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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Nov 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 each Garda district in Cork city and county as at 15 November 2005 was as set out in the table. Corresponding population figures sourced from the CSO 2002 census of population are also included. District Strength Population ...

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (16 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 1041 of 28 September 2005. Both the Nenagh community reparation project and the restorative justice services, Tallaght, formerly known as the victim-offender mediation project, have been evaluated and the reports on the evaluations are available, on request, from the respective projects or from the probation and welfare service, Smithfield...

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (16 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 372 and 373 together. The funding provided to the prison and probation and welfare services is as set out in Vote 21 of the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts, Volume 2, for each year up to and including 2003. Details for 2004 are set out in the Comptroller and Auditor General's audited appropriation accounts for...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Garda authorities and I will be in contact with the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy will appreciate that the Children Act 2001 is complex and comprehensive legislation and, for those reasons, provisions under the Act are being implemented on a phased basis, as was envisaged at the time of enactment. Responsibility for implementing the Children Act 2001 lies with three Departments: the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Education and Science mainly...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: Keep taking the tablets, Trevor.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: That side of the House does not like competition.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: Where was the ice-pick left?

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: The red tide.

Written Answers — State Properties: State Properties (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: It is standard practice for the Office of Public Works to seek the views of the Garda Síochána as to suitability in respect of employees of contractors working on certain sensitive State properties. It would be contrary to the public interest to disclose the grounds either generally or in any particular case upon which opposition to prospective employment is expressed.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for a two year period from 3 November 2005, under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005 for the non-national parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005. Some 18,000 applications to remain in Ireland under the revised arrangements were received by the closing date of 31 March 2005. Almost...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that no complaint has been received by them about allegations of overpayments to certain employees working at a building site in Ballymun. I am assured that should a complaint be received by the Garda authorities it will be thoroughly investigated.

Written Answers — Business Permission Scheme: Business Permission Scheme (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question made an application for permission to operate a business in the State under the business permission scheme in November 2004. An initial request for documentation issued in November 2004 and a reply was received in January 2005. Due to the large volume of such applications currently on hands the case was not further processed until October 2005 when a further request for...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: In the discussion document, Immigration and Residence in Ireland, which I published in April of this year and circulated to all Members of this House, it is proposed that a new status of "long-term resident" should be introduced in the forthcoming Immigration and Residence Bill. There is currently no separate status of "long-term resident" in the Irish immigration system. While a person could...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities about the number of serious assaults in the year to date in 2005 compared to the same period last year. The attached table gives details of the number of assault causing harm offences recorded from 1 January 2004 to 31 October 2004 and 1 January 2005 to 31 October 2005. Figures provided for 2004 and 2005 are provisional operational statistics...

Written Answers — International Policing Agreements: International Policing Agreements (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy will appreciate that I will shortly be establishing the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, and I expect that the commission will address the issue of how best to progress co-operation with the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland and, indeed, their counterparts in other jurisdictions.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that investigations into the incident in question are ongoing. I understand that three of the Latvian workers along with the owner of the boat in question have been interviewed by the Garda authorities so far. I am further informed that when the Garda investigations are complete a file will be submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Written Answers — Capital Expenditure: Capital Expenditure (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: None of the capital projects under my Department's aegis for the years referred to comes within the scope of the Deputy's question.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I recently approved the application for a certificate of naturalisation by the person named. The person concerned was informed of my decision by letter on 9 November 2005, as well as the procedures that must be finalised before a certificate of naturalisation can issue. When these procedures are completed, a certificate of naturalisation will issue as...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (22 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have requested the Land Registry to contact him directly concerning the current position of the application in question.