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Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: E-mail facilities are currently available to all gardaí from superintendent rank and above and this allows for e-mail correspondence with members of the public where appropriate. Access to e-mail is also provided to other individual members of the Garda Síochána where required, based on operational needs. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the Garda Síochána information and...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have requested the Land Registry to contact him directly concerning the current position of the application in question. I understand that in circumstances where the completion of an application in a particular case is urgent, the Land Registry will make every reasonable effort to facilitate such requests on receipt of a written explanation as to the reason...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I informed the Deputy in response to Parliamentary Question No. 552 on 21 February 2006 that it was likely that the application of the person concerned would be finalised in or around the end of 2007. That is still the position.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 454 and 455 together. The witness security programme was established in 1997 in response to the activities of organised criminal gangs to facilitate those persons who are prepared to give evidence against alleged offenders. The programme continues to operate under the direct control and administration of the Garda Commissioner. It is not the practice and it...

Written Answers — Law on Perjury: Law on Perjury (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: Perjury, that is, the giving of false evidence on oath or affirmation, is an offence at common law, although a number of statutes also address matters incidental to the offence. The offence is committed by any person lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in a judicial proceeding who wilfully makes a statement, material in that proceeding, which he or she knows to be false or does...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: While there are general claims of under reporting of crime, there is no evidence that the level of under reporting now is any greater than in the past, or that the proportion of unreported crime in Ireland is any greater than in other jurisdictions. The problems of unreported and unrecorded crime are well documented in the international criminological literature, and are in no way unique to...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (4 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that gender is recorded as male or female and there are currently no plans in place to capture additional information on gender status. I am further informed that a number of gardaí have received special familiarisation training and were appointed as liaison officers to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, GLBT. The Garda authorities...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am not aware of any specific financial and health difficulties being experienced by the person in question. However, an application for permission to remain in the State, based on marriage to an Irish national, was received from the person concerned in April 2005. Applications of this type, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (5 Apr 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 of the human resource management and internal affairs divisions at Garda headquarters, as at 4 April 2006, was 88 members of the Garda Síochána, all ranks, and 30 civilian staff. I wish to point out to the Deputy that significant...

Written Answers — Adult Caution Scheme: Adult Caution Scheme (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the background to the introduction of the adult cautioning scheme was the report of the public prosecution system study group, which was published in 1999. In order to reduce the volume of cases being brought before the courts, the report recommended the introduction of a system whereby offenders would be issued with warnings by the Garda...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The brief of requirements prepared by the Garda authorities for the proposed new station at Castleisland, has just been sent to the Office of Public Works. When the sketch scheme has been received from that office it will be forwarded to the Garda authorities for urgent consideration.

Written Answers — Land Registry Applications: Land Registry Applications (5 Apr 2006)

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

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that in 2005 eight persons were arrested and charged on more than one occasion for drunkenness offences under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 in the Bridewell Garda district, which includes Smithfield. In 2006, up to 3 April, three persons have been arrested and charged on more than one...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was received in the visa office on 24 February 2006 and was approved on 3 April 2006.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was received in the visa office on 22 March 2006 and was approved on 3 April 2006.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: For policing purposes the country is divided into six regions, each of which is commanded by a regional assistant commissioner. The duties of the regional assistant commissioners are mainly operational. They are responsible for ensuring the operational efficiency of their respective region and, in particular, the quality of operational management exercised by their respective divisional and...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The position remains unchanged from my response to Question No. 409 of 6 July 2004.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: 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 Bruff, Newcastle West and Askeaton for the years 2004 and 2005. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999 has led to more complete and comprehensive recording of crimes reported than was...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Garda authorities are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel. They inform me 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 personnel strength of the Garda Síochána during that period. The number of gardaí of...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (5 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 245 of 29 March 2006.