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Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (25 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 — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was received in my Department on 6 September 2005. The decision of the visa officer to refuse this application was made on 16 September 2005. The application was refused because the visa officer was not satisfied that the applicant's family had sufficient financial resources to support him. In addition, the visa officer considered that the granting of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned entered the State as an unaccompanied minor in October 1999 and applied for asylum. Normal immigration controls were not applied to her and her entry to the State without a passport or valid form of identification was allowed for the sole purpose of having an asylum claim determined. In May 2000, she withdrew her claim for asylum before it had been finalised and made an...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: Representations have been received in respect of the person concerned and are currently being considered under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999. The applicant will be informed in due course in regard to the application for permission to remain in the State on compassionate grounds.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (25 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 — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 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 all ranks of An Garda Síochána as at 31 March 2006 was 12,439. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 of all ranks as at 30 June 1997 and represents an increase of 1,737, 16.2%, in the personnel strength of the force during...

Written Answers — Sentencing Policy: Sentencing Policy (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy is aware, the traditional approach to sentencing is for the Oireachtas to lay down by law the maximum penalty appropriate to a particular offence and for the courts, having considered all the circumstances of a case, to impose an appropriate penalty up to that maximum. This approach reflects the doctrine of the separation of powers — the courts are, subject only to the...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the investigation into the incidents referred to is ongoing and that an incident room has been set up in the Dublin metropolitan region west to co-ordinate the investigation. Local Garda management is satisfied that sufficient resources, supplemented as required from the national units including the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, are...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 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 all ranks of An Garda Síochána as at 31 March 2006 was 12,439. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 as at 30 June 1997 and represents an increase of 1,737, 16.2%, in the personnel strength of the force during that period. I...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 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 all ranks of An Garda Síochána as at 31 March 2006 was 12,439. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 as at 30 June 1997 and represents an increase of 1,737, 16.2%, in the personnel strength of the force during that period. I...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (25 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 — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (25 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 applications in question.

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person in question made an application to the Garda data protection processing unit pursuant to section 4 of the Data Protection Act 1988, as amended, for disclosure of her personal data and not a vetting-clearance request. The search proved negative and a standard letter, which has been approved by the Data Protection Commissioner, issued to the applicant. This letter states, inter alia,...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: The applications referred to by the Deputy were received in my Department on 9 March 2006. When assessing the applications in question, consideration was given to the personal circumstances of the applicants and the extent of their ties to their country of origin. The applications were refused because it was not established on the basis of the documentation supplied to my Department that the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to the answer I gave to Parliamentary Question No. 128 on 26 January 2006 (ref. 2579/06). The person concerned applied for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005 for the processing of applications from the non-national parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005. For the reasons set out in my...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the Garda authorities made arrangements for an expert nominated by the solicitor representing the Stardust relatives committee to examine the photographs in question, under appropriate supervision, at Garda headquarters and that this took place on Friday, 21 April 2006. I am further informed by the Garda Commissioner that, as a matter of policy, the photographs will not be...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (25 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 — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that I did receive representations from the person named. On foot of these representations, I sought a report on the matter from the Garda authorities. I am informed by the Garda authorities that on 4 August 2005, a complaint was made to them concerning an allegation of child abuse that allegedly occurred between 1964 and 1969. The allegation is being investigated but...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that if documents were forged in any part of the EU and then knowingly used in the Republic of Ireland for financial gain, it would be a criminal act. The matter would be investigated by An Garda Síochána and the investigation file submitted to the law officers. The case would then be adjudicated upon to establish if sufficient evidence is available to...

Written Answers — Repatriation Applications: Repatriation Applications (25 Apr 2006)

Michael McDowell: A three-way consent is required to enable any transfer to take place, namely, from the authorities of both jurisdictions and from the person concerned. I can inform the Deputy that I have given my consent to this transfer. My Department is awaiting the consent for the transfer from both the United Kingdom authorities and the person referred to by the Deputy. On receipt of those consents,...