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- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I would refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 9 May 2006. I assume the Deputy is referring to the person referred to in his previous question. The position is as previously stated. On 28 February, 2006, the person in question consented in writing to the making of a deportation order in respect of her and her children. A decision in this case will issue in...
- Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that statistics are not compiled in such a way as to distinguish between fixed charge notices issued for the various speed limits zones. I am further informed that in 2005 a total of 143,651 fixed charge notices were issues for speeding. Where a speed offence is alleged a fixed charge notice is issued. The recipient may pay the fixed charge of â¬80...
- Written Answers — Garda Review: Garda Review (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the recommendations proposed in a review of the Witness Security Programme, which was conducted by an Assistant Commissioner, remain under consideration by senior Garda management. Accordingly, the final product of internal Garda considerations is not yet available. I can assure the Deputy that I will give full consideration to the final...
- Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that for operational reasons it is not the Garda policy to disclose details relating to the security arrangements effected by an Garda SÃochána in respect of any person(s), places or events. However, I am further informed that the security arrangements in place in respect of the location referred to by the Deputy are currently under review.
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. A number of years ago my Department introduced a scheme whereby the requirement to hold a valid visa prior to entering the State was waived for certain persons travelling from Belarus with the Chernobyl Children's Organisation for the purposes of visiting Ireland for a period of rest and/or recuperation. The groups involved were, at the...
- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I would refer the Deputy to the Reply I gave to his Dáil Question No. 696 of Tuesday 21 March 2006. The position in the State of the persons concerned remains as set out in that Reply.
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that applicants for naturalisation, other than spouses of Irish citizens, must have been resident in the State for five years of the nine year period prior to the date of application. Residence in this context means residence for which the applicant had the permission of the Minister for Justice, Equality and...
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The Reception and Integration Agency received a transfer request from the person mentioned in the question with supporting medical documentation requesting that she be transferred to an accommodation centre in Dublin in order to facilitate her attendance at the Rotunda Hospital. No reference was made in the supporting medical documentation to any medical requirements for the woman concerned...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that applicants for naturalisation, other than spouses of Irish citizens, must have been resident in the State for five years of the nine year period prior to the date of application. Residence in this context means residence for which the applicant had the permission of the Minister for Justice, Equality and...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 25 May, 2004 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his 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, he was informed by letter dated 22 June, 2006, that the...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 20 June, 2000 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his 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, he was informed by letter dated 15 November, 2001, that the...
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: There is no current application on record in respect of the person in question. The person in question is advised to submit a visa application for consideration to her nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate. Should there be no diplomatic representation in her country of origin the application may be submitted to the Visa Office in Dublin. Comprehensive information on making a visa application is...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 28 November, 2001 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his 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, he was informed by letter dated 23 April, 2003, that the...
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: I profoundly disagree with the political motivation behind the motion. The Opposition charges us with being tired, divided and arrogant. Is it not ironic that the main proposer of the motion, Deputy Rabbitte, has left on the record of the House the charge that the Ceann Comhairle is congenitally incapable of being fair? It was not enough that he had charged the Ceann Comhairle with being...
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: The Opposition parties charge us with being tired. It is they who are tiring. We are tired of the same old lines they put out repeatedly. The Government is not tired. I have set myself many tasks in my area of justice, equality and law reform for the next 12 months that I intend to achieve. I want to use the next 12 months to implement in full the Garda SÃochána Act. I want to see the...
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: This month the Garda Commissioner takes over as Accounting Officer for the force. I want to use the next 12 months to recruit another 1,100 trainee gardaà to make irreversible our goal of a Garda force of more than 14,000.
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: I reject the politics of Deputies Kenny and Rabbitte who at the Cabinet table reduced the number of gardaÃ. I want to pass the Criminal Justice Bill and bring it into operation. I want to roll out the application of anti-social behaviour orders and make our prisons drugs-free. I want to build new prisons at Thornton and on Spike Island.
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: I want to pilot through the House our reforms in the area of defamation and privacy laws.
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: A hell of a lot more than you will ever do in your lifetime, buddy.
- Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)
Michael McDowell: I want to secure passage of legislation providing for a legal services ombudsman.