19 May 2005 and again on 8 September 2005. The...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 4 February 2005 and claimed asylum on 7 February 2005. The claim was investigated by the Refugee Applications Commissioner who concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. The commissioner's recommendation was communicated to the person concerned by letter dated 16 June 2005. This communication advised...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the focus on combating illegal drugs, gun crime and money laundering, extortion or racketeering comprises both direct and indirect input. With regard to illegal drugs, the most notable resources are the Garda national drugs unit, divisional and district drug...

Written Answers — International Co-operation in Law Enforcement: International Co-operation in Law Enforcement (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that international co-operation between law enforcement agencies is achieved in a number of ways, including the exchange of strategic and operational intelligence on the activities and modus operandi of criminal networks and organisations involved in the international trafficking of controlled drugs and in drug distribution. International co-operation is...

Written Answers — International Co-operation in Law Enforcement: International Co-operation in Law Enforcement (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed that the Garda Síochána has an excellent level of co-operation with all EU member states on a one-to-one basis as a result of the Garda Síochána's active participation in EU funded programmes since 1995. A network of formal and informal contacts has been developed with EU and non-EU countries. Ireland is a member of Europol and is also one of 184 countries that are members...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the number of gardaí and patrol cars available to, or operating out of, the Garda stations at Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth, Naas, Kilcock, Clane, Kill, Carbury, Robertstown and all other major towns and villages throughout County Kildare as at 12 October 2005...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength, all ranks, of the six operational divisions and the Dublin metropolitan traffic corps, which form the Dublin metropolitan region, as at 17 October 2005 was 3,965. The personnel...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: In the time available for response it has not been feasible to assemble the full range of data requested. I can, however, inform the Deputy that expenditure under the main IT capital and current subheads of the Votes under my Department's aegis — justice, courts, prisons, Garda, Land Registry — for the years 2000 to 2004 amounted to €172.933 million or 1.7% of total accumulated...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (20 Oct 2005)

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 the Carlow-Kildare division as at 19 October 2005 was 332, all ranks. The personnel strength of the Carlow-Kildare division as at 31 December 1997 was 292, all ranks. This represents an increase of 30, or 13%, in the number of...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength of the Garda national units investigating serious crime such as drug dealing, money laundering, extortion or racketeering as 31 December 2001-31 December 2004, and as at 18 October 2005 was as set out in the following table: Unit 2001 2002...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: The RAPID or revitalising areas by planning, investment and development programme targets the most concentrated areas of disadvantage in the State by ensuring that priority attention is given to these areas by Departments and State agencies dealing with disadvantage and local development in the widest sense. The RAPID programme selected 45 target areas in cities and towns for priority...

Written Answers — Traffic Calming Measures: Traffic Calming Measures (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I regret that it has not been possible in the time available to obtain the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy regarding this matter when it becomes available.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I can assure the Deputy that the toll of deaths and injuries on our roads is a matter of great concern to me. The human cost of road collisions is high. Road fatalities and serious injuries affect many more people than those killed and injured. Families, friends, communities and others involved in the incidents are affected as well. The road safety strategy 2004-2006 sets highly ambitious...

Written Answers — Property Management Services: Property Management Services (25 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I published the report of the auctioneering — estate agency review group on Tuesday, 18 October 2005 and, at the same time, I announced that the Government had approved the establishment of the national property services regulatory authority, one of the key recommendations in the report. A further key recommendation is that the new authority should assume responsibility for the licensing...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (25 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 137 on 19 May, 2005 and to Question No. 961 on 28 September 2005 in which I outlined the position of staff who were previously employed at Fort Mitchel. As I indicated previously, I understand that the director general of the Irish Prison Service is addressing the issue of the permanent redeployment of Fort Mitchel staff in the context of the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: The visa applications in question were received in my office on 30 September 2005. When assessing the applications in question, consideration was given to the personal circumstances of the applicants and the extent of their ties in their country of origin, The applications were refused because it was not established, on the basis of the documentation supplied to my Department, that the...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (25 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are plans to refurbish and extend Youghal Garda station to bring it up to the status of an area headquarters station. In the meantime, the Office of Public Works is preparing a tender specification to invite tenders for approved remedial works to be carried out at the station. This forms part of an ambitious national Garda building programme...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: I informed the Deputy in response to Question No. 269 on 17 May 2005 that an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned had been received in March 2004 and that it was likely that it would be finalised in early 2006. This is still the position.