Results 7,101-7,120 of 18,729 for speaker:Michael McDowell

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have requested the Land Registry to contact her directly concerning the current position of the application in question.

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: Strong provisions are in place to combat anti-social and unlawful behaviour. The primary basis for the law regarding public order offences is the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, which modernised the law in this regard. Furthermore, because of my concerns about the abuse of alcohol and its contribution to public order offending and broader social problems, I brought forward tough new...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 10 December 1998 and claimed asylum. His claim for refugee status was considered under the process then applicable and was refused by the asylum division of my Department. He was notified of the decision on 1 March 2000. His subsequent appeal was refused by the Office of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and he was notified of this recommendation by...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The immigration division of my Department has recently written to the person concerned requesting documentation in support of the application. When all the documentation is received the application will be considered and a decision will be made.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The procedures for non-EEA workers applying for family reunification are outlined on my Department's website. These procedures can be found under the visa section as only visa-required family members are currently obliged to apply in advance for family reunification. The spouses and minor dependent children of non-EEA workers who are not visa-required are permitted to come to Ireland without...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that enforcement of speed limits is conducted across all Garda divisions with a view to ensuring compliance by all drivers. I am further informed that statistics are not compiled in such a way as to distinguish between bus drivers and other categories of drivers prosecuted for exceeding speed limits and would require an unjustifiable deployment of Garda...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Government legislative programme published on 25 January last makes provision for publication of a Sale of Alcohol Bill in 2006 which will update and streamline the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol. 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 provisions more suited to modern...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 16 April 2004 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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, she was informed by letter dated 9 August 2005 that the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 04 October 2003 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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, she was informed by letter dated 23 March 2005 that it was...

Written Answers — Visas Applications: Visas Applications (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The mother of the person in question, accompanied by two children then aged six months and three years, arrived in the State in January 1998 and made an application for asylum. The father, accompanied by a then five year old child, arrived the following April 1998 and made an application for asylum. The mother gave birth in the State in February 1999 and they sought permission to remain on...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The applicant in question applied for permission to remain in Ireland, on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child, born before 1 January 2005, in accordance with the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005. The applicant made her application on 9 March 2005 and was given temporary permission to remain on an exceptional basis, for a period of one year until 24...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person in question is currently the dependant of her mother who has temporary permission to remain in the State. The permission was granted to the applicant's mother on the basis of her being the parent of an Irish-born child born before 1 January 2005 under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005. The person in question is the older sibling of an Irish-born child and...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 16 April 2003 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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, she was informed by letter dated 14 November 2005 that the...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 585 on 21 February 2006.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that the register of titles managed by the Land Registry currently covers about 2.4 million parcels of land. The boundaries of these titles are marked and maintained by the Land Registry on map sheets published by Ordnance Survey Ireland. Since the organisation was established in 1892, these Land Registry maps, now numbering about 32,000 active sheets,...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that the project, the subject of this parliamentary question, was a community-based day assessment service which offered an assessment service to young people from Finglas, Ballymun and surrounding areas. My Department, through the probation and welfare service, commenced funding the project on 1 January 2004, at an annual cost of €400,000. Prior to that date,...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (23 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 governs the possession of offensive weapons including knives. Under the Act, it is an offence to have any knife, or any article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed, in any public place; to be in possession of a knife, or any weapon of offence, while on any premises as a trespasser; to produce, in a manner likely to intimidate another...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: That is not so.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Financial Resolution. (28 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of certain fees, being fees in respect of services provided by the Property Registration Authority in respect of its functions under the Act, which include managing and controlling the Registry of Deeds and Land Registry, promoting and extending the registration of ownership...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Financial Resolution. (28 Feb 2006)

Michael McDowell: I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this resolution for the making in accordance with the Act, of such charges as the Road Safety Authority considers necessary and appropriate in connection with the performance by it of its functions, the provision by it of any service, or the carrying on by it of any activities.