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Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413 to 415, inclusive, and 436 together. Training on the PULSE system is provided to Garda by the Garda continuous professional development section. All members in the Gorey, Enniscorthy, and New Ross districts, and in the district referred to by the Deputy in Question No. 436, have completed the training provided in modules 1, 2 and 3 in respect of the PULSE...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416, 417, 418 and 434 together. I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength of all ranks of the Garda Síochána as at 31 December 1997 and 20 March 2006 was 10,702 and 12,445 respectively. This represents an increase of 1,743, or 16.3%, in the...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 423 to 425, inclusive, together. I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities and the following table gives the statistics for the number of robberies committed and detected in the Garda districts of Enniscorthy, Wexford, Gorey and New Ross for each of the years 2000-05. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 to 422, inclusive, together. It has not been possible, within the timeframe available, to collate the information required by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426, 427, 428 and 442 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provides the total number of robbery and aggravated burglary offences where a firearm was used, recorded and detected in the Garda districts of Wexford, New Ross, Gorey and Enniscorthy for the years 2002-05. I am pleased to note that the table shows a reduction of...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 430, 431 and 438 together. I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities and the following table gives statistics for the number of rapes and sexual assaults committed and detected in the Garda districts of Enniscorthy, Wexford, Gorey and New Ross for each of the years 2002-2005. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432, 433, 439 and 440 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables provide the total number of headline offences, by group, recorded and detected in the Garda districts of Wexford, New Ross, Gorey and Enniscorthy for the years 2000 to 2005. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999 has led to...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that all members of the Garda Síochána who are authorised to carry a firearm are required to attend refresher training three times per year. Each Garda division is required to ensure that all members authorised to carry firearms meet the three times per year training commitment. I have been further informed that the training entails a one-day...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: It has not been possible, within the timeframe available, to collate the information required by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (28 Mar 2006)

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

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (28 Mar 2006)

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, all ranks, of the Garda Síochána as at 31 December 1997 and 20 March 2006 was 10,702 and 12,445, respectively. This represents an increase of 1,743, or 16.3%, in the personnel strength of the Garda Síochána during that period. I...

Written Answers — Garda Communications: Garda Communications (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: Access to e-mail to nominated members of the Garda Síochána is provided where required based upon operational needs. E-mail facilities are available to all gardaí from superintendent rank upwards. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the Garda Síochána information and communications technology strategy, which is currently being finalised, envisages an enterprise-wide e-mail system...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I did not state that.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should find me the quote.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: That is in the original Bill.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I thank all the Deputies who contributed to this debate over the past two days. People may say that only a handful had a chance to air their views but more than 50 — excluding Deputy Naughten, who had only a few minutes at the end — had an opportunity to contribute. The process which led to the tabling of these amendments has been one of the most transparent in the history of criminal...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: Far from being rushed through, the legislation is travelling at a snail's pace. I am then asked why I am going so slowly. I have sympathy with that question because the amendments have taken longer than I originally estimated. However, I remind the House that when the legislation on the Garda Síochána was being debated and the heads of this Bill were published, I said I would only proceed...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: It does and I do not see why we should not have a method of doing that here also. Points were made about the ASBO issue. I will not enter into that debate now, but I believe the range of measures being brought forward by the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, and me in this legislation are fully consistent with the Children Act and...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: There have been many in Britain.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: There have been a few cases of sexual offences involving minors. A solid citizen could wake up one morning to realise that the young boy who had raped his or her daughter was going back to school that day and there would be a conference, or that a person who pushed his or her child under a train or into a canal was back at school, or that a person had bullied and tortured a person. If our law...