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Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have set out the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the expenditure from my Department's Vote on consultancy during 2007 in the following table. The Deputy should note that the bodies associated with the Department but with their own Vote, specifically An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, the Courts Service and the Property Registration Authority, have been...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position in relation to long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. While...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position in relation to long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. While...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have nothing further to add to the details of my reply to Question No. 176 of 4 March 2008 other than to indicate that the programme of work that has been developed so as to meet the legislative and administrative obligations under the Convention is being actively addressed by the relevant Departments, including my own Department, and that the intention of the Government is to have the...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 569 and 570 together. CCTV systems have become an important and effective tool to support policing and community safety and they also act as a useful deterrent to crime and public disorder. Garda CCTV schemes are planned and implemented on the basis of the Garda Commissioner's identified operational needs. Garda CCTV systems are operational in 11 towns and...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application form in respect of the person in question was received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit on 10 March, 2008, and that the corresponding response was approved for issuance on 10 April, 2008.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The existing processing time for applications for certificates of naturalisation is approximately thirty months and this is primarily due to the significant increase in the volume of applications received in the last number of years. The procedures employed to assess an applicant for naturalisation are as set out in summary form below. Upon receipt, an initial examination of each application...

Written Answers — Forensic Medical Examiner Service: Forensic Medical Examiner Service (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Garda Síochána has of course arrangements in place for the supply of necessary medical services. These arrangements are being reviewed by a working group, representative of An Garda Síochána, my Department, the Department of Health and Children and the Forensic Science Laboratory, to see how these services might be enhanced in line with best international practice. I look forward to...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: A licence granted under the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004 permits the licensee to sell intoxicating liquor in specified premises in accordance with the terms of the licence. It is an offence under licensing law to sell intoxicating liquor in premises which are not licensed for that purpose. I am informed by the Garda authorities that local Gardaí commenced an investigation into the operation...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the Family Reunification applications from the person in question were refused on 26 October 2006 and a letter outlining the reasons for the refusals issued on the same date. Following a request from the person in question the file was re-examined in the Immigration Division. This re-examination revealed a problem with some of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy might wish to note that, in accordance with the provisions of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended), two statutory independent refugee status determination bodies, namely the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, were established with effect from 20 November 2000 to examine, at first instance and, where appropriate, on appeal, applications...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: One of the strategic actions to achieve the goals set out in the Garda Commissioner's Policy Plan for 2008 is the continuation and intensification of intelligence-led operations against groups and individuals engaged in the supply of arms (including heavy calibre weapons) to criminal gangs. I am informed by the Garda authorities that all available intelligence is fully analysed and used in...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 580 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Encounter, which commenced in February, 2002, targets public disorder and anti-social behaviour by specifically targeting offences contrary to the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 and the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988, which includes provisions on the sale to and consumption of...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579, 581 and 583 together. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that as of 31 March 2008, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of the Carlow/Kildare Garda Division was 408. The Deputy will appreciate that, as with any large organisation, on any given day, personnel strengths of individual stations may fluctuate...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Office for Public Works that the Garda Station in Leixlip, Co. Kildare is on target for completion in Autumn 2008. It is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner to allocate personnel throughout the Force taking everything into account. The situation will be kept under review and when additional personnel next become available the needs of the Garda Station referred...

Written Answers — Witness Intimidation: Witness Intimidation (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The intimidation of witnesses is already an offence pursuant to Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999. Section 41 specifies the offence as harming, threatening or menacing or in any other way intimidating or putting in fear another person who is assisting in the investigation of an offence by the Garda Síochána, with the intention of causing the investigation or course of justice to...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I presume the Deputy is referring to instances of temporary release pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1960 as amended by the Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Act, 2003. Periods of temporary release may be granted during a prisoner's sentence for health or other humanitarian grounds (e.g. a funeral), to assess a person's ability to reintegrate into society...

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Bureau: Criminal Assets Bureau (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the Criminal Assets Bureau, pursuant to its statutory remit, proactively targets the assets of persons suspected to derive directly or indirectly from criminal conduct. To help achieve this objective, the Bureau works closely with all other law enforcement agencies including Revenue Customs, other Garda National Units and the local Gardaí in each...

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 587 and 588 together. Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently...

Written Answers — Prisoner Statistics: Prisoner Statistics (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that the figures for 10 April 2008, as requested by the Deputy, are as follows: Prison Number in Custody Arbour Hill 146 Castlerea Prison 241 Cloverhill Prison 441 Cork Prison 269 Dóchas 108 Limerick Prison 300 Loughan House 120 Midlands Prison 466 Mountjoy Prison 583 Portlaoise 107 Shelton Abbey 67 St...