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Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the Land Registry has forwarded the information requested directly to the Deputy. I would like to refer the Deputy to my letter of 26 May, 2006 to members of the Oireachtas regarding a new service for T.D.s and Senators concerning the current status of Land Registry/Registry of Deeds applications. As outlined in my letter, the service was introduced, inter alia, to provide a...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength (all ranks) of An Garda Síochána rose to a record 12,641 on 8 June 2006 with the attestation of 273 new members. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 (all ranks) as at 30 June 1997 and represents an increase of 1,939 (or 18.1%) in the personnel strength of the Force during that period. I have been further...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a review of the investigation file into the collision referred to by the Deputy has been completed by a Garda Superintendent, and a copy of the resulting investigation file has been forwarded to the Law Officers for consideration. I am further informed that Garda investigation files relating to road traffic accidents are not made available. However,...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I wish to advise the Deputy that the case of the person concerned falls under the terms of the Dublin II Regulation, Council Regulation (EC) No. 343/2003. Consequently, I wish to preface my reply by briefly explaining the workings of this Regulation. The Dublin II Regulation is intended to prevent the phenomenon of 'asylum shopping' across Europe and sets out criteria for determining which...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that the information sought is being compiled. The provision of this information is complicated by two factors. Firstly, two data sources — the Irish Prison Service and the Garda National Immigration Bureau — must initially compile and then cross reference data from separate recording systems. Secondly, records are not maintained in such a way as to conveniently...

Written Answers — Judicial Appointments: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: Where a vacancy exists in a Circuit for a permanent judge the President of the Circuit Court assigns a judge to the Circuit on a temporary basis. This is the position at present in the Eastern and Northern Circuits. The permanent assignment of a Judge to a particular Circuit is a matter for Government. It is open to serving Circuit Court Judges to seek assignment or transfer to a vacant...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (20 Jun 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 — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and is currently being researched. I will contact the Deputy again when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: A declaration of acceptance of Irish citizenship as post-nuptial citizenship was received from the person referred to in the Deputy's question on 26 November 2004. I informed the Deputy in response to Parliamentary Question No 553 of 21 February 2006 that officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department had written to the person concerned on 5 August 2005 seeking additional documentation...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I would refer the Deputy to my Reply to Dáil Question No. 469 of 31 January 2006. The position is relation to the person concerned is as set out therein. The person concerned continues to be classified as having evaded his deportation. The effect of the deportation order is that he must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The enforcement of the deportation order remains...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person in question applied for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for non EU national parents of Irish children born prior to 1 January 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 scheme. It is a requirement under the IBC/05 scheme that each applicant is resident with their child on a continuous basis since the child's birth and that evidence of such residence...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the application concerned was completed on 13 June, 2006 and that the Land Registry has already forwarded this information directly to the Deputy. I would like to refer the Deputy to my letter of 26 May, 2006 to members of the Oireachtas regarding a new service for T.D.s and Senators concerning the current status of Land Registry/Registry of Deeds applications. As outlined...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 and 433 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the numbers of arrests for drinking and driving offences in the Carlow/Kildare Division for each of the past five years are set out in the following table: Year Number 2002 619 2003 665 2004 821 2005 740 2006* 318 *2006 figures are up to 31 May 2006.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that from the commencement of the penalty points system in October 2002 to 31 May 2006, 21,341 traffic offences warranted the issuing of penalty points in the Carlow/Kildare Division.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and is currently being researched. I will contact the Deputy again when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 to 443, inclusive, and 445 and 446 together. Funding of €110,000 in respect of a National Missing Persons Helpline, made available by my Department in 2002 and 2003, was channelled through the Victim Support organisation, an independent, non-governmental organisation with charitable status. This funding was in addition to the ongoing funding that that...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information sought is not readily available and could only be obtained by the application of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources. However, I can inform the Deputy that since 1995 my Department has made substantial funding available to areas of Irish life in which non-governmental organisations operate. For example, as can be seen from the...

Written Answers — Neighbourhood Watch Scheme: Neighbourhood Watch Scheme (21 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Neighbourhood Watch scheme was established in 1985 by the Garda authorities as a crime prevention measure. In common with other community based schemes, it enlists the voluntary help of the community in co-operating with the Garda Síochána and is most suitable for urban areas. There are approximately 2,600 Neighbourhood Watch schemes in operation nationwide with over 400,000 households...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (21 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I requested a report from the Garda authorities in respect of the issues raised by the Deputy. On 30 May, 2006 a call was made to the Garda Command and Control Communications Centre reporting the unauthorised taking of a van delivering to a business premises in Dublin 11. The vehicle was unattended with the keys in the ignition and the engine running at the time it was taken. The details were...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (21 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 187 together. The Sex Offenders Act, 2001 sets out the obligations on persons convicted of a range of sexual offences. A convicted sex offender must notify his/her name(s), date of birth and current home address to the Garda Síochána within seven days of the conviction for the sexual offence concerned or, where the offender is sentenced to...